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Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 26, cases 1868
05:25 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayTwenty six more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,668. During the period, 1,868 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,68,706, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
What significance of places on Modi’s Bangladesh itinerary?
04:48 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayEach of the spots on PM Modi’s itinerary is of political, historical or religious significance to both India and Bangladesh...
Magnitude 7.2 quake rocks northeastern Japan
04:32 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayA strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan at a depth of 60 km on Saturday evening at 6:09 p.m...
Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus
04:24 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Dr Faisal Sultan, his aide on health, confirmed on Twitter...
'Soldiers ethnically cleansing a region through rape'
03:53 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayMore evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where an armed conflict has been raging for months...
World’s largest alpona drawn with Rainbow Paints in Gaibandha
02:51 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayA 10-km long alpona has been drawn on the Gaibandha-Saghata regional highway with the slogan ‘Dekhabe Gaibandha, Dekhbe Desh; record korbe Bangladesh...
Dhaka, Colombo sign 6 MoUs
02:27 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayDhaka and Colombo today signed six Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance cooperation between the two countries in different areas. These are - MoU on cooperation for strengthening youth development between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, MoU between Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP) and MoU between Directorate of Technical Education of Bangladesh...
Rajapaksa pays deep homage to Bangabandhu
01:48 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdaySri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today paid deep tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The visiting Sri Lankan prime minister showed his respect to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum...
BNP Vice Chairman Ruhul Amin dies of COVID-19
12:50 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayMaj. Gen. (rtd) Ruhul Amin Chowdhury, Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, died of Coronavirus on Saturday. He breathed his last at 11:15am while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in the capital...
Covid: France and Poland increase lockdown measures as infections surge
11:14 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayFrance and Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks...
4 killed as 2 buses collide in Bagura
10:30 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayFour people were killed and at least 10 others injured after a bus collided head-on with another bus in Bagura in the wee hours of Saturday. The incident took place on Dhaka-Bagura highway near Dashmile area at Garidah union in Sherpur upazila of the district around 2am. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
Trent Boult takes four to set up crushing New Zealand victory
09:52 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayNew Zealand laid down an impressive marker on their return to ODI cricket for the first time in a year with a thumping victory over a disappointing Bangladesh...
Germany warns of ‘exponential’ rise in coronavirus cases
09:39 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayCoronavirus cases are rising exponentially in Germany, officials warn, as continental Europe braces for a third wave of infections...
Attack on Hindus: Main accused arrested
09:20 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayMembers of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) have arrested the main accused in a case filed over the attack on Hindu community at Shalla upazila in Sunamganj. Shahidul Islam alias Sadhin Member, local ward Juba League president and union parishad member, was arrested from Kulaura in Moulvibazar on Friday night...
Int’l pressure on Myanmar generals grows as 2 more killed in gunfire
08:32 AM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayOpponents of Myanmar’s coup planned more protests on Saturday as international pressure on the military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy supporters increased, with Asian neighbours joining Western countries in condemning lethal force...
Champions League draw: Real vs Liverpool, Bayern vs PSG
05:40 PM, 19 Mar 2021 FridayReal Madrid will face Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals, while there will be a repeat of last season's final as Bayern Munich were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain...
Facebook building a version of Instagram for under-13
05:33 PM, 19 Mar 2021 FridayFacebook is considering launching a version of its popular photo social media platform, Instagram, for children under the age of 13...
US actor Armie Hammer under probe for sexual assault
04:53 PM, 19 Mar 2021 FridayActor Armie Hammer is under police investigation after a woman alleged she was violently raped by Hammer in 2017 for several hours and thought she was going to be killed...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 18, cases 1899
04:29 PM, 19 Mar 2021 FridayEighteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,642. During the period, 1,899 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,66,838, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday...
Rajapaksa pays homage to war heroes
04:16 PM, 19 Mar 2021 FridaySri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday paid rich tributes to the memory of martyrs’ freedom fighters at National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of the capital...