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I want Messi to stay at Barca: Guardiola
09:19 AM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayManchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he wants Lionel Messi to finish his career at Barcelona...
Macron's 'republican values' ultimatum to French Muslims
08:43 AM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron has asked the country’s Muslim leaders to accept a charter of “republican values.” which states explicitly that Islam is not a political movement and prohibits “foreign interference” in Muslim groups...
Donald Trump Jr test positive for coronavirus
08:28 AM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump's oldest son has tested positive for coronavirus, according to his spokesman...
Bangladesh reports 17 more deaths, 2275 new cases
05:02 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayBangladesh on Friday recorded 2,275 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,43,434...
DU suspends evening MBA admission test amid controversy
03:56 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayThe Dhaka University has suspended the admission test of its Faculty of Business Studies MBA (evening) courses amid controversy...
Mexico passes 100,000 Covid deaths
03:14 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayMexico has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 - the fourth country to pass the sombre milestone...
Global coronavirus cases surpass 55 million
02:27 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayThe worldwide Covid-19 caseload crossed 55 million on Friday, taking the tally to 56,898,415, according to Johns Hopkins University data...
Sirajganj ‘militant hideout’ busted, 2 top ‘JMB leaders’ arrested: Rab
12:49 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayThe Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested four suspected militants, including two top regional leaders of banned group Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) regional leaders, from a house in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila...
California, Ohio order nightly curfews to curb infections
12:28 PM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayCalifornia’s governor on Thursday imposed a curfew on social gatherings and other non-essential activities in one of the most intrusive of the restrictions being ordered across the country to curb an alarming surge in novel coronavirus infections...
Booker Prize 2020: Douglas Stuart wins for debut novel Shuggie Bain
11:53 AM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayThe Scottish-American author Douglas Stuart has won the Booker prize for his first novel, Shuggie Bain, a story based on his own life that follows a boy growing up in poverty in 1980s Glasgow with a mother who is battling addiction...
Biden wins Georgia recount as Trump setbacks mount
11:15 AM, 20 Nov 2020 FridayUS President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump's allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states. The Democrat beat his Republican rival in Georgia by 12,284 votes, according to the audit required by state law...
Rape accused marries victim in Feni jail
09:23 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayA man accused of raping a girl on false promise of marriage tied the knot with her under the supervision of Feni Jail authorities on Thursday...
Courts having jurisdiction can try narcotic-related crimes, Bill passed
07:59 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe ‘Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Thursday dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotic control tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try narcotic-related crimes...
Padma Bridge main structure’s work progress 91pc: Quader
06:20 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the construction of the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge is progressing fast as around 91 per cent work of the main structure of the bridge has been completed...
Fakhrul in quarantine as his relative found Covid positive
04:58 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone into quarantine as one of his relatives who stays in his Uttara residence tested positive for coronavirus...
Coronavirus: 30 die, 2364 infected, 1934 recover in 24 hours
03:49 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,305 as 30 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,364 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 441,159. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Majnu gets life term imprisonment
03:19 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayA Dhaka tribunal has sentenced lone accused Majnu to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 Judge Begum Mosammat Kamrunnahar passed the order at 3pm on Thursday. The tribunal also fined him Tk 50,000, in default of which, he will suffer six more months in jail...
DU rape case: Court set to deliver judgement this afternoon
01:48 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayThe verdict in the case over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the city’s Kurmitola area will be delivered Thursday afternoon...
Australian elite troops 'killed Afghan civilians'
01:10 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayThere is "credible evidence" that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan war, a long-awaited report has found...
Bangladesh coronavirus: ‘Wired wave’ raises concerns again
12:30 PM, 19 Nov 2020 ThursdayBangladesh is now apparently back to the alarming situation it largely saw a few months back when Covid-19 hit the country...