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Pakistan win T20I series against Bangladesh
01:48 PM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayComing off a four-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the first match, Bangladesh were aiming to level the series but the intent was nowhere seen after captain Mahmudullah won the toss for the consecutive second time and decided to bat first...
ICC halts probe into Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ after gov’t request
12:54 PM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe International Criminal Court (ICC) has temporarily suspended an investigation into alleged rights abuses during the Philippines’s so-called “war on drugs” under President Rodrigo Duterte, in which thousands of people have been killed...
BNP’s mass hunger strike underway
12:01 PM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe mass hunger strike enforced by BNP is underway in front of its central office at Naya Paltan in the capital demanding the release of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and her better treatment abroad. The strike began at 9am and continue till 4pm on Saturday...
Austria to impose partial lockdown, mandatory jabs
10:52 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayAustria on Friday became the first EU country to announce it would make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections...
Poet Sufia Kamal's 22nd death anniversary today
10:43 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe 22nd death anniversary of poet Begum Sufia Kamal is being observed today with holding different programmes including milad mahfil, placing of wreaths at her grave and discussion...
Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Animal’ to release in August 2023
10:30 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayIndia’s filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s upcoming directorial film ‘Animal’ starring Ranbir Kapoor is slated to have a worldwide release on August 11, 2023...
US teenager Kyle Rittenhouse cleared over Kenosha killings
09:01 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayA US teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest has been cleared of homicide and all other charges after claiming self-defence...
US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+
08:51 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter surge as coronavirus cases rise even before millions of Americans travel for the holidays...
AL expels Gazipur Mayor Jahangir Alam
08:14 AM, 20 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe Awami League has expelled its Gazipur city unit general secretary and Gazipur City Corporation mayor Jahangir Alam from his position in the party for his derogatory remarks on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Bangladesh concede defeat to Pakistan in first T20I
06:30 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayPakistan made it unnecessarily complicated for themselves, but their bowlers had done enough in the first half to ensure they held on for an exciting four-wicket win in the first T20I against Bangladesh in Dhaka...
BCB serve Mushfiqur show cause notice for media outburst
06:17 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayBangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show-cause notice to wicketkeeper-bat Mushfiqur Rahim for breaching media protocol code of conduct...
UK moves to ban Hamas as ‘terrorist organisation’
06:06 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridaySupporters of Hamas could face up to 14 years in prison if the British government succeeds in banning the group as a terrorist organisation, the Home Office said on Friday...
Govt records 253 new Covid cases, 7 deaths
05:42 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayThe government recorded 253 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,73,711 and fatalities rose to 27,946, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. The daily count came from a test of 18,124 samples in the past day...
AB de Villiers retires from all forms of cricket
04:22 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayAB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Friday (November 19). This ends his association with the Royal Challengers Bangalore, which lasted for 10 seasons since joining the team in 2011...
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon reaches highest level
03:14 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has jumped 22% in the latest 12-month period, reaching its highest level since 2006, data from the country's space agency shows. Between August 2020 and July 2021, trees were felled from land measuring 13,235 square km (5,110 square miles), the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said...
Australia Test captain Paine steps down
12:50 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayTim Paine has stepped down as the captain of Australia's Test cricket team after revealing he was investigated for a sexting scandal...
Modi repeals controversial farm laws
12:10 PM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the repeal of three controversial farm laws after a year of protests...
Six killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw
11:40 AM, 19 Nov 2021 FridayIdentities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police and locals said a bus of 'Hanif Paribahan' hit an auto-rickshaw in Bakchar area on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway around 7:30 am, leaving three dead on the spot and five others injured...
Pfizer signs $5.3 billion US deal to supply Covid-19 antiviral pills
09:08 PM, 18 Nov 2021 ThursdayPfizer Inc said on Thursday it had signed a $5.29 billion deal with the US government to deliver 10 million courses of its experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug, as the country rushes to secure promising oral treatments for the disease...
New Pak law allows chemical castration of serial rapists
07:58 PM, 18 Nov 2021 ThursdayPakistan has introduced chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists under a law that also calls for faster trials of suspected sexual offenders, a government official said on Thursday...