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China softens tone on COVID severity after protests
11:43 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayChina is softening its tone on the severity of COVID-19 and easing some coronavirus restrictions even as its daily case toll hovers near record highs, after anger over the world's toughest curbs fuelled protests across the country...
India’s G20 Presidency to promote the universal sense of one-ness
10:42 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results - for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them...
Meta executive says holiday sales were earlier and bigger this year
10:06 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe head of Meta Platforms' business group said on Wednesday that the holiday shopping season started earlier than usual this year and produced a Black Friday sales weekend that appeared to be the biggest on record...
Month of victory begins
09:56 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayThe nation is set to celebrate the month of victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout the month of December that began on Thursday. On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained Liberation War...
Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies
09:43 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayChristine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, has died aged 79, her family has said...
Mexico exit World Cup on goal difference despite beating Saudi Arabia
09:10 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayMexico suffered an agonising exit from the World Cup on goal difference on Wednesday despite beating Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a dramatic finale to Group C...
Messi misses penalty but Argentina advance at World Cup
08:59 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayLionel Messi had a penalty saved but Argentina still advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup as Group C winners after a 2-0 victory over Poland on Wednesday. Poland also went through as runners-up although a 2-1 win for Mexico over Saudi Arabia in the group's other game meant Czeslaw Michniewicz's side advanced only on goal...
Australia reach World Cup last 16 and send Denmark home
08:26 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayAustralia reached the last 16 of the World Cup for only the second time in their history with a 1-0 win over a disappointing Denmark on Wednesday...
Tunisia out of WC despite shock win over much-changed France
08:15 AM, 01 Dec 2022 ThursdayFrench-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game as Tunisia claimed a famous 1-0 win over holders France at the World Cup on Wednesday, but it was not enough for them to reach the last 16...
PM reiterates Bangladesh’s anti-terrorism stance as Indian envoy calls on
09:47 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated Bangladesh‘s stance against terrorism as India’s newly appointed high commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma called on her...
Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage
09:40 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayA Tokyo court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday but said a lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights, a comment welcomed by plaintiffs as a step towards aligning Japan with other G7 nations...
Brazil legend Pele hospitalized amid cancer battle
09:18 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayBrazilian soccer legend Pele has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo with "general swelling" as he battles cancer, ESPN Brasil reported on Wednesday, saying he was undergoing several tests for more in-depth assessment of his health issues...
Dhaka-N'ganj train services to stay shut from Dec 4
08:20 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe train services on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route will remain closed temporarily from December 4...
DRU new president Nomani, secretary Shohel
07:47 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe Dhaka Reporters Unity has elected Mursalin Nomani and Mainul Hasan Shohel as its president and general secretary respectively...
45th BCS circular published
06:57 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe circular for the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations has been published. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission published the circular on its website on Wednesday. BPSC will recruit as many as 2,309 cadres and some 1,022 non-cadres through this BCS...
SC bars GM Quader from party activities
06:35 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday stayed till December 5 a High Court order that had freed Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Ghulam Muhammad (GM) Quader to conduct normal party activities...
Govt to procure 80,000 MTs fertilizer, 2.20cr litres soybean oil
06:06 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe government today approved separate proposals for procuring some 80,000 metric tons of fertilizer and 2.20 crore litres of soybean oil to meet the growing demand of the country...
Zero Covid death, 18 cases recorded in 24 hrs
05:14 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayThe Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 18 cases in the last 24 hours...
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies
04:52 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayJiang Zemin, China’s former president who oversaw the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, died on Wednesday in Shanghai, state media reported. He was 96...
Four dengue patients die; 426 hospitalized in 24 hrs
04:45 PM, 30 Nov 2022 WednesdayFour dengue patients died and 426 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...