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NATO chief rejects Russian demand to deny Ukraine entry
12:57 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has rejected Russian demands to rescind a 2008 commitment to Ukraine that the country would one day become a member of the Western military alliance...
Ashes: England beaten by Australia in first Test in Brisbane
12:01 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayEngland's hope evaporated into a crushing nine-wicket defeat by Australia on the fourth day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba...
Brazil nightclub fire: 4 convicted over blaze that killed 242
10:35 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayA Brazilian court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms over the deaths of 242 club-goers in a fire during a party in 2013...
US sanctions Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, others over human rights
10:22 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe United States has imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added a Chinese artificial intelligence company to an investment blacklist...
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
09:08 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayNearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery...
Omicron: 3 vaccine doses key for protection against variant
08:47 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayTwo doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to stop you catching the Omicron variant, UK scientists have warned. Early analysis of UK Omicron and Delta cases showed the vaccines were less effective at stopping the new variant...
Govt records 269 new Covid cases, 1 death
05:12 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayBangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on “Culture of Peace”
04:26 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayThe United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’...
Man, daughter killed as truck rams rickshaw
03:59 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayA man and his daughter were killed as a brick-laden truck rammed into a rickshaw at Chashara in Narayanganj district town on Friday afternoon...
Root, Malan lead England fightback
03:03 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayJoe Root and Dawid Malan led the England fightback on day three of the first Ashes Test at The Gabba.
President for minimizing skill gaps for 4th industrial revolution
02:16 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Friday asked all concerned authorities to redesign the country's higher education system for minimizing skill gaps as preparedness for upcoming industrial revolution...
'Pirate' killed in Barguna 'gunfight'
12:55 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayA suspected pirate was killed in a reported gunfight with the Rapid Action Battalion members in Sadar upazila of Barguna district early Friday...
Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of China
12:22 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayNicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China...
54 killed in Mexico truck crash
12:10 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayAt least 54 people have been killed and dozens more injured after the truck they were being transported in crashed in southern Mexico, authorities say. More than 100 people, said to be migrants from Central America, were crammed into the truck's trailer when it rolled in the state of Chiapas...
WHO warns against vaccine hoarding
09:40 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the new Omicron variant, threatening supplies to poorer countries where inoculation rates are low...
Vicky and Katrina are married
08:57 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayBollywood actor Vicky Kaushal and actress Katrina Kaif tied the knot at the Six Senses Fort Barwara in Rajasthan of India on December 9 amid high security...
Five held in Dhaka on suspicion of 'anti-state conspiracy'
08:11 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe Rapid Action Battalion members detained five people from Swamibag area in the capital on Thursday suspecting them to be 'anti-state conspirators'...
UK experiencing its largest ever outbreak of bird flu
06:52 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe UK is experiencing its largest ever outbreak of avian flu, Environment Secretary George Eustice has warned...
Govt records 262 new Covid cases, zero deaths
05:37 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe government recorded 262 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,78,550 and fatalities rose to 28,010, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday. The daily count came from a test of 21,496 samples in the past day...
Myanmar troops burn alive 11 in retaliation attack: Reports
05:23 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayMyanmar government troops raided a small northwestern village, rounding up civilians, binding their hands and then burning them alive in apparent retaliation for an attack on a military convoy, according to witnesses and other reports...