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Five get death in Lakshmipur murder case
01:20 PM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayA court in Lakshmipur on Wednesday sentenced five people to death and three others to life-term imprisonment in a murder case...
What’s behind the escalating row over hijabs in India?
11:59 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayThe ban on hijab in colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has triggered a major row amid growing concerns that the attacks on Muslim symbols and practices are part of the larger Hindu far-right agenda of imposing majoritarian values on minorities...
Man City dismantle Sporting Lisbon
10:11 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayPep Guardiola declared Manchester City’s 5-0 demolition of Sporting the “dream result” but insisted his team can play even better after they emphatically put one foot into the Champions League quarter-finals...
Indian singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies
09:33 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdaySinger-composer Bappi Lahiri passed away on Wednesday. According to news agency PTI, he died in a hospital in Mumbai. He was 69. Best known for popularising disco music to the Indian mainstream, the singer was fondly known as Bappi da, and experienced huge success in the 1980s and 90s...
Man Utd beat 10-man Brighton to go fourth
09:27 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayCristiano Ronaldo ended his goal drought in emphatic style as Manchester United moved up to fourth in the Premier League table with a 2-0 win over Brighton at Old Trafford...
Mbappe scores late winner for PSG
08:50 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayKylian Mbappe scored a brilliant goal in stoppage time as Paris St-Germain beat 13-time Champions League winners Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie...
Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case
08:16 AM, 16 Feb 2022 WednesdayPrince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied...
PM for increasing cultural, literary practices in dist level
09:33 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon Bangla Academy and local administration to take measures for increasing cultural and literary activities at the district level and expanding tenure of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair till March 17...
Legendary Bengali singer Sandhay Mukhopadhyay dies
09:15 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayLegendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay passed died at the age of 90 on Tuesday evening, according to Anandabazar Patrika...
Deutsche Welle fires two more Arab employees
08:35 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayTwo Palestinian-German journalists have been fired from their jobs at German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, a week after the news organisation let go of five of its Arabic service staff.
National Film Awards: Best actor Siam, actress Deepanwita
08:14 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday announced the winners of the National Film Awards 2020 to recognize the contributions of artistes to the country's film industry...
Pradeep, Liaqat file appeal seeking acquittal
06:16 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayFormer officer in-charge (dismissed) Pradeep Kumar Das and inspector Liaqat Ali have filed an appeal with the High Court seeking acquittal in the murder case of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan...
Russia says some troops near Ukraine returning to base
05:17 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayRussia said on Tuesday some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine, following days of US and British warnings that Moscow might invade its neighbour at any time...
Coronavirus: 34 new deaths, 4746 cases
04:40 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThirty-four more people died from coronavirus and 4,746 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,872 and 19,19,102 respectively, a health directorate press release on Tuesday. As many as 34,175 samples were collected, and 34,458 tested in the past day...
PM opens Amar Ekushey Book Fair
04:32 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated the Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2022 in the capital of Dhaka. She opened the book fair on the Bangla Academy premises joining virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence this afternoon...
EU watchdog calls for ban on Pegasus
03:56 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe European Union's data protection watchdog called on Tuesday for a ban on the controversial spyware tool Pegasus, developed by Israeli-based NSO Group...
Israel PM to meet Bahrain king on landmark visit
02:44 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayIsrael's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet Bahrain's king on Tuesday after arriving for the first visit by an Israeli head of state to the Gulf country, 17 months after they defied decades of tensions to normalise diplomatic ties...
Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue begins on Friday
02:14 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe two-day 10th round of Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue will begin on Friday at Shimla, the capital of Indian state of Himachal, marking the 50th anniversary of two neighbouring countries relations...
Russia says it’s ready to keep talking about Ukraine crisis
01:43 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe Kremlin and the West held out the possibility of a diplomatic path out of the Ukraine crisis, even as Russia appeared to continue preparations for a potential invasion, including moving troops and military hardware closer to its neighbor...
Malaysia High Court halts Khairuzzaman’s deportation
12:39 PM, 15 Feb 2022 TuesdayThe High Court of Malaysia has granted an interim order against the immigration department from deporting former Bangladeshi ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman to Dhaka...