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Myanmar coup: US announces sanctions on leaders
08:13 AM, 11 Feb 2021 ThursdayUS President Joe Biden has approved an executive order to impose sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar's coup. The measures will be focused on military leaders, their family members and businesses linked to them. Steps are also being taken to block access by the military to $1bn (£720m) of government funds held in the US...
Sikder Group chairman Zainul Haque Sikder dies
10:00 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayValiant freedom fighter and Sikdar Group chairman Zainul Haque Sikder died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 91...
Oscars release first shortlists for 2021 Academy Awards
09:33 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe categories include best documentary, best international film and best song, as well as best live action and documentary shorts...
China spacecraft enters Mars orbit
08:53 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayA Chinese spacecraft entered Mars' orbit on Wednesday on a mission to land a rover, collect data on underground water and possible signs of ancient life, state media said...
Mominul urges Tigers to show positive intent
07:37 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh captain Mominul Haque urged his colleagues to show positive intent, forgetting what happened in the first Test in which his side failed to register a victory despite setting an improbable 395-run target for West Indies...
Make Jubo League an ideal organization: PM
07:22 PM, 10 Feb 2021 Wednesday“I want to say the Jubo League leaders and workers to make the organization as a strong and ideal one being imbued with the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and patriotism,” she said...
‘I was never meek’: Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Miss World, Modi and misogyny
06:49 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe former Miss World and Bollywood turned Hollywood star is talking about her memoir, Unfinished...
Real close gap on Atletico with win over Getafe
05:36 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayReal Madrid overcame an injury crisis to beat Getafe 2-0 at home on Tuesday and close the gap to La Liga leaders, Atlético Madrid, to five points...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 10, cases 388
04:42 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayTen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,239. During the period, 388 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,39,153, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
Midland Bank ESRM training under IFC Standard
04:20 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayMidland Bank Limited (MDB) organized a training programme titled ‘Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) Training’ for its Executives and Officers from 31st January to 1st February 2021 through digital platform, a press release said...
Fatal road crash kills 10 in Jhenaidah
03:51 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayTen people were killed and at least 35 injured as a bus and a truck collided head-on in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah district on Wednesday afternoon. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The fatal crash took place in Barobazar area around 3:30pm...
Rockstar James receives Covid vaccine
03:47 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayIconic rockstar James (real name Faruq Mahfuz Anam), one of Bangladesh's most beloved artists, on Wednesday received coronavirus vaccine...
Bangladesh to help Maldives combat climate changes: PM
03:20 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid that Bangladesh would extend its all-out support to his country in the fight against climate changes...
I must really focus on gender equality, says Farah Ahmad
02:48 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladeshi origin Farah Ahmad has been appointed as the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Most recently, Ahmad served as the senior program coordinator in the Office of Consumer Education...
4 killed as minibus hits auto-rickshaw in Teknaf
01:18 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayFour people were killed and another person was injured when a minibus hit an auto-rickshaw at Whaikhyang Lambabil area on Cox-Bazar-Teknaf road in Teknaf on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
Dipan murder: 8 militants get death
01:01 PM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayA tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced eight members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) to death in a case filed over the killing of Jagriti Publication publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan. Judge of Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Md Mujibur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday...
Myanmar protests continue after violence, raid on NLD office
10:35 AM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayPeople returned to the streets of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s remote capital, on Wednesday, after the police used rubber bullets and water cannon to break up protests leaving two people in hospital, one of them fighting for her life...
Europe’s oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday
10:00 AM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayA French nun who is Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19, just days before her 117th birthday...
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic
09:05 AM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayA 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left there and others at a motel where he was staying, authorities said...
Trump impeachment: Senate says trial is constitutional and can go ahead
08:22 AM, 10 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe US Senate has found that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, allowing full proceedings to begin. Mr Trump's defence team argued that he cannot face trial...