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Suicide after rape: Man gets 42 yrs jail
09:00 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayA tribunal in Joypurhat on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to 42 years imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl that led her to commit suicide...
Dutch govt faces collapse over child benefits scandal
08:03 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe Dutch government will decide on Friday whether to step down over an escalating scandal in which tax officials wrongly accused thousands of parents of fraud, plunging many families into debt by ordering them to repay childcare allowances...
Bess takes 5-30 as England take charge
07:26 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdaySpinner Dom Bess took 5-30 as a woeful Sri Lanka batting display left England in control after the opening day of the first Test in Galle...
Banks freeze Tk 1057cr of PK Halder
06:51 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayInternational Leasing and Financial Services Ltd director PK Halder's around Tk 1057.80 crore has been frozen by different banks of the country, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission. ..
Bangladesh reports 16 more Covid deaths
05:05 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,849. During the period, 813 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,25,723, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Snapchat permanetly bans Trump
04:54 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform Wednesday, reports CNN...
‘Girls ready for reproduction at 15’
04:27 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India Thursday issued a notice to Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma over his “discriminatory” remarks on procreation of minor girls and has given him two days to “give reasons” and “justify his intentions” over the same...
China urges US, others to stop wrongdoings after import ban on Xinjiang products
03:35 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayChina urged the United States and other countries to immediately stop wrongdoings, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, after Washington announced an import ban on some imports from the Xinjiang region over forced labour allegations...
China reports first coronavirus death in 8 months amid new strain scare
02:46 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayChina reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months on Thursday as the country battles to contain a resurgence in cases...
GM Quader tests positive for coronavirus
02:27 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayJatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader has tested positive for COVID-19. As per the doctor’s advice, he is currently undergoing treatment at his Uttara residence in the capital...
SSN allowances being sent to beneficiaries’ mobile wallets: PM
02:14 PM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is sending allowances under social safety net (SSN) programmes directly to the beneficiaries’ mobile wallets to get rid of middlemen. The premier said this while inaugurating different allowances distribution ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre...
Second year of pandemic ‘could even be tougher’: WHO’s Ryan
11:37 AM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday...
India reports 16,946 new Covid-19 cases; 198 deaths in last 24 hours
10:54 AM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayIndia on Thursday reported 16,946 new Covid-19 cases, and 198 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry...
Trump asks Americans to be “united” but doesn’t mention impeachment
09:41 AM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump urged Americans to be "united" and avoid violence in his first comments after being impeached Wednesday -- while avoiding any mention of impeachment at all...
Africa secures 270m Covid-19 vaccine doses
09:24 AM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayA provisional 270 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been secured by the African Union (AU) for distribution across the continent...
Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot
08:16 AM, 14 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot. Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197. He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress...
West Indies to start training from Friday
08:35 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe visiting West Indies Cricket team is set to start their training in Bangladesh on Friday after the doubts regarding this were quelled...
Seven killed as truck rams human-hauler
07:47 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdaySeven people were killed and four others injured as a truck rammed into a human-hauler in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district on Wednesday. All the deceased were passengers of the human-hauler, confirmed Jhenaidah Fire Service and Civil Defense deputy assistant director Shamimul Islam...
Iran unveils its largest military vessel during missile drill
07:00 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayIran’s navy has officially inducted the country’s largest military vessel into its fleet during a maritime missile drill at a time of heightened tensions with the United States over its nuclear programme...
Dozens killed in Israeli air raids in Syria
06:05 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayIsraeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria have killed at least nine Syrian soldiers and 31 allied fighters, in the deadliest raids since 2018, a war monitor said Wednesday...