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World number one Belgium reach World Cup
03:31 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayWorld number one side Belgium sealed progression to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with victory over Estonia...
Delhi shuts schools as it mulls ‘pollution lockdown’
02:34 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayAuthorities in India’s capital, New Delhi, have announced a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from worsening levels of toxic smog...
Popular Zambian-born author Wilbur Smith dies
02:01 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayInternational best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88, his publisher has announced...
US warns China over pressure on Taiwan ahead of Biden-Xi summit
01:07 PM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayThe United States has warned China over its pressure on Taiwan, the State Department said Saturday as the two powers gird for a hotly awaited summit...
Judge Kamrunnahar directed not to sit at court
11:17 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayMosammat Kamrunnahar, Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7, has been directed not to sit at court from 9:30am today. The decision was made after Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain discussed with senior judges of the Supreme Court (SC), Supreme Court administration has said...
SSC, equivalent exams begin
10:26 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayThe Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations began today, with the participation of 22,27,113 examinees across the country. The examinations began at 10am. On the first day, SSC candidates are taking the physics (theory) examinations from 10:00am and it will end at 11:30am and Dakhil candidates will take either Quran Majid and Tajweed or Physics from 2:00pm to 3:30pm...
PM gets WITSA Eminent Persons Award-2021
09:53 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with WITSA Eminent Persons Award- 2021 for her outstanding contributions to improving the living standard of people by using information and communication technology...
PM returns home from Paris
09:03 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this morning after her two-week official visit to Glasgow, London and Paris. Earlier on October 31, the Prime Minister reached Glasgow in the first leg of her two-week visit to the United Kingdom and France. In Glasgow, she joined the World Leaders' Summit at COP26 and other events...
COP26: New global climate deal struck in Glasgow
08:50 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayA deal aimed at staving off dangerous climate change has been struck at the COP26 summit in Glasgow...
Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68
08:15 AM, 14 Nov 2021 SundayAt least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say. The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of Guayaquil reportedly began on Friday evening...
26 Maoists killed in Maharashtra encounter
10:01 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayAt least 26 Maoists were killed on Saturday in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, over 900 km from Mumbai, senior officials said. "We have recovered the bodies of 26 naxals so far from the forest," said district Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal...
Fugitive Trique is hatching anti-country conspiracy staying abroad: PM
09:40 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said fugitive convict Tarique Rahman has been conspiring against Bangladesh's advancement while her government has taken the country, confronting all the plots...
Fifteen times more child sexual abuse material found online than 10 years ago
09:15 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayExperts are finding fifteen times as much child sexual abuse material online as they were a decade ago, figures show...
Pakistan team arrives in Dhaka for a bilateral series
07:59 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayPakistan team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to play the first bilateral series against Bangladesh after 2015...
SSC, equivalent exams begin Sunday
07:53 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin on Sunday, and end on November 23. This year, the tests will be held in two shifts - morning and afternoon - to maintain the coronavirus health rules. As many as 22,27,113 students are expected to participate in the SSC and its equivalent examinations...
Assam Rifles Commandant, his wife, son among 7 killed in ambush
06:29 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe commanding officer of 46 Assam Rifles, his two family members and four jawans were killed after their convoy came under heavy attack by militants in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Saturday. Five jawans were also injured in the attack...
Govt records 151 new Covid cases, 6 deaths
05:12 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe government recorded 151 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,72,278 and fatalities rose to 27,918, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
"Completely wrong": Maharashtra BJP chief reacts to Kangana remark
05:07 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayMaharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Saturday said bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut's comment that the Independence India won in 1947 was "bheek" (alms) was completely wrong...
AstraZeneca to take profits from Covid vaccine
04:18 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayAstraZeneca has started to move away from providing its Covid-19 vaccine to countries on a not-for-profit basis...
Barca reach agreement to re-sign Alves at age of 38
03:32 PM, 13 Nov 2021 SaturdayBarcelona have reached an agreement in principle to re-sign 38-year-old defender Dani Alves - five years after he left the Nou Camp for Juventus...