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Govt to purchase six LNG tankers
07:19 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to purchase six LNG tankers for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), said an official release on Thursday...
Verdict in Avijit murder case on Feb 16
05:53 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayA tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 16 to deliver its verdict in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case...
Kangana's tweets deleted over rule violation
05:09 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayTwitter India on Thursday removed two of the tweets by Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, citing a violation of the platform's rules...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 485
04:37 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,175. During the period, 485 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,37,030, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Miraz century puts Bangladesh in command against West Indies
03:52 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayAll-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz hit his maiden century as Bangladesh put up 430 in their first innings of the opening Test against West Indies at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here today...
Theme park sues Taylor Swift
03:34 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayTaylor Swift is being sued by bosses at a theme park who claim she used the name of their attraction as the title of her latest album...
Bangladesh’s agro products: PM for further research to expand market
02:45 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked agricultural scientists to conduct further research over local fruits and agricultural items to expand the market for those...
Bangladesh-Myanmar talks on Rohingya repatriation deferred
01:20 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe long-awaited working committee meeting on Rohingya repatriation between Bangladesh and Myanmar has been deferred due to the changed situation in Myanmar...
Suu Kyi could face 2 years in jail over ‘illegal’ walkie-talkies
12:04 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayMyanmar police have charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possession of illegally imported walkie-talkies, which could result in a two-year prison sentence, as a civil disobedience campaign grew against the military’s coup...
Attack on PM’s convoy: 50 convicts sentenced to different terms in jail
11:11 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Satkhira has sentenced 50 people to different terms in jail in the case filed over the attack on the convoy of then-opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2002. Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate Humayun Kabir passed the order on Thursday...
Brazil aims to buy 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Russia, India
09:53 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Brazilian government announced Wednesday it was negotiating the purchase of 30 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Russia and India, after regulators made it easier for the treatments to win emergency-use authorizations...
Myanmar coup: UN chief calls for failure of military takeover
09:40 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayUN Secretary General António Guterres has urged the world community to make sure Monday's coup in Myanmar fails. The reversal of elections is "unacceptable", he said, and coup leaders must be made to understand this is no way to rule the country...
Myanmar bans Facebook
08:38 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayAll mobile operators, international gateways and internet service providers in Myanmar received February 3 directives from the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) to temporarily block social media service Facebook...
Bangladesh fight back in final session
09:53 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe West Indies bowlers did well to keep Bangladesh in check for the most part of the opening day of the first Test in Chattogram before the home side wrested back some control in the final session...
Protests in Pabna against Al-Jazeera report
09:43 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayPabna district Awami League and its associate bodies have staged demonstration protesting against the conspiratorial campaign by Qatar based television Al Jazeera against Bangladesh and its premier Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladesh moves up 4 notches in EIU Democracy Index
08:15 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh has maintained its advancement in the ranking of the global democratic indicator as the country has moved up four notches on the latest Democracy Index 2020 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...
Sri Lanka to tour Bangladesh in May
07:52 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdaySri Lanka is set to tour Bangladesh in May for a three-match ODI series. The series will be a part of the World Cup Super League...
Oxford vaccine cuts virus transmission
07:25 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly reduces virus transmission and is highly protective after a single dose, according to an Oxford University study, which the British government said Wednesday vindicated its inoculation strategy...
BB brings changes in MPS for FY21
07:12 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has brought some changes in money and credit line of its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the fiscal 2020-21, taking into account the money market and the overall macroeconomic situation...
Bangladesh mulls legal action against Al-Jazeera
06:42 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the government is considering to take legal action against Qatar based television channel Al Jazeera for spreading false misinformation regarding Bangladesh...