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Hefazat leader Sharifullah sent to jail
04:04 PM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayA court in Dhaka on Friday sent Hefazat-e-Islam's Assistant Publicity Secretary Mufti Sharifullah to jail in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station in the capital in 2013...
Eight dead in Indianapolis mass shotting
02:39 PM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayEight people have been killed and many injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say. Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx facility and one said he saw a man firing an automatic weapon. The gunman, said to have been acting alone, is reported to have killed himself. Authorities said there was no further threat to public safety...
Opponents of Myanmar military rule hold 'silent strike'
01:37 PM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayOpponents of military rule in Myanmar observed a "silent strike" on Friday, with many people staying home to mourn the more than 700 people killed in protests against a Feb. 1 coup and others wearing black held small marches in several cities and towns...
571 fined in Sirajganj for violating health rules
01:16 PM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayThe mobile courts in Sirajganj district fined 571 people around Tk 1.71 lakh in last 11 days for violating the health rules issued to limit the coronavirus spread...
India extends record rise in COVID-19 cases
12:40 PM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayIndia extended a record daily run of new COVID-19 infections on Friday, spurred by hundreds of positive tests at a major religious gathering, as politicians pushed ahead with election rallies against advice they could worsen the outbreak...
Man Utd set up Roma Europa League semi
11:50 AM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayOle Gunnar Solskjaer said it is time for Manchester United to take the next step and reach a first final since 2017 after they eased past Granada to set up a Europa League last-four meeting with Roma...
Rampant Arsenal reach Europa League last four
11:44 AM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayArsenal secured what manager Mikel Arteta called an "important win in a crucial moment" as they impressively swept aside Slavia Prague to reach the Europa League semi-finals...
China's economy grows 18.3% in post-Covid comebakc
11:20 AM, 16 Apr 2021 FridayChina's economy grew a record 18.3% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter last year. It's the biggest jump in gross domestic product (GDP) since China started keeping quarterly records in 1992...
Kobori put on life support
09:42 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayLegendary actress Sarah Begum Kobori, who is undergoing treatment at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in the capital, was put on life support on Thursday...
Coronavirus-infected Akram Khan hospitalized
09:26 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Akram Khan, who had tested positive for coronavirus, was admitted to a hospital in the capital on Thursday afternoon...
Hefazat assistant secy gen Manzurul held
09:02 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Hefazat-e-Islam's assistant secretary general Mawlana Manzurul Islam Afendi...
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez officially end their engagement
08:16 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayAmerican singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and Alex Rodriguez have officially called off their engagement...
Amazon Prime tops 200 million members
07:51 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayAmazon Prime, the ecommerce giant’s membership program that includes access to Prime Video, now counts more than 200 million subscribers globally, founder Jeff Bezos wrote in his final annual letter to shareholders as CEO...
France urges citizens to leave Pakistan
07:12 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayFrance has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country...
Govt bans fishing in Bay for 65 days
06:15 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has imposed a ban from May 20 to July 23 on fishing in the Bay of Bengal...
Covid-19 deaths cross 10000
04:39 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe coronavirus deaths tally surpassed 10,000 in Bangladesh on Thursday as the government reported 94 fatalities in the last 24 hours. So far, the total number of deaths stood at 10,081, the health directorate said in a press release today. As many as 4,192 more people contracted the virus in the past day, bringing the total to 7,07,362...
RFL donates icy water bottle to Bidyanondo’s orphanage
03:45 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayCountry’s leading household brand RFL Houseware donated the ‘Icy water bottle’ to Bidyanondo Foundation to ensure safe water for underprivileged children of its six orphanages at the Chattogram hill tract areas...
Real knock Liverpool out of Champions League
03:29 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayLiverpool's Champions League campaign ended in disappointment as Real Madrid set up a semi-final meeting with Chelsea by keeping Jurgen Klopp's side at bay in a goalless draw at Anfield...
Mahrez, Foden send Man City into last four
03:21 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayManchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League for only the second time after sealing victory over Borussia Dortmund in the last eight courtesy of comeback win in Germany...
Former world leaders urge Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
02:49 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayA group of more than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates is calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules...