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'Shishu Bokta' Rafiqul put on fresh 4-day remand
02:41 PM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayRafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as Shishu Bokta (child preacher), on a fresh four-day remand in a case filed over the clash of Bangladesh Chhatra, and Juba Adhikar Parishad with police during Indian premier Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit...
PM allocates Tk 10.50cr for lockdown affected poor people
01:51 PM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has allocated Tk 10.50 crore for the poor people affected by ongoing nationwide lockdown. The cash has been allotted in favour of the deputy commissioners to help the poor, destitute, floating and indigent people, who are the victims of the lockdown...
Shanto's maiden century puts Bangladesh in command
01:03 PM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayBangladesh's right mix of aggression and caution allowed them to run away with the advantage on the first day of their first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele...
Poet Shankha Ghosh dies of Coronavirus
12:58 PM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayNoted Indian poet Shankha Ghosh died of Coronavirus on Wednesday. He was 89, reports Indian West Bengal’s daily Anandabazar. He tested positive for the virus on April 14. He was also suffering from old-age complications. He was under medical treatment at home after being infected with the virus...
Ohio police kill Black teenage girl seen threatening others with knife
12:14 PM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayPolice in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday fatally shot a Black teenage girl they confronted as she lunged at two people with a knife, as seen in police video footage of the encounter, authorities said...
India logs 2.95 lakh fresh Covid cases, 2,023 deaths in 24 hours
11:21 AM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayIndia recorded 2,95,041 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, setting yet another one-day grim one-day record, taking the overall caseload to 1,53,21,089, according to data from the Union Health Ministry...
Bangladesh in batting against Sri Lanka
10:23 AM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayBangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Sri Lanka in the first of two-match Test series at Pallakele International Stadium in Kandy on Wednesday...
Hefazat top leader arrested
10:04 AM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayDetectives arrested Mawlana Ataullah Ameen, Assistant Secretary General of Hefazat-e-islam and Joint Secretary General of Khelafat Majlish, from Mohammadpur in the capital on Tuesday midnight...
India Covid-19: Why second coronavirus wave is devastating
09:29 AM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayRajeshwari Devi, 58, died on Sunday after waiting for two days to get uninterrupted oxygen, an ambulance and a bed in a Covid-19 hospital...
Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death
09:07 AM, 21 Apr 2021 WednesdayFormer Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests...
Canada court strikes down part of controversial law on religious symbols
09:43 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayA Canadian court on Tuesday struck down part of a controversial Quebec law banning public employees from wearing religious symbols, removing limits on some teachers but maintaining the ban for police officers, judges and other civil servants...
BNP directly, indirectly involved in Hefajat mayhem: Quader
09:30 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said it is now known to all that BNP was directly and indirectly involved with the mayhem carried out by Hefajat during the celebration of golden jubilee of independence and Bangabandhu’s birth centenary...
Domestic flights to resume from Wednesday
09:25 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to resume flight operations on all domestic routes from Wednesday on a limited scale. In a notice issued on Tuesday, it said the flights approved in special consideration can transport passengers but the expatriate workers will get priority...
Mominul banks on pacers for 'big impact' in Sri Lanka
07:25 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayMominul Haque, the Bangladesh Test skipper, said on Tuesday that pacers will play a big role to play in the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka and added that they need to be mentally and physically prepared to take the challenge...
FIFA chief 'strongly disapproves of ESL
07:10 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayFIFA boss Gianni Infantino "strongly disapproves" of the breakaway European Super League and says the 12 clubs will have to "live with the consequences" of their decision to join...
Chad President Idriss Deby killed on frontline
06:01 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayChad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline against rebels in the north...
UEFA chief slams Super League 'snakes'
05:54 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayUEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has accused the 12 clubs behind a proposed European Super League (ESL) of "spitting in the face of football lovers" and slammed the "snakes" at its centre, as he dismissed the plan to launch a rival to the Champions League as "disgraceful and self-serving."..
Nagad crosses 4cr users’ landmark
05:41 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayNagad, the digital financial arm of Bangladesh Post Office, has recently surpassed the 4 crore users’ landmark...
Actor Alamgir catches coronavirus
04:48 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayAcclaimed actor Alamgir has been infected with the novel coronavirus...
Coronavirus: New deaths 91, cases 4559
04:34 PM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdaySome 91 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,588. During the period, 4,559 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,27,780, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...