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Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi jailed for terrorism financing
06:56 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in jail for terrorism financing...
Friend confesses to killing O-level student after rape
06:04 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA teenage boy has confessed to murdering his friend and an O-level student after rape in Kalabagan area of capital Dhaka. He gave his confessional statement on Friday after he was produced before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The court also ordered to send him to jail...
Bangladesh reports 16 more Covid deaths
04:44 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,734. During the period, 785 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,20,690, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday...
Friend sued over death of schoolgirl after rape
03:27 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayPolice official Abul Hasan said detained Dihan told them that he took the victim to their flat at Dolphin Lane when other family members were outside. At one stage, he have had intercourse with the girl but after a while she became unconscious. And she has been rushed to Anwar Khan Medical College Hospital, he claimed to police, he added...
Japan asked to pay damages over wartime sexual slavery
01:17 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayJapan has denounced as “utterly unacceptable” a South Korean court ruling ordering it to pay damages to women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during the second world war...
Indonesia frees suspected mastermind Abu Bakar Bashir
12:49 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings was freed from prison early on Friday, Indonesian authorities said, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly 20 years after Indonesia’s worst terror attack...
Poorest countries can expect vaccines within weeks: WHO
12:22 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayThe world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization said Thursday...
Australia all out for 338 in third Test against India
12:18 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayIndia dismissed Australia for 338 in their first innings of the third Test on day two Friday, with Steve Smith last man out for 131...
Cricketers undergo corona test for Windies series
09:56 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe cricketers who were called up for the preliminary squad in the home series against West Indies underwent a Covid-19 test on Thursday, reports BSS...
Travel, trade may resume within a week to Qatar, says UAE
09:32 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayArab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a United States-backed deal, but restoring diplomatic ties requires more time as parties work to rebuild trust, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said on Thursday...
Why Mr Bean, Borat ready to retire
08:41 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayNothing lasts for ever. In time the trees will wither, the seas will boil and the mountains will crumble to dust. And nothing reinforces the ephemeral cruelty of the universe like the news that Rowan Atkinson doesn’t want to be Mr Bean any more...
Tigers batting coach Lewis arrives in Bangladesh
08:29 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayJon Lewis, the newly appointed batting coach of the national cricket team today arrived in Bangladesh to join the national team set-up...
Bangladesh to host U19 Women’s World Cup in December
08:23 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Women’s wing has started the process of selecting talented female cricketers from the grassroots level in full swing as part of their initiative to form a strong Under-19 team...
PM refreshes vows against graft for expedited development process
08:15 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her vows for tougher and continued crusade against corruption for expedited development pace and sought the countrymen’s vigil against any impediment to upset the nation’s journey forward...
Bangladesh reports 31 more coronavirus deaths
07:54 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThirty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,718. During the period, 1,007 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,19,905, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Trump says his term is ending, transition will be orderly
07:43 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayTrump added, “While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”..
US considering adding Alibaba, Tencent to China investment ban
07:39 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe Trump administration is considering adding tech giants Alibaba and Tencent to a blacklist of firms allegedly owned or controlled by the Chinese military, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday...
US Congress certifies Biden as next president, Harris as VP
03:04 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayAfter a chaotic day of protest and violence, Congress has certified Democrats Joe Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States. The action finalises the 2020 US electoral process and makes clear that Biden will be inaugurated as president...
Washington DC Mayor extends public emergency for 15 days
01:53 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe mayor of Washington, D.C. extended the city’s public emergency for 15 more days on Wednesday night in response to the chaotic pro-Trump protests that erupted inside the U.S. Capitol earlier in the day...
Sourav Ganguly discharged from hospital
01:24 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayFormer India captain and the current Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly was finally discharged from the Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday...