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Coca-Cola turns to 100% recycled plastic bottles in US
09:58 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayCoca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic material in the United States, the beverage maker said on Tuesday, in a major shift to combat plastic waste and reduce its carbon footprint...
Onus on the spinners to deliver in absence of Shakib: Miraz
09:07 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayAll-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz believes that the spinners have to step up in absence of Shakib Al Hasan as Bangladesh is eying to win the second Test against West Indies in a bid to avoid defeat in two-match series...
Quader urges BNP to shun conspiracy, ill politics
08:43 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today called upon BNP to work on pro-people issues instead of doing ill politics and spending time in hatching conspiracies and spreading rumours and propaganda...
WHO says coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
08:24 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization expert said Tuesday...
Man's body found in house, wife's in canal
07:39 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayPolice recovered the bodies of a man and his wife in Sadar upazila in Thakurgaon district on Tuesday morning.
Indian actor Rajiv Kapoor dies
06:30 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayLate actor Rishi Kapoor's brother, actor Rajiv Kapoor has died in Mumbai. As per reports, the actor died due to a heart attack. He was 58...
Kajal Aggarwal reveals she has asthma
05:43 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayIndian actor Kajal Aggarwal Kitchlu on Tuesday revealed that she has bronchial asthma. Sharing that she was diagnosed with the disease when she was only five, the actor opened up about her constant battle with asthma and the stigma around using inhalers...
England crush India by 227 runs
05:19 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayIndia fell victim to an almost-unavoidable defeat at the hands of England on Tuesday when the visitors bagged a comprehensive 227-run victory in the opening Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 8, cases 387
04:28 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayEight more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,229. During the period, 387 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,38,765, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Tuesday...
Crimes against humanity: Verdict against nine Thursday
04:24 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal will announce verdict against nine accused including Khalilur Rahman of Mymensingh, in a case lodged over crimes against humanity during the war of liberation, 1971 on Feb 11...
Inmate beaten to death by another
04:19 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayAn inmate was beaten to death allegedly by another in a cell of Kishoreganj District Jail-1 early Tuesday...
Muslim families complain to UN over Sri Lankan Covid cremations
03:26 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayA group of Muslim families are launching a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) about Sri Lanka’s policy of enforced cremation of all those confirmed or suspected to have died with Covid, saying it breaches their religious rights and is causing “untold misery”...
Rangpur Foundry and Banga Building Materials hold dealers’ conference
02:50 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayRangpur Foundry Limited and Banga Building Materials Limited, sister concerns of RFL group, organized a conference for its dealers, engaged to serve various products under the two companies, at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj recently...
Myanmar police fire into the air, use water cannons to quell protests
02:39 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayMyanmar police fired gunshots into the air and used water cannons on Tuesday as protesters across the country defied bans on big gatherings to show their opposition to a military coup that halted a tentative transition to democracy...
Shakib seeks permission to skip NZ tour
01:32 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayBangladesh star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has sought the permission of Bangladesh Cricket Board to skip the New Zealand tour which will take place in March-April this year...
Saida receives ‘Woman of the Decade in Public Life, Diplomacy Award’
12:55 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayBangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland Saida Muna Tasneem has been honoured with the ‘Women of the Decade in Public Life and Diplomacy 2021’ award...
All pry teachers to receive vaccines in one week
12:39 PM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayTeachers of all primary school will receive the coronavirus vaccine within a week across the country. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen said this after he got vaccinated at the clinic of Secretariat at 11am on Tuesday. In a reply to a question, he said Prime Minister has already directed the health ministry...
Hacker tries to poison water supply of Florida city
11:14 AM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayA computer hacker gained access to the water system of a city in Florida and tried to pump in a "dangerous" amount of a chemical, officials say...
New Zealand suspends ties with Myanmar
10:16 AM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdayNew Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that the government will suspend all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar. New Zealand will also impose a travel ban on Myanmar’s military leaders, and ensure its aid programme to the country...
Saudi Arabia announces new judicial reforms in a move towards codified law
08:51 AM, 09 Feb 2021 TuesdaySaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Monday plans to approve a set of new draft laws designed to enhance the efficiency and integrity of the kingdom’s judicial system, a step that would eventually lead to an entirely codified law...