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Xavi set to take over at Barca: Al Sadd
05:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayFormer Barcelona star Xavi is set to take over as the club's manager with Al Sadd saying they have agreed to allow him to join the Spanish giants...
Quader urges transport owners, workers to withdraw strike
04:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the transport owners and workers to withdraw their indefinite strike considering the sufferings of examinees, and ordinary people. He made the call during a briefing at his residence in the capital on Friday...
Yorkshire Cricket chairman resigns over Rafiq racism claims
03:05 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayYorkshire Cricket Club chairman Roger Hutton has announced his resignation in the wake of racism allegations by former player Azeem Rafiq...
Biden administration okays $650m weapon sale to Saudi
01:00 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe United States has approved a $650m sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced, in what would be the Biden administration’s first major weapons deal with the Gulf kingdom...
Australia's one-off Test against Afghanistan postponed
12:49 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe historic Test has been hanging in the balance ever since the CA revealed that they wouldn't support the Taliban government's firm stance against the inclusion of women in sports...
At least 69 killed in Niger gun attack
12:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayNiger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents...
Sri Lanka knock out holders West Indies of T20 WC
12:09 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayIn a game featuring some of T20s greatest names - Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard etc - it was a group of players under 27 that really shone. Perhaps the baton has been passed.'..
Five killed in Dhaka factory fire
11:57 AM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayFive people were killed as a shoe factory at Swarighat in the capital caught a massive fire early Friday. Identities of the deceased could not be known yet. The sources in Fire Service and Civil Defence said the fire broke out around 1:15 am. Later, eight firefighting units doused the blaze in a two hours' frantic efforts...
BERC adjusts upward 12kg LPG cylinder price Tk 1,313
09:52 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has adjusted the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies upward Taka 1,313 for every 12kg LPG cylinder for the month of November...
PM invites British investors to Bangladesh to avail lucrative opportunities
09:48 PM, 04 Nov 2021 Thursday"… energy, renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile, light engineering, agro-processing, blue economy, tourism, knowledge based hi-tech industries, ICT are awaiting foreign investment, and British investors can choose any of these and beyond,” she said...
West Indies to tour Pakistan in December
09:32 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayWest Indies will play three ODIs and three T20Is in Pakistan between December 13 and 22, it was confirmed on Thursday (November 4)...
Transport owners, workers go on indefinite strike
09:03 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThe owners and workers went on an indefinite transport strike on Friday morning in protest against fuel price hike. Earlier on Thursday, the leaders of different organizations of transport sector held meeting following the government raised the prices of diesel and kerosene by Tk 15 per litre...
Price of diesel, kerosene refixed
07:58 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThe government has refixed the prices of diesel and kerosene as the price of fuel is rising in the international market. ..
Govt records 247 new Covid cases, 7 deaths
06:35 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThe government recorded 247 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,485 and fatalities rose to 27,887, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday. The daily count came from a test of 18,690 samples in the past day...
Highest ever number of rapes recorded in England and Wales
06:25 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayPolice have recorded a record number of rape offences in England and Wales, according to official figures...
Three killed as road roller hits auto-rickshaw
05:57 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThree people were killed as a road roller rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh district on Thursday afternoon...
Australia thrash Bangladesh to boost semi-final hopes
04:31 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayAustralia boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Men's T20 World Cup semi-finals with an eight-wicket thrashing of already-eliminated Bangladesh in Dubai...
Israeli spyware group added to US trade blacklist
04:28 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayThe Israeli company behind the controversial Pegasus spyware has been added to a US trade blacklist...
Xavi 'hopeful' of Barca return but Al Sadd stand firm
03:50 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayXavi Hernandez wants a return to Barcelona but Al Sadd are not willing to let their manager leave at this stage of the Qatari club's season...
Liverpool brush Atletico aside to reach last 16
03:37 PM, 04 Nov 2021 ThursdayLiverpool swept into the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable win over 10-man Atletico Madrid that ensured they will finish top of Group B...