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Shades of Lisbon as Bayern dominate Barca
03:47 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBarcelona opened up their 2021/22 UEFA Champions League campaign by slumping to an 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in Group E on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou...
Case against Pori: Probe report to be submitted on Oct 10
02:16 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA Dhaka court has fixed October 10 for submitting a probe report in a drug case filed against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni...
College student murder: 2 to die, 4 get life
01:09 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA court has sentenced two people to death and life-term imprisonment to four others in a case filed for murder of college student Sohag Serniabat at Wazirpur upazila in Barishal. Judge T M Musa of Public Security Disruption Crime Suppression Tribunal of Barishal passed the order around 11am on Wednesday...
5yr extension of quick rental power plant law bill placed in JS
12:40 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayThe extension of the 'Speedy Supply of Power and Energy (Special Provision) (Amendment) Act, 2010' bill was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad aiming to boost power supply to the consumers...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
12:24 PM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind...
Afghan child, evacuated alone, arrives in Canada: Report
11:58 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayA three-year-old Afghan boy has made it to Toronto, where his father lives, after leaving Kabul alone more than two weeks ago, Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail reported...
China’s UK ambassador banned from parliament over sanctions
09:14 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayChina’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has been banned from the British parliament because Beijing imposed sanctions on legislators after they spoke out against alleged human rights abuses directed at the minority Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang...
Haiti prosecutor seeks charges against PM in president’s killing
08:45 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayHaiti’s chief prosecutor is seeking charges against Prime Minister Ariel Henry in relation to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, accusing the prime minister of communicating with a key suspect in the case on the night Moise was killed...
Several civilians and soldiers killed in Mogadishu suicide attack
08:29 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAt least nine people have died in a suspected suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said...
Afghanistan’s FM urges countries to engage with new govt
08:29 AM, 15 Sep 2021 WednesdayAfghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has criticised the United States for its actions towards the new Taliban government and for severing economic assistance after the group seized power last month...
Google guilty of abusing Android dominance in S Korea
09:24 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayGoogle has been fined 207.4 billion won (around $177 million) in South Korea for abusing its dominant market position to stop device manufacturers from using modified versions of Android, Bloomberg reports...
Apple set to unveil new iPhones
09:09 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayApple is expected to unveil four new iPhones on Tuesday during a virtual media event held from California...
Body recommends action against Evaly
08:12 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayAn inter-ministerial committee headed by the Committee Ministry has recommended taking legal action against e-commerce company Evaly. Hafizur Rahman, the director general of the World Trade Organization cell of the ministry and the chief of the committee, came up with disclosure on Tuesday after a meeting of the committee at the Secretariat...
Naseeruddin Shah on why Khans don’t speak out: ‘They have much to lose'
07:38 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayVeteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, whose recent comments on “sections of Indian Muslims celebrating the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan” got him into a controversy, has now opened up about how a few big Indian filmmakers and actors are being “encouraged” to make “pro-establishment” films...
Lasith Malinga announces T20 retirement
06:58 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayLasith Malinga has announced his retirement from T20 cricket after 295 matches where he picked 390 wickets...
Pakistan to tour Bangladesh in Nov
06:50 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayPakistan's men's team will travel to Bangladesh in November for their first bilateral series in the country since 2015. The tour will consist of three T20Is and two Tests, which are part of the 2021-23 World Test Championship cycle...
HC asks to shut down unregistered news portals in 7 days
06:30 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to shut the country's all unregistered online news portals within a week...
35 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:16 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayBangladesh on Tuesday reported 35 more deaths from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 27,007. During the period, it recorded 2,074 more infections, raising the total to 15,34,440, the health directorate said in a press release today. Bangladesh 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...
Is it rational to use Ivermectin for treatment and prevention of Covid-19 in Bangladesh?
05:07 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayDue to devastating effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and complicated pathologies of COVID-19, several antiviral drugs were provided emergency use authorization (EUA)...
Verdict in case against SK Sinha on Oct 5
04:12 PM, 14 Sep 2021 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday fixed October 5 to deliver its verdict in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha and 10 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 4 crore loan from Farmers Bank (Now Padma Bank)...