October2023
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Rolling Stones return with a little help from a Beatle
Oct 23, 2023With “Hackney Diamonds,” their first album in eighteen years, with megastar appearances from Lady Gaga, Elton John, and even their former nemesis Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones resurrected on Friday. Currently in their sixth decade of... -
Meryl Streep, Don Gummer secretly divorced six years ago
Oct 23, 2023After being married in 1978, Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer have been discreetly separated for the past six years. The renowned sculptor, 76, and the Oscar winner, 74, have not been together for over... -
RMG workers propose Tk 20,400 as minimum salary, owners for Tk 10,400
Oct 23, 2023On Sunday, the owners’ representatives suggested raising their minimum compensation to Tk 10400 from Tk 2,400, while the representatives of the ready-made garment workers sought a minimum salary of Tk 20,400 per month. On Sunday, Liakat... -
US pledges ‘flow’ of aid to Gaza
Oct 23, 2023As a fresh convoy of fourteen trucks reached the beleaguered and bombed Palestinian enclave on Sunday, the United States pledged to keep providing aid to the Gaza Strip. The White House announced that Israel had agreed... -
New location of EMK centre inaugurated in Gulshan
Oct 23, 2023Today marked the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Center’s new facility in the city’s Gulshan neighborhood by US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas. The EMK Center is a collaborative endeavor between the US Embassy... -
Hezbollah ‘dragging Lebanon into a war’: Israel military
Oct 23, 2023Escalating attacks by militant group Hezbollah risk “dragging Lebanon into a war”, Israel’s military said Sunday, after renewed cross-border exchanges of fire that have raised fears of a wider conflict. “Hezbollah… is dragging Lebanon into a... -
Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico as Category 1 storm
Oct 23, 2023As a Category 1 hurricane, Hurricane Norma struck Mexico’s northwest coast on Saturday afternoon, bringing with it potentially fatal rain and flooding, according to officials. About 25 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of the Baja California tourist... -
Israel urges citizens to immediately leave Egypt, Jordan
Oct 23, 2023As tensions over the Gaza conflict escalated regionally on Saturday, the national security council of Israel issued an urgent call to its residents to leave Egypt and Jordan. “Israel’s National Security Council raises its travel warnings... -
UN chief urges ceasefire to end Gaza’s ‘godawful nightmare’
Oct 23, 2023UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas, demanding global “action to end this godawful nightmare”. Declaring that the small Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people... -
Exiled former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif arrives home for comeback bid
Oct 23, 2023After four years of self-imposed exile, three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan on Saturday, eager to make a political comeback before the elections. Prior to elections that have already been rescheduled for January 2024,...
