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PM for resolving problems with neighbouring countries through discussion
09:08 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the problems between neighbouring countries should be resolved through discussions and negotiations...
BNNRC organizes orientation on SDG Localization Process
08:33 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayBangladesh NGOs for Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) organized a day-long Project Orientation on Connecting and Empowering Voices for Just, Inclusive and Peaceful Society supported by Switzerland on 4 March 2021 at YWCA conference room, Dhaka...
Ex-French PM Édouard Balladur acquitted
08:19 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayThe former French prime minister Édouard Balladur has been cleared of financing his failed 1995 presidential campaign with illegal kickbacks from international arms deals...
New Zealand charge man over threat to Christchurch mosques
07:57 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayA man has been charged over a threat made online to the Linwood Islamic centre and the Al Noor mosque, the sites of the two Christchurch shootings in 2019...
PM Hasina receives coronavirus vaccine
06:02 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received coronavirus vaccine. She received the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday afternoon, her Press Secretary MM Imrul Kayes Rana confirmed. Bangladesh on January 27 began coronavirus vaccination programme, and launched the same nationwide on February 7...
Windies captain Pollard hits six sixes
05:49 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayKieron Pollard struck six sixes in one over off Akila Dananjaya, who had earlier taken a hat-trick, in West Indies' extraordinary four-wicket Twenty20 defeat of Sri Lanka...
India dismiss England for 205 in final Test
05:34 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayIndia bowled out England for 205 as spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven wickets between them on day one of the fourth and final Test on Thursday...
Shreya Ghoshal announces her first pregnancy
05:10 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayShreya has mesmerised audiences with her melodious voice over the years with songs like ‘Manwa Laage’, ‘Piyu Bole’ and ‘Bairi Piya’ among others...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 7, cases 619
04:30 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdaySeven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,435. During the period, 619 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,48,549, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Writer Mushtaq's death was 'natural'
04:11 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayThe Home Ministry probe body formed over the custodial death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed has concluded that he died of 'natural causes'. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the disclosure while talking to the reporters at his Secretariat office on Thursday...
PM urges scientists, researchers to work more for humanity
03:47 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the scientists and researchers to work more for welfare of mankind with more concentration, saying evolution of research and science is inevitable for the country’s development...
Barca beat Sevilla to reach Copa del Rey final
03:29 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayBarcelona overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit as they beat 10-man Sevilla 3-0 after extra time in a Copa del Rey semi-final full of drama and incident...
No crime, no border killing: Jaishankar
02:26 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayBangladesh and India on Thursday highlighted their shared objective with an approach “no crime, no death” to end killing along the border, noting that every death is regrettable. He said the two countries know the problem and the problem is because of crimes and mentioned that the two countries discussed the issue at the meeting...
Cartoonist Kishore released from jail
01:47 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayCartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has been released from jail after around ten months in prison. “He was freed from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 at 12:25pm on Thursday after his bail papers reached the jail at 11am,” said jail super Abdul Jalil. Earlier on Wednesday, the High Court granted a six months’ anticipatory bail to Kishore...
Taj Mahal briefly shut, tourists evacuated after bomb hoax
01:11 PM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayThe Taj Mahal in Agra was briefly shut and tourists evacuated this morning after Uttar Pradesh Police received a hoax call about a bomb at the iconic monument...
Indian Foreign Minister reaches Dhaka
11:10 AM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayIndian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka around 10am today. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen welcome the Indian minister at the Bangabandhu Airforce Base in the capital. During the visit, Jaishankar will hold bilateral talks with Dr Momen and also call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Brazil reports new single-day record for COVID deaths
10:45 AM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayBrazil’s Sao Paulo state has announced new “code red” COVID-19 restrictions, as the country registered a record number of coronavirus-related deaths for the second straight day...
South Africa, China seize fake coronavirus vaccines: Interpol
10:30 AM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdaySecurity officials in China and South Africa seized thousands of counterfeit doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the global police agency Interpol revealed on Wednesday...
HT Imam buried at Banani graveyard
09:05 AM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayHT Imam, advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be buried at Banani graveyard on Thursday afternoon. Earlier, his body was flown to his hometown in Sirajganj where his first namaz-e-janaza will be held at 11am. Later, his body was kept at central Shaheed Minar for the public to pay their last tributes from 12pm to 3:30pm...
Myanmar sees deadliest day as 38 protesters killed
08:27 AM, 04 Mar 2021 ThursdayAt least 38 people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday in what the UN described as the "bloodiest day" since the coup took place a month ago...