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Italy fines Amazon record $1.3 bln for abuse of market dominance
04:42 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayItaly's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest penalties imposed on a US tech giant in Europe...
Head hundred gives Australia big lead over England
03:40 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayEngland's dismal start to the Ashes series was compounded by Travis Head's blistering century on day two of the first Test at the Gabba...
Brutal Bayern knock Barca out of the Champions League
03:26 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayBarcelona's Champions League campaign has come to a premature end after the Catalans fell to another humbling 3-0 loss away to Bayern Munich on Wednesday night...
New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations
02:53 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayNew Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking...
BCL leader murder: 9 to die, 22 get life term
01:17 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayA court has sentenced nine people to death and twenty-two others to life-term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Shahen Shah Shahin in Rajshahi. Rajshahi Metropolitan Session Judge H M Ilias Hossen passed the order at 12:40pm on Thursday...
PM calls for changing mindset about women
01:02 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today made a clarion call for changing mindset about women, saying changed mentality can prevent violence against women rather than law...
PM distributes Begum Rokeya Padak-2021
11:37 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today distributed Begum Rokeya Padak-2021 to five eminent women for their outstanding contribution to women empowerment and social development. The premier distributed the award at a function held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital...
How Bangladeshis are lured into slavery in Libya
11:14 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayA young Bangladeshi migrant in the Italian city of Palermo sits uneasily shuffling in a chair and playing with his mobile phone as he recounts the harrowing experience he had in Libya. In December 2019 aged 19, Ali - whose name has been changed to protect his identity - decided with his parents' blessing to embark on a risky journey in search of work...
Burkina Faso president fires PM amid security crisis
09:41 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayBurkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore fired his prime minister on Wednesday amid an escalating security crisis that has killed thousands and led to street protests calling for him to go...
British PM Johnson imposes COVID ‘Plan B’ to contain Omicron
09:25 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed tougher COVID-19 restrictions in England, ordering people to work from home, wear masks in public places and use vaccine passes to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant...
Omicron could be milder than Delta: WHO chief
08:41 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayEarly data indicates the Omicron coronavirus variant may more easily re-infect people who have already had the virus or been vaccinated than previous variants, but could also cause milder disease, the World Health Organization said...
Australia deputy PM tests positive for Covid after UK visit
08:28 AM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayAustralia's deputy prime minister has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the US on an official visit. Barnaby Joyce said he believed he had been infected while visiting the UK earlier this week. He said he was now in isolation and experiencing mild flu-like symptoms...
Pfizer says booster shot promising against Omicron
09:53 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant...
Forbes feature Hasina in 100 most powerful women list
08:37 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ranked at 43 in Forbes' 18th annual list of 100 most powerful women...
Shakib quickest to reach 4000 runs, 200 wickets in Tests
07:03 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayBangladesh ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan reached another milestone in his illustrious career by becoming the fastest to reach the elite club of players with 4000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket...
India's defence chief killed in chopper crash
06:45 PM, 08 Dec 2021 Wednesday"With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident," the Indian Air Force (IAF) tweeted...
Sajid Khan bowls Pakistan to dramatic win
06:03 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPakistan sealed a dramatic win by an innings and eight runs in Dhaka's fading light to sweep the two-Test series 2-0 against Bangladesh. With more than two days lost to rain, Pakistan bowlers produced a commendable performance with Sajid Khan ending the game with 12 wickets...
Govt records 277 new Covid cases, 6 deaths
05:58 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayThe government recorded 277 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,78,288 and fatalities rose to 28,016, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. The daily count came from a test of 20,549 samples in the past day...
England skittled for just 147 by Australia
05:14 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayIt was a first day in the job that seemed written in the southern stars for Pat Cummins, Australia’s newly-crowned Test captain claiming a five-wicket haul, watching his opposite number trudge off after a nine-ball duck and England’s batsmen left in a state of general bewilderment...
Australia’s fertility rate falls to record low in 2020
04:49 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayAustralia’s fertility rate continues to plummet, with registered births dropping below 300,000 for the first time in 14 years...