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Dhaka-Male sign four MoUs
01:54 PM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayBangladesh and the Maldives have signed four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to boost cooperation between the two countries in different areas including fisheries and cultural affairs. The MoUs were signed at the Prime Minister’s Office in the capital in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih...
Irfan Selim gets bail in attempted murder case
11:55 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayThe High Court has granted bail to Irfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Selim and suspended councillor of Ward no. 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation, in the case filed over assaulting and attempted murder of a naval officer. A HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossen Selim and Justice Md Badruzzaman passed the order on Thursday...
PM opens ‘Amar Ekushey’ book fair
11:26 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on THursday inaugurated the month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Boimela’ (book fair) on the Bangla Academy premises and at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital...
Mother, daughter found dead in Habiganj
11:00 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayA mother and his daughter were found dead at their house in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Anjali, 35, wife of Sandip Das and her daughter Puja, 8. On information, some police officials including Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Parvez Alam Chowdhury visited the spot...
Atlanta shootings: Suspect charged with murder as victims identified
09:09 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayThe alleged gunman who killed eight people at massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia, has been charged with murder as police begin to identify victims...
Suu Kyi charged with bribery, faces 15 years in prison
08:41 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayMyanmar’s military regime piled more charges on ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi as it seeks to justify a Feb. 1 coup and ensure she stays behind bars...
Tanzania’s president John Magufuli dies after Covid rumours
08:18 AM, 18 Mar 2021 ThursdayTanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television...
Maldivian President calls Bangabandhu “giant of South Asian history”
10:02 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayMaldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih today described Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as one of giants of South Asian history, saying he secured a permanent room in hearts of all who aspires for democracy and freedom...
Modi calls Bangabandhu “hero for all Indians”
09:47 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayModi, who is set to arrive in Bangladesh on a two-day tour from March 26 to join in person the celebrations also described Bangabandhu as a “champion of human rights and freedom”...
Kenya dismisses challenge to its ban on female genital mutilation
09:17 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayKenya’s high court upheld a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in a landmark ruling on Wednesday welcomed by campaigners seeking to eradicate the internationally condemned procedure...
President urges politicians to take lessons from Bangabandhu’s ideals, works
07:37 PM, 17 Mar 2021 Wednesday“Take lessons from the ideals and works of Bangabandhu . . . and devote to serve the country and its people,” he said at the function at the National Parade Square...
Man City on course to win unprecedented quadruple
06:59 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayCity has now lost just once in its previous 32 games in all competitions -- the defeat coming at the hands of Manchester United -- and remains in contention for all four competitions it entered at the start of the season...
Nation begins 10-day Bangabandhu Birth Centenary, Independence Golden Jubilee celebrations
05:41 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe nation today began a 10-day nationwide celebration of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary coinciding with the Golden Jubilee of 1971 Independence with a grand ceremony...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 11, cases 1865
04:54 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayEleven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,608. During the period, 1,865 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,62,752, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
BCL leader held on charge of extortion
04:18 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayPolice have arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League in Rajshahi city on charge of demanding extortion from a contractor...
Man City cruise into Champions League quarter-finals
03:36 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayManchester City moved into the Champions League quarter-finals for a fourth successive season by completing a comprehensive aggregate victory over Borussia Monchengladbach...
Real ease into Champions League last eight
03:30 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayReal Madrid reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in three seasons with a clinical second-leg performance against Atalanta...
Keep away children from violence, drug, militancy, terrorism: PM
02:12 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed building bright and beautiful life of children by keeping them away from violence, drugs, militancy and terrorism...
Maldives President pays tributes to national heroes at Savar
12:26 PM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayMaldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih today paid rich tributes to the memory of martyrs’ freedom fighters at National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of the capital...
3 die after fire breaks out at DMCH COVID ICU
11:43 AM, 17 Mar 2021 WednesdayThree patients died after a fire broke out at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) dedicated for COVID-19 patients on the third floor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s (DMCH) new building on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...