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CJ receives 2nd dose of coronavirus vaccine
04:12 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayChief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and his wife received their second doses of coronavirus vaccine at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in the capital on Thursday morning...
UK halts funding for Oxfam over sexual misconduct claims
03:52 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe UK has halted aid funding for Oxfam following allegations of sexual misconduct made against staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Mbappe hits double as PSG thrash Bayern
03:38 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayKylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St-Germain produced a superb away performance to beat title holders Bayern Munich in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg...
Shops, shopping malls to remain open from 9am to 5pm
02:26 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe government has decided to keep open the shops and shopping malls from 9am to 5pm from April 9 to April 13. Cabinet division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. The decision will be effective till April 13, it said...
India’s record COVID-19 surge continues, vaccines run short
02:01 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayIndia reported a record 126,789 COVID-19 cases on Thursday as several states struggle to contain a second surge in infections, complaining of vaccine shortages and demanding inoculations be expanded to younger people...
Govt to take tougher steps to save people from coronavirus: PM
01:30 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government will take tougher stance to protect lives of the people from the deadly coronavirus in view of massive surge in the infection and death rates in the last few days...
Momen assumes chair of D-8 COM
01:05 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has taken over the chairmanship of D-8 Council of Foreign Ministers (COM) for the next two years from his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu...
Indian army chief arrives on 5-day visit
12:49 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayIndian Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived here this morning on a five-day visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart General Aziz Ahmed. The Indian Army Chief is scheduled to pay courtesy calls on the chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force of Bangladesh and meet other senior officers of the forces...
Islamic preacher Rafiqul sued under Digital Security ACT
12:24 PM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayA Digital Security case has been filed against Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as Shishu Bokta (child preacher), on charge of spreading anti-state and provocative statements. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed the case with Gazipur’s Gacha Police Station around 2am on Thursday. Later, the elite force handed him to the police station...
Supreme Court lawyer Momtaz dies of Coronavirus
10:57 AM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdaySupreme Court lawyer and former District and Session Judge Momtaz Ali Bhuiyan died of Coronavirus in the wee hours of Thursday...
Uncle, nephew killed over land dispute
10:23 AM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayA man and his nephew were killed and two others injured in a clash over a land dispute at Dungria village under Dakkhin Sunamganj upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday morning. The deceased are Abdul Tahid, 62, son of Osman Miah and his nephew Ripon Miah, 42, son of Rafid Miah...
Unusual blood clot is ‘very rare AstraZeneca side effect’: EU drug regulator
09:48 AM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe EU's medicines regulator says unusual blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19...
Myanmar ambassador says he’s locked out of London embassy in ‘coup’
08:24 AM, 08 Apr 2021 ThursdayMyanmar's ambassador to the UK said he has been locked out of the London embassy in what he described as another "coup," blaming the country's military...
FIFA suspends Pakistan, Chad football associations
09:32 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayFIFA has suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with immediate effect due to third-party interference, which constitutes a serious violation of the soccer governing body statutes...
Chayanika Chy contracts coronavirus
09:16 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayPopular television director Chayanika Chowdhury has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
Antra, Priya maintain continuity of winning gold
09:00 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayHumaira Akhter Antra and Marjan Akhter Priya continued their impressive form by maintaining the continuity of winning gold medal in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games women’s Karate event held on Wednesday at Bandarban district gymnasium...
Hefazat mayhem crosses all levels of tolerance: Quader
08:48 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said extreme communal force Hefazat-e-Islam is continuously carrying out mayhem in different parts of the country, which has crossed all levels of tolerance...
Legendary actress Kobori hospitalized
08:07 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayLegendary actress Sarah Begum Kobori has been admitted to a hospital in the capital with some complications...
83 including Mamunul sued in N'ganj
06:34 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayEighty three people, including Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh's Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque, have been named in three separate cases filed over the attacks on police, and vandalizm in a resort in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj district...
BB relaxes private importers deferred payment rules
05:11 PM, 07 Apr 2021 WednesdayThe private-sector businesses involving foreign loan or supplier credit would now get deferred payment time limit beyond one year...