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Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu ahead of election
12:41 PM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayThousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday, calling for an end to his leadership just three days before the country’s fourth election in two years...
3 more arrested over attack on Hindus
12:08 PM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayThree more people have been arrested over the attack on Hindu community at Noagaon village in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj. Police arrested them in separate drives at different villages of Derai and Shalla on Saturday night...
8 killed in separate road crashes in Faridpur
10:55 AM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayAt least eight people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday. In Madhukhali upazila, six people, including a woman and a child, were killed when a truck hit a microbus...
BNP leader dies of COVID-19
10:13 AM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayKhandaker Ahad Ahmed, Member of BNP’s Foreign Affairs Sub Committee, has passed away. Ahmed breathed his last while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital at 12:15am...
Myanmar protesters voice defiance under cover of the night
09:40 AM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayOpponents of Myanmar’s military rule, many in small towns across the country, staged candle-lit protests on Saturday night and into Sunday in defiance of crackdowns by the security forces and the killing of nearly 250 people since the Feb. 1 coup...
Tokyo 2020: No int’l fans at Olympics and Paralympics
08:31 AM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayNo international fans will be permitted at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic...
Covid-19: Record day for UK with 711,156 vaccinations given
08:18 AM, 21 Mar 2021 SundayFriday was a record day for Covid vaccinations in the UK, with a combined 711,156 first and second doses given to members of the public. It means that half of all UK adults - some 26,853,407 people - have now received a first dose of a vaccine...
Younger generation far more environment conscious: Dia Mirza
10:02 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayOther than being an actor and producer, Dia Mirza feels passionately about the environment. And she believes that the younger generation is more passionate about environmental causes than most others, which she sees as a very good sign...
China and Taiwan face off in pineapple war
09:45 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayIt could be the world’s most heated dispute over pineapple, even eclipsing the interminable debate about whether or not it belongs on pizza...
Jury tells Apple to pay $308.5m for patent infringement
09:24 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayA federal jury in Texas said Apple Inc must pay about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management...
SL PM for exchanging experiences of socio-economic dev between Dhaka, Colombo
09:10 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayLauding the ongoing socio-economic progress of Bangladesh, the Sri Lankan premier said, “Bangladesh is moving forward on the path of rapid development.”...
'Swadhin doesn't belong to Juba League'
08:39 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdaySunamganj district Juba League on Saturday claimed that Shahidul Islam Swadhin arrested in connection with the attacks on Hindu homes in Shalla upazila does not belong to the party...
Dhaka, Colombo agree to boost bilateral cooperation, trade ties
07:12 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayThe two countries reached the consensus at the official bilateral talks held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the Bangladesh side while her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksha led his country in the talks...
Youth arrested for 'raping' disabled girl
06:46 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayPolice have arrested a young man for allegedly raping a disabled teenage girl in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 26, cases 1868
05:25 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayTwenty six more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,668. During the period, 1,868 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,68,706, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
What significance of places on Modi’s Bangladesh itinerary?
04:48 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayEach of the spots on PM Modi’s itinerary is of political, historical or religious significance to both India and Bangladesh...
Magnitude 7.2 quake rocks northeastern Japan
04:32 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayA strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan at a depth of 60 km on Saturday evening at 6:09 p.m...
Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus
04:24 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Dr Faisal Sultan, his aide on health, confirmed on Twitter...
'Soldiers ethnically cleansing a region through rape'
03:53 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayMore evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where an armed conflict has been raging for months...
World’s largest alpona drawn with Rainbow Paints in Gaibandha
02:51 PM, 20 Mar 2021 SaturdayA 10-km long alpona has been drawn on the Gaibandha-Saghata regional highway with the slogan ‘Dekhabe Gaibandha, Dekhbe Desh; record korbe Bangladesh...