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Remembering the Pilkhana martyrs
12:05 PM, 25 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe 12th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at the Pilkhana BDR (now BGB) headquarters in the capital is being observed on Thursday. A total of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this day in 2009. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has organised Quran Khawani, doa, and milad mahfil, marking the day...
IU professor dies of coronavirus
10:50 AM, 25 Feb 2021 ThursdayProfessor Dr Saidur Rahman, Student Affairs Adviser of Islamic University (IU), has died of coronavirus. Dr Saidur, also the chairman of the IU’s Bengali Department, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Ibn Sina in the capital’s Kalyanpur around 6am. His colleague Professor Dr Rashiduzzaman confirmed the death to Jago News...
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US
09:27 AM, 25 Feb 2021 ThursdayPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States. Former President Donald Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020...
Myanmar students, doctors plan more protests against military rule
09:06 AM, 25 Feb 2021 ThursdayStudents and doctors in Myanmar plan to hold fresh protests on Thursday against military rule, as Washington expressed concern about Malaysia’s deportation of about 1,100 Myanmar nationals back to the strife-torn nation...
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test
08:26 AM, 25 Feb 2021 ThursdayA real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose. Wednesday’s published results, from a mass vaccination campaign in Israel, give strong reassurance that the benefits seen in smaller...
Tigers reach New Zealand for limited over series
09:34 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe Bangladesh national cricket team reached New Zealand today for a limited over series that included three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals...
Housewife found dead in sugar cane field
09:04 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayPolice recovered the body of a housewife from a sugar cane field in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district on Wednesday evening...
Putin, Erdogan have formed a brotherhood of hard power
07:58 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayTHE KREMLIN has accused NATO of trying to overthrow Vladimir Putin. It has portrayed Alexei Navalny, Mr Putin’s most prominent challenger, as America’s agent...
Man guilty of killing Maltese journo gets 15 yrs jail
07:36 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayOne of three men accused of planting and detonating the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 has pleaded guilty to the crime and been sentenced to 15 years in prison...
Bangladesh, US keen to deepen bilateral ties
06:52 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister A K Abdul Momen and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken have expressed their willingness to further deepen Bangladesh-US relations by advancing common goals and mutual interests...
DU-affiliated 7 colleges' exams to continue
04:53 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe Ministry of Education has decided to continue the examinations of seven colleges affiliated to the University of Dhaka as per schedule amid the student protests. "This decision has been taken in an urgent meeting on the students protests and demands," the ministry public relations officer M A Khair confirmed this...
Sheikh Rehana receives Covid-19 vaccine
04:24 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdaySheikh Rehana, daughter of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and younger sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received coronavirus vaccine...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 5, cases 428
03:55 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayFive more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,374. During the period, 428 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,44,544, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
Giroud overhead kick gives Chelsea win over Atletico
03:40 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayOlivier Giroud's spectacular overhead kick gave Chelsea an outstanding victory against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg in Bucharest...
Bayern plot quarter-final course by routing Lazio
03:33 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayHolders Bayern Munich brushed off their recent poor domestic form by throwing down a Champions League marker with an emphatic 4-1 win at Lazio in Tuesday’s last-16 first leg to take a “huge step” towards the quarter-finals...
Malaysia launches COVID-19 vaccination drive as PM gets first shot
02:16 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayMalaysia on Wednesday launched its COVID-19 inoculation programme, which authorities hope will rein in a spike in infections and help revive an economy that recorded its worst slump in over two decades last year...
Case filed against cricketer Nasir, his wife
12:59 PM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayA case has been filed against cricketer Nasir Hossain and his newly married wife Tamima Tammi. Tamima’s ex-husband Rakib Hasan on Wednesday filed the case at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim alleging that Tamima married Nasir without divorcing him...
Students of 7 DU-affiliated colleges block Nilkhet intersection
11:51 AM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayA group of students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges on Wednesday morning blocked the Nilkhet intersection in the capital protesting at the decision of postponing all types of scheduled examinations...
67 dead in Ecuador jail riots
09:24 AM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayAt least 67 prisoners died on Tuesday during violent riots in three Ecuadorian prisons due to clashes between rival gangs...
Prominent banker, economist Ibrahim Khaled dies
08:38 AM, 24 Feb 2021 WednesdayProminent banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled passed away early Wednesday. He was 80. Khaled, also a former deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at 5:45am...