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FIFA bans Blatter for second time over financial wrongdoing
09:55 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdaySepp Blatter, the former chief of football’s world governing body FIFA, has been banned for a second time by the organisation over financial wrongdoing, seven months before the 85-year-old’s first ban expires...
EU plan for tougher controls on vaccine exports
09:42 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe European Commission has proposed tougher controls on Covid vaccine exports after it accused UK-Swedish firm AstraZeneca of failing to honour its contract to supply EU countries...
Dhaka, Thimphu can explore new areas of cooperation: President
09:14 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayDhaka and Thimphu can explore new areas of cooperation including, information and communication technology, agriculture, horticulture, tourism and fisheries to enhance trade and investment between the two friendly countries...
AL activist killed in factional clash
09:04 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayA factional clash of local Awami League (AL) in Enayetpur upazila of Sirajganj has left an activist dead and 20 other leaders and ones injured...
PM urges leaders, policymakers to work together for peaceful, prosperous South Asia
07:54 PM, 24 Mar 2021 Wednesday“We can easily improve the fate of the people of South Asia by utilizing the resources we have been endowed through exhibiting mutual cooperation,” she said...
Slovak foreign minister resigns as government totters
07:44 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdaySlovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok resigned on Wednesday amid a crisis threatening the four-party government led by Prime Minister Igor Matovic, Korcok’s party said...
No decision yet on general holidays: Minister
07:01 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayHealth and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik on Wednesday said the government has yet to make any decision on the general holidays or lockdown amid a current surge in the coronavirus cases...
American actor George Segal dies
05:32 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayActor George Segal, best known for starring in US sitcom The Goldbergs, has died at the age of 87...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 25, cases 3567
04:34 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayTwenty five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,715. During the period, 3,567 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,74,445, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
Man gets life for killing father
04:02 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayA court in Natore on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his father in 2015...
China's biggest car brand to launch rival to Tesla
03:33 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayChina's biggest carmaker Geely is launching a premium electric car brand it hopes will take on Tesla...
Bangladesh, Bhutan agree to activate river routes to expand trade
02:40 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayBangladesh and Bhutan today agreed to activate the river routes to expand business between the two countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart Dr. Lotay Tshering reached the consensus in a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the capital...
Taposh urges to close shops by 8pm
02:25 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayDhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged shop owners and business establishments to close shops by 8pm. He urged this while visiting the Boys Club ground in the capital’s Gopibagh. He said, the number of coronavirus infection has been increasing for some days. Everyone has to be aware to save from the virus...
Aamir Khan tests positive for COVID-19, in self-quarantine
01:39 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayBollywood actor Aamir Khan is the latest celeb to test positive for the coronavirus. The actor is currently working on his film Laal Singh Chaddha, an official remake of Tom Hanks-starrer Forrest Gump...
Independence Award to be handed over on April 11
01:27 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe Independence Award (Swadhinata Puroskar)-2021, the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh, will be handed over on April 11. The medals will be handed over to the awardees at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to take part in the event via video conference...
Brazil marks more than 3,000 daily Covid-19 deaths
01:13 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayBrazil’s daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the hard-hit country struggled to contain a surge of cases that has pushed many hospitals to breaking point...
UAE finance minister and Dubai deputy ruler Hamdan dies
12:49 PM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe United Arab Emirates finance minister and the deputy ruler of the emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has died, Dubai’s ruler said on Twitter on Wednesday...
Hong Kong halts Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
11:29 AM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayHong Kong on Wednesday temporarily suspended COVID-19 vaccinations using two batches of the treatment developed by Pfizer and BioNTech citing defective packaging...
Myanmar set for silent strike after violence claims youngest victim
10:05 AM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayMyanmar activists plan more anti-coup protests on Wednesday, including a silent strike with many businesses due to close and calls for people to stay home, a day after a seven-year-old girl was killed in her home when security forces opened fire during a crackdown in Mandalay...
North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles, US still open to dialogue
09:02 AM, 24 Mar 2021 WednesdayNorth Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend, U.S. and South Korean officials said, but Washington played down the first such tests under President Joe Biden and said it was still open to dialogue with Pyongyang...