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AL’s long stay in power helped accelerate dev: PM Hasina
03:53 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said it has been possible for the Awami League government to make Bangladesh a role model of development in the world since it is there in state power for a long time...
Taposh filed 2 cases against Khokon
03:10 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayDhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today filed two cases against former Mayor Sayeed Khokon for allegedly defaming him through his recent remarks. The two cases were filed at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Monday...
HSC results to be published by 28 January
02:28 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayThe results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2020 will be published by 28 January. Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam on Monday announced it after a meeting at the Secretariat. Earlier, the Cabinet approved a draft amendment of the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance...
25 domestic terrorism cases opened as result of assault on US Capitol: Lawmaker
01:27 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayAt least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened as a result of Wednesday’s deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told a Democratic lawmaker on Sunday...
China sees biggest daily COVID-19 case rise in over 5 months
12:31 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayMainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise...
Trump impeachment: Democrats prepare to act over Capitol riot
11:38 AM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has shared with lawmakers plans to remove President Donald Trump from office before starting an impeachment process...
Fire at Gazipur colony leaves 4 dead
11:20 AM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayFour people were burned to death in a fire at a colony in Palli Bidyut area in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district early Monday. Kabirul Alam, Station officer of Kaliakoir Fire Service and Control Room, said the fire broke out at the colony around 5:45 am and spread soon, leaving four people dead and an identified number of people injured...
Anti-independence quarters now failed: PM
09:25 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the vested quarters who tried to foil Bangladesh's independence have now failed. The Prime Minister said this while virtually addressing a discussion marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Freedom fighter status of 52 more cancelled
07:35 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayMore than seven months after the publication of the new list of freedom fighters, the government has cancelled the freedom fighter certificates of 52 people...
Judgement in Kakrail mother-son murder trial Jan 17
07:03 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayA Dhaka court today set January 17 to pronounce judgement in a case lodged over murder of a woman and her son in capital’s Kakrail area in 2017...
Mamata announces free COVID vaccine for West Bengal
05:50 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayIndian state of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced free coronavirus vaccine for people of West Bengal. The announcement from the Chief Minister comes ahead of the state assembly election, which is scheduled to be held in coming months...
Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail in a graft case in Ctg
04:56 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayA Chattogram court today denied bail to former Teknaf thana officer-in-charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das in a graft case filed in connection with amassing wealth from unknown sources...
Bangladeshi jailed for conspiracy to smuggle people into US
04:33 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayA Bangladeshi national formerly residing in Monterrey, Mexico, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to smuggle people from Mexico into the United States...
25 more die in 24 hours
04:21 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,781 as 25 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,071 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 522,453, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
Top Republican says Trump committed ‘impeachable offenses’
01:33 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayDemocrats’ momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach outgoing President Donald Trump gained support Saturday, and a top Republican said the president’s role in the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters was worthy of rebuke...
Messi revival continues as Barca thrash Granada
01:33 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayLionel Messi is back in form and Barcelona are finding their feet after a 4-0 demolition of Granada on Saturday put them within four points of the top of La Liga...
Apple suspends Parler from App Store
12:52 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayParler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives, now finds itself virtually homeless on the internet as Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) have all booted it from their platforms in a span of a little more than 24 hours...
Indonesia landslides kill 11, injure 18 in West Java
12:05 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayLandslides caused by heavy rain in western Indonesia killed 11 and injured 18, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said on Sunday...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Marathon 2021 begins
10:41 AM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Marathon 2021 has started on the occasion of the birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
UK helps raise $1 billion in global vaccine donations
10:00 AM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayBritain said on Sunday it has helped raise $1 billion (818 million euros) from global donors towards the drive to help “vulnerable countries” access coronavirus vaccines, by match-funding contributions...