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Legendary talk show host Larry King dies
08:33 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayLarry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87...
Saudi intercepts ‘hostile target’ over capital
08:06 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdaySaudi Arabia intercepted a “hostile target” over Riyadh on Saturday, said state media in the kingdom which has come under repeated attack from Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2015...
Hundreds detained at Navalny protests in Russia
07:15 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayHundreds of people have been detained as police try to stop nationwide protests in Russia in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, reports BBC...
PM pledges to manage addresses for all
06:36 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayShe said that as many as 320,000 families had earlier been given homes while work on building one lakh more houses for the landless and homeless will start soon...
HK locks down thousands for compulsory Covid testing
05:52 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayHong Kong’s government locked down an area of Kowloon peninsula on Saturday after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the results largely determined...
China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels
05:12 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayChina has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested South China Sea and nearby waters more choppy...
Adele reaches divorce settlement with her ex-husband
04:30 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayAdele has reached a divorce settlement with her ex-husband Simon Konecki nearly two years after they separated...
Bangladesh coronavirus deaths cross 8000
04:00 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayThe number of deaths from coronavirus exceeded 8000 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country recorded 22 more fatalities in the last 24 hours...
Italy blocks TikTok app for certain users
03:31 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayItalian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the accidental death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly took part in a “blackout challenge” on the video-sharing network TikTok...
Wuhan returns to normal as world still battling pandemic
02:49 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayA year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing the bustling central Chinese industrial and transport center to a virtual standstill almost overnight. It would last 76 days...
Top Iran leader posts Trump-like image with drone, vows revenge
02:49 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayThe website of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a threat of revenge over last year’s killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. drone attack...
Reasons to say ‘YES’ to Spices
01:43 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayWatery eyes and nose, still devouring in that fully loaded spicy food? Drinking water in between the meal to beat the heat but cannot stop yourself from adding more chili to it? The sight may be awful...
Bangladesh reaffirms commitment to nuclear-free world
01:16 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayBangladesh has reiterated the clarion call made by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his historic maiden address to the UN General Assembly in 1974, “to free the world from the scourges of nuclear war.”
Homes for the homeless: Hasina kicks off Ashrayan-2 in Mujib Borsho
12:05 PM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday kicked off her government's ambitious Ashrayan-2 project that aims at eliminating homelessness in Bangladesh...
Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief
10:43 AM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayLloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense...
Over 150 Nat’l Guard in Washington for inauguration test coronavirus positive
09:34 AM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayBetween 150 and 200 National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for President Joe Biden’s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said on Friday...
Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb 8
09:15 AM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayOpening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the schedule Friday evening after reaching an agreement with Republicans...
Coronavirus: UK variant ‘may be more deadly’
08:26 AM, 23 Jan 2021 SaturdayEarly evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. However, there remains huge uncertainty around the numbers - and vaccines are still expected to work...
Bangladesh win hat-trick series against West Indies
05:48 PM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayBangladesh defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the second of the three-match ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday to clinch hat trick series against the latter...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: New deaths 15, cases 619
04:42 PM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayFifteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,981. During the period, 619 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,30,890, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday...