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Canada court strikes down part of controversial law on religious symbols
09:43 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayA Canadian court on Tuesday struck down part of a controversial Quebec law banning public employees from wearing religious symbols, removing limits on some teachers but maintaining the ban for police officers, judges and other civil servants...
BNP directly, indirectly involved in Hefajat mayhem: Quader
09:30 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said it is now known to all that BNP was directly and indirectly involved with the mayhem carried out by Hefajat during the celebration of golden jubilee of independence and Bangabandhu’s birth centenary...
Domestic flights to resume from Wednesday
09:25 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to resume flight operations on all domestic routes from Wednesday on a limited scale. In a notice issued on Tuesday, it said the flights approved in special consideration can transport passengers but the expatriate workers will get priority...
Mominul banks on pacers for 'big impact' in Sri Lanka
07:25 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayMominul Haque, the Bangladesh Test skipper, said on Tuesday that pacers will play a big role to play in the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka and added that they need to be mentally and physically prepared to take the challenge...
FIFA chief 'strongly disapproves of ESL
07:10 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayFIFA boss Gianni Infantino "strongly disapproves" of the breakaway European Super League and says the 12 clubs will have to "live with the consequences" of their decision to join...
Chad President Idriss Deby killed on frontline
06:01 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayChad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline against rebels in the north...
UEFA chief slams Super League 'snakes'
05:54 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayUEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has accused the 12 clubs behind a proposed European Super League (ESL) of "spitting in the face of football lovers" and slammed the "snakes" at its centre, as he dismissed the plan to launch a rival to the Champions League as "disgraceful and self-serving."..
Nagad crosses 4cr users’ landmark
05:41 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayNagad, the digital financial arm of Bangladesh Post Office, has recently surpassed the 4 crore users’ landmark...
Actor Alamgir catches coronavirus
04:48 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayAcclaimed actor Alamgir has been infected with the novel coronavirus...
Coronavirus: New deaths 91, cases 4559
04:34 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdaySome 91 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,588. During the period, 4,559 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,27,780, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
Subhasree Ganguly contracts coronavirus
04:16 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayIndian actress Subhasree Ganguly has tested positive for coronavirus...
Rahul Gandhi tests coronavirus positive
03:55 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayIndia Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has tweeted to say that he has tested positive for Covid-19...
Tigers seek redemption in 1st Test against Sri Lanka
03:43 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayBangladesh national cricket team sought redemption, putting behind the lean form as they take on Sri Lanka in the opening match of the two-match Test series at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy tomorrow (Wednesday)...
PRAN Dairy collects milk from farmers amid lockdown
03:22 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayPRAN Dairy Limited, country’s leading dairy processor, has continued to collect all milk from its contractual dairy farmers at a time when the farmers are facing difficulties to sell milk due to ongoing lockdown across the country to curb the covid-19 transmission...
Actor Jeet tests COVID-19 positive
02:35 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayRenowned Indian actor Jeet has been infected with Coronavirus. The popular actor, who is under home quarantine at present, took to his Twitter handle on Tuesday to announce the news...
Gazette issued extending lockdown till April 28
01:26 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe government has extended the ongoing lockdown for one more week from April 22 to April 28 to contain the rapid spread of Coronavirus. Cabinet Division issued the gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. The ongoing lockdown across the country will end on April 21. The government issued the second lockdown from April 14...
PM for global institutions’ primacy to meet vaccine demand
11:51 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayDescribing Covid-19 vaccine as global goods, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh believes in primacy of United Nations and other international institutions to meet everyone’s demand for vaccines and medical requirements on the basis of equity and justice...
India records 1,761 Covid-19 deaths, highest one-day spike
11:28 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayIn a slight drop in the daily Covid-19 infection cases, India registered over 2.59 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, thrusting the caseload in the country to over 1.53 crore, according to the Union health ministry...
Ex-UN chief Ban urges Guterres to engage directly with Myanmar army
10:04 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayFormer U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged his successor on Monday to engage directly with Myanmar's military to prevent an increase in post-coup violence...
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
09:29 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayNASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet...