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Missing madrasa student found dead
06:42 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of a madrasa student from a canal in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Saturday afternoon, four days after he had gone missing...
Mario Draghi sworn in as Italian prime minister
05:56 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe ex-head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has been sworn-in as Italy's next prime minister, reports BBC...
Bangladesh spinners deny West Indies control
04:50 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh spinners put on an inspirational bowling performance to deny West Indies taking a full control on the second and final Test as the home side was in a position of embarrassment after conceding a huge first innings lead on day three at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 291
04:42 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,266. During the period, 291 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,40,266, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
Sharma hits first Test century against England
04:11 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayIndia’s Rohit Sharma scored his first Test century against England to steady the hosts in the second match on Saturday...
19 killed in firecracker factory blast in India
04:06 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayAt least 19 people were killed and dozens hurt in a blast at a firecracker factory in India, authorities said Saturday...
Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone targeting airport: Al Arabiya
03:35 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted an explosive-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis towards Abha airport, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported on Saturday, citing the coalition’s spokesperson...
Dia Mirza to marry Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15: Report
02:29 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayDia Mirza occupied a spot on the list of trends all of Saturday morning after reports of the actress' rumoured wedding started surfacing online...
Police charge batons on BNP men in Dhaka
01:29 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayPolice today charged batons on the leaders and activists of BNP at their protest programme in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka. BNP organized the programme there protesting the government decision on revoking the ‘Bir Uttam’ title of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman...
Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
12:46 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayOpponents of Myanmar’s military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to anger over the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Cornwall’s double-strike keeps Bangladesh on the back foot
12:20 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh's overnight batsmen Mohammad Mithun and Mushfiqur Rahim were the two casualties in the morning session of the third day, as West Indies continued to keep the hosts on the back foot in the second Test in Dhaka...
Melbourne starts 5-day virus lockdown, no spectators at Australian Open
11:01 AM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayAustralia’s second most populous state Victoria entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday as authorities raced to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly infections UK variant...
Why Canada is falling behind in Covid vaccinations
09:33 AM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayCanada has secured the world's largest number of potential Covid vaccine doses per capita - but it's struggling to get its hands on some of those doses and to get jabs into arms. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised an "enormous increase" in doses coming to Canada of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the only two currently authorised for use in the country...
Trump lawyers argue impeachment based on ‘hatred,’ not facts
08:31 AM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayDonald Trump’s impeachment lawyers accused Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against the former president as they sped through their defense of his actions and fiery words before the Jan. 6...
Bangladesh lose top four after WI post 409
06:02 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridayA day that belonged to the visitors. If getting 409 wasn't enough, the Windies managed to disturb the applecart further by picking up 4 wickets before stumps on day 2...
Ron Haque Sikder secures bail
04:50 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridaySikder Group's Managing Director Ron Haque Sikder has secured bail in a case filed for allegedly attempting to kill EXIM Bank's two officials. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam gave the order after he was produced before the court by police seeking his confinement in jail until probe of the case is finished...
Bangladesh sees lowest Covid deaths in 10 months
04:11 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridayBangladesh on Friday reported five deaths from coronavirus, this is the lowest record of fatality in last 10 months. With this, the country's death toll stood at 8,253, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Police arrest Ron Haque Sikder upon his arrival home
03:56 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridayPolice have arrested Sikder Group's Managing Director Ron Haque Sikder upon his arrival home from Thailand. A team of police's detective branch nabed him around 10am on Friday soon after he landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Iftekharul Islam, additional commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the matter...
Myanmar remits sentences of 23,314 prisoners
02:50 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridayThe State Administration Council of Myanmar remitted sentences of 23,314 local prisoners and 55 foreign prisoners on Friday, according to the council’s orders...
NU 2nd year degree exams begin Saturday
12:19 PM, 12 Feb 2021 FridayThe second year’s degree (pass) and certificate courses’ examinations of academic year 2019 under National University (NU) will begin on Saturday (February 13)...