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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...
Mbappe earns record & Messi scores twice in PSG win
04:07 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayKylian Mbappe became the youngest player to reach 30 Champions League goals as Paris St-Germain rounded off Group A with a win over Club Bruges...
PM stresses for cordial relation between owners, workers
03:33 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on the necessity of having a cordial relation between the owners and workers to keep running the production in the factories alongside expediting the export in this competitive world...
PRAN-RFL’s four companies get ‘Green Factory Award’
02:58 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayFour companies of PRAN-RFL Group received ‘Green Factory Award-2020’ that is conferred for the first time...
13 killed after chopper carrying India's defence chief crashes
02:47 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayA military chopper carrying Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and 13 more crashed shortly after take-off today in Tamil Nadu. Thirteen people have died and one male survivor is being treated for severe burns. There is no official word on General Bipin Rawat's condition...
Dhaka-Delhi could be benefitted in generating hydropower in Nepal, Bhutan: PM
02:18 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh-India can be benefited by generating hydro power in Nepal and Bhutan as it will be a clean energy and cheaper also...
Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali rampant after Bangladesh follow on
01:06 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayA game that barely saw four full sessions of play in the first four days now looks on the brink of producing a result...
PM distributes Green Factory Award to 30 institutions
12:31 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today distributed Green Factory Award to 30 institutions from six sectors marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Abrar murder: 20 get death penalty
12:19 PM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayA court has sentenced twenty people to death and five others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Abu Jafar Md Kazmruzzaman passed the order on Wednesday. Earlier on November 28, the court deferred till December 8 the delivery of the verdict of the murder case...
3 children among 4 killed as train runs over them
11:29 AM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayFour people including three children were killed as a speedy train ran over them at college railway station area in Nilphamari sadar upazila around 8am on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Leena, 8, Mina, 7, Mominur Rahman, 4 and Shamim Hossen, 30. All of them were the inhabitants of Kundapukur union in the upazila...
Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors
10:31 AM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayA federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors...
Suspect in murder of Jamal Khashoggi arrested in Paris
09:23 AM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayA Saudi man suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been arrested in France, police say...
Girls’ despair as Taliban confirms secondary school ban
09:06 AM, 08 Dec 2021 WednesdayTeenage schoolgirls in Afghanistan have told the BBC of their growing desperation as they continue to be excluded from school more than three months after the Taliban takeover...