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AL picks candidates for 3 by-polls
02:08 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayAwami League has nominated Aga Khan Mintu, Habibur Rahman, and Abul Hasem Khan for Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 by-elections respectively...
School closure extended to June 30
01:53 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe government has extended the closure of the educational institutions of the country's secondary and higher secondary level to June 30. Signed by the Education Ministry information and public relations officer M A Khair, a press release said this on Saturday...
16 more Birangana get status of freedom fighter
01:12 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdaySixteen more Birangana (war heroines) have been recognized as freedom fighters for their contribution and sacrifice during the Liberation War in 1971. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has recently issued a gazette notification, recognizing the victims of Pakistani atrocities...
Riz Ahmed calls for urgent change in ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims on screen
12:45 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayEnglish-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed has announced a new initiative to combat the “problem of Muslim misrepresentation” on screen, saying: “The Islamophobia industry is one that measures its cost in blood.”...
How to do the plank, and ease lower back pain
12:22 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThis strengthens the core muscles involved in “anti-extension” – ie, any movement that resists extending the lower back – which applies to anyone who works at a desk...
H K democracy activist Agnes Chow released
11:24 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayHong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was released from jail Saturday after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorized assemblies during massive 2019 anti-government protests that triggered a crackdown on dissent in the former British colony...
Nobel-winning Japanese chemist dies
10:50 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayJapanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died aged 85, his US university said...
Auto-rickshaw driver's throat-slit body recovered
10:24 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayPolice on Saturday morning recovered the throat-slit body of an auto-rickshaw driver in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district...
Pulitzer board honors teenager for her ‘courageous’ George Floyd video
09:50 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe teenager whose video documenting the murder of George Floyd helped galvanize a global movement over racial injustice was awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer prizes board...
Thousands march in support of Muslim family killed in Canada
08:53 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime...
BCB to take decision on Shakib after umpire’s report
08:43 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will take decision on Shakib Al Hasan issue based-on the report of the on field umpires and match referee...
Italy ease past Turkey in Euros opener
08:33 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayEuro 2020 opened in spectacular fashion as Italy got their campaign off to an impressive start in front of their own fans with a comfortable victory against Turkey...
Euro 2020: How to watch and everything you need to know
06:08 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayIt has been delayed by a year, but that seems to have only ramped up the excitement levels for the 2020 European football championships...
Brisbane set to host 2032 Olympics
05:51 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayBrisbane, Australia is set to host the 2032 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed its unopposed bid for the future Games...
Bangladesh to get 1 million vaccine under COVAX: Momen
05:39 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh will get one million 800 doses of much-demanded AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine under COVAX...
Coronavirus deaths exceed 13000
04:53 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridaySome 43 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 13,032. During the period, 2,454 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,22,849, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Dilip Kumar discharged from hospital
03:56 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayVeteran Indian actor Dilip Kumar has been discharged from hospital after undergoing pleural aspiration procedure. The actor was admitted to Hinduja hospital in Mumbai after complaining of breathlessness on Sunday...
20 killed in Pakistan bus crash
03:10 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayA bus crammed with pilgrims coming back from a religious festival crashed in southwest Pakistan on Friday killing at least 20 and leaving 10 others critically injured, officials and a hospital doctor said...
Farmer beaten to death over trivial matter
02:58 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayA farmer has been beaten to death allegedly by rivals over a trivial matter in Sadar upazila of Sherpur district...
ASI killed as 'drugs-laden' microbus hits him
01:00 PM, 11 Jun 2021 FridayDeceased Kazi Salah Uddin, 38, was an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) at Chandgaon Police Station in the city. He hailed from South Joypur area in Sadar upazila of Lakshmipur district...