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Myanmar writes to Bangladesh explaining military takeover: FM
01:36 PM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayMyanmar has written to Bangladesh through its Ambassador in Yangon explaining why the military took over on February 1. The current interim government conveyed that some 10.4 million fake votes were cast in the national election in Myanmar held in November last year...
Mominul, Liton drop anchor as Bangladesh lead swells past 300
12:35 PM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayMominul Haque was eyeing his seventh century at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium as an unbroken 76-run stand between him and Liton Das put Bangladesh in a commanding position at lunch on day four of the first Test...
Bangladesh to boost spending in next two fiscals to offset Covid impact
11:42 AM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government has decided to fix the public expenditure at 17.1% and 17.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the next two fiscals (2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively)...
US to revoke terrorist designation of Houthis citing famine
11:22 AM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe United States intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi movement in response to the country’s humanitarian crisis, reversing one of the most criticised last-minute decisions of the Trump administration...
Myanmar coup: Military leaders block Twitter and Instagram
09:06 AM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayTwitter and Instagram have become the latest social media sites to be blocked for users in Myanmar following Monday's coup by the military. Telenor, one of the country's main internet providers, confirmed it had been ordered to deny access to the two sites "until further notice"...
Star of The Sound of Music Christopher Plummer dies
08:44 AM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayChristopher Plummer, the distinguished Canadian actor best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 91...
Russia expels European diplomats over Navalny protests
08:16 AM, 06 Feb 2021 SaturdayRussia has expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland for joining protests in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny, who was jailed earlier this week. The Russian foreign ministry said the three took part in "illegal demonstrations" on 23 January...
Myanmar teachers join growing anti-coup protests
05:53 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayA civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Monday's military coup. Demonstrators at a university in the biggest city, Yangon, chanted support for jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and wore red ribbons, her party's colour...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 7, cases 435
04:57 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridaySeven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,182. During the period, 435 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,37,465, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday...
A mysterious, lethal chimp disease is linked to a human illness
04:23 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayChimpanzees had been dying mysteriously at the Tacugama sanctuary in Sierra Leone for a decade or so by 2016 when Tony Goldberg set to work on figuring out why...
La Liga referees likely to favour Real, claims Pique
03:41 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayBarcelona defender Gerard Pique has weighed into a debate about refereeing by saying many officials in Spain were likely to favour his club’s great rivals Real Madrid...
Shakib laid low by a thigh strain
03:01 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayBangladesh have been dealt a huge blow after ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan sustained another injury, this time to his left thigh, during the ongoing Test against West Indies at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium...
Truck hits auto-rickshaw, kills 3
01:24 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThree people were killed and four others injured as a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bakalia Police Station area of Chattogram city on Thursday midnight...
Indonesia, Malaysia seeking ASEAN meeting on Myanmar after coup
12:48 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup earlier this week, reports Reuters...
Suu Kyi aide held after saying coup was 'not wise'
12:14 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayA key aide of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested on Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power...
21 named for Ekushey Padak this year
12:05 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe government has announced names of 21 eminent citizens for awarding prestigious Ekushey Padak, the country’s second highest civilian award, for their contribution in respective fields...
Biden ends support for Yemen war
11:16 AM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe US is to end its support for offensive operations by its allies in Yemen, which has been devastated by a six-year war in which more than 110,000 people are believed to have died...
A quarter of people in France, Germany, US may refuse Covid vaccine
09:35 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayNearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definitely or probably will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a survey...
Shah Alam removed from charge of financial institutions
08:34 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Bank has removed its executive director Shah Alam from charge of the bank's financial institutions and markets department after an allegation of covering up information of plundering a huge amount of money surfaced against him...
FIR on Indian farmers' protest 'toolkit' tweeted by Greta Thunberg
07:57 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Delhi Police has lodged an FIR in connection with a 'toolkit' containing information on how to back the farmers protests...