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Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda, Gayeshwar
05:57 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayAn arrest warrant has been issued against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in two separate cases filed in Narail district. Narail Sadar Sub-ordinate Court judge Amatul Morsheda issued the arrest warrant on Wednesday...
HC for removing Al Jazeera report from online platforms
05:41 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove a report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men” of Al Jazeera, a Qatar based news channel, from all the online platforms in the country...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 16, cases 443
04:36 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,314. During the period, 443 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,41,877, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
French Assembly passes bill aiming to curb Islamism
04:31 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayFrance’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation designed mainly to counter a rise in Islamism in towns and cities which the government says threatens national unity...
New Zealand troops to leave Afghanistan after 20-year deployment
04:17 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayNew Zealand has announced that it will withdraw its last remaining troops from Afghanistan by May, concluding a 20-year deployment that was the country’s longest-running one...
Liverpool seize control over RB Leipzig in Budapest
03:37 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayLiverpool seized the initiative against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash by cruising to a 2-0 win in a chilly Budapest on Tuesday...
Mbappe hat-trick stuns Barca to put PSG in sight of quarter-finals
03:21 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayKylian Mbappe ripped Barcelona apart on Tuesday by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals...
Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid Olympic worries
02:50 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayMonths after other major economies, Japan began giving the first coronavirus vaccines to front-line health workers Wednesday...
Hasina murder attempt: HC upholds death penalty for 10
01:36 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe High Court has upheld a lower court verdict that sentenced 10 convicts to death in a case lodged over an attempt to murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kotalipara of Gopalganj in 2000. A virtual HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossen Selim and Justice Md Badruzzaman passed the order Wednesday...
Al Jazeera report: Sedition case filed against 4
12:37 PM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayA sedition case has been filed against four people over the Al Jazeera report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men.” The four accused are Swedish-Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil, Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan, British journalist David Bergman and Director General (editing council) of Al Jazeera Television...
Barishal University students protest against attack on fellows
11:42 AM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayStudents of Barishal University have been protesting in the city since Wednesday morning against an attack on some of their fellows by local transport workers on Tuesday. Witnesses said the protests began around 7 am when scores of university students blocked traffic on the busy Barishal-Patuakhali highway...
WHO’s mission to China ends without finding the origin of the virus
09:54 AM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe World Health Organisation (WHO) team investigating the origins of the coronavirus has wrapped up its 28-day mission to Wuhan, China, without finding the origin of the virus...
Myanmar coup: Suu Kyi faces new charge amid protests
08:40 AM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayMyanmar's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been handed a second criminal charge on the day she appeared in court via video link. Ms Suu Kyi, who was earlier charged with possessing illegal walkie-talkies, is now also alleged to have violated the country's Natural Disaster Law...
Texas deep freeze leaves millions without power, 21 dead
08:27 AM, 17 Feb 2021 WednesdayA historic winter storm has killed at least 21 people, left millions of Texans without power and spun killer tornadoes into the U.S. Southeast on Tuesday. The brutal cold has engulfed vast swaths of the United States, shuttering COVID-19 inoculation centers and hindering vaccine supplies...
National cricketers to receive COVID-19 vaccine Thursday
09:11 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe national cricketers are all set to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday...
Djokovic beats Zverev to reach semis
08:03 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayDefending champion Novak Djokovic showed yet more mental and physical resilience to beat German sixth seed Alexander Zverev and reach the Australian Open semi-finals...
Myanmar army promises new elections amid protests
07:32 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayMyanmar's military has repeated its promise to hold new elections and relinquish power as anti-coup protests continue across the country. Army spokesman Brig Gen Zaw Min Tun once again claimed that the military took control after alleged voter fraud, but did not provide any evidence...
ECNEC okays Tk 16,918.59cr SASEC project for Dhaka-Sylhet road
06:13 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe approval came from the 22nd ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY21) held with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports BSS...
Bangladesh Army again bins Al-Jazeera report
05:15 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayBangladesh army today denounced an Al-Jazeera report relating to some military procurement, issuing a fresh a statement to clarify issues the channel raised and calling its report “baseless” and “fabricated” with an intention to belittle the government as well as the army...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 396
04:47 PM, 16 Feb 2021 TuesdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,298. During the period, 396 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,41,434, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Tuesday...