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Allen, Latham secure consolation NZ victory
08:16 AM, 11 Sep 2021 SaturdayNew Zealand saved their best batting display for the last game as they revelled in the leniency showed by Shere Bangla National Stadium curator Gamini Silva. On a pitch much more conducive for strokeplay, they piled up 161 for 5 and beat Bangladesh by 27 runs...
WHO more doubtful about vaccines ending pandemic
06:09 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayThe head of the WHO Europe was Friday pessimistic about vaccines' ability to put an end to the Covid pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity...
Bangladesh sees lowest Covid-19 deaths after 3 months
05:27 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayBangladesh reported 38 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, hitting the lowest fatalities after three months. With this, the country's coronavirus deaths stood at 26,832, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. Earlier on June 9, 36 people were reported to have died of COVID-19...
Fifth England-India Test cancelled
05:12 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayEngland's fifth Test against India at Emirates Old Trafford was cancelled after some of the tourists' backroom staff tested positive for Covid-19...
UN warns Afghanistan at risk of 'total breakdown'
03:32 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayThe United Nations has warned that Afghanistan is at risk of “total breakdown” of the international community does not find a way to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government. Nearly $10bn of Afghanistan’s central bank assets are currently frozen overseas and considered key leverage over the new administration...
Suspected thief lynched in Dhaka
12:42 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayAn angry mob beat a suspected thief to death at Sabujbag in the capital early Friday...
Messi breaks Pele record as Argentina rout Bolivia, Brazil stroll
12:09 PM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayLionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pele as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their 2022 World Cup qualifier...
Biden and Xi hold first call in seven months
11:51 AM, 10 Sep 2021 FridayChinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with his US counterpart Joe Biden, their first call in seven months. A White House Statement said both leaders had "discussed the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict". This is only the second call between them since President Biden took office...
Bangladesh to decide over Afghanistan Independently: Momen
09:56 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayForeign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh will take its foreign policy decision over Afghanistan independently, not be reflected by any other country...
PayPal raises fees between UK and Europe
08:53 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayPayPal is introducing new fees for payments between businesses in the UK and those in Europe, from November...
T20 World Cup squads - full list
08:06 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayHere are the 15-man squads for the T20 Men's World Cup, which will be held in UAE and Oman between 17 October and 14 November...
Damaging Asrayan's houses purposely is 'unbelievable': PM
07:46 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said some people have broken with hammer and shovel the houses, given by her to homeless people as the gift of Mujib Borsha under Asrayan-2 project, and published pictures of the broken homes in media...
Facebook accused of allowing sexist job advertising
07:00 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayFacebook has been accused of breaking equality law in the way it handles job adverts...
58 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:24 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayFifty-eight more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,794. During the period, 2,588 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 15,24,890, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday. 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...
Court acquitts journo Probir Sikder in ICT case
05:19 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayJournalist Probir Sikder has been acquitted in an ICT case filed for allegedly defaming former LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain...
PM hopes Bangladesh-EU relations to strengthen further
04:29 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hoped that the relations between the European Union (EU) and Bangladesh would continue to strength further. "EU-Bangladesh relations will continue to strengthen," she said when EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink paid her farewell call to the Prime Minister at her official residence here this morning...
For Kangana, big setback in court in case vs Javed Akhtar
03:52 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayActor Kangana Ranaut's request to cancel defamation case filed by poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar was rejected by the Bombay High Court this morning...
PM for making AL more strong as election approaching
03:23 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked her party leaders and workers to make the party more strong at the grassroots as the national election is approaching. The Prime Minister said that it has been possible to handle the Covid-19 situation as AL is in power...
BCB names T20 squad for ICC World Cup
12:44 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayMinhajul Abedin Nannu, the chief selector of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), today announced Bangladesh’s squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup, which is scheduled to take place from October 17. He disclosed this at a press conference held at the Press Conference Room of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium after 12pm...
RMCH counts six more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:12 PM, 09 Sep 2021 ThursdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded six more fatalities at the Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 60 so far this month...