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By-polls to Papul's seat on April 11
06:52 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe Election Commission (EC) has fixed April 11 to hold the by-election to Lakshmipur-2 constituency which fell vacant after convicted Kazi Shahid Islam Papul lost his parliamentary membership...
Moinuddin Abdullah made new ACC chairman
05:58 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayFormer senior secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Moinuddin Abdullah has been appointed as the new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission...
Australia stay alive with win over NZ in third T20
05:18 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe result keeps the series in the balance – the Kiwis lead 2-1 with two matches to go – and takes some pressure off the under-fire Australian skipper...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 5, cases 614
05:00 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayFive more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,428. During the period, 614 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,47,930, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
Nine killed in Myanmar as police fire to break up protests
04:21 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayMyanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday killing nine people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis, reports Reuters...
Jesus, Mahrez help Man City to seal 21st consecutive win
04:13 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayManchester City’s record sequence of victories now stands at 21 thanks to two late goals from Gabriel Jesus and another by Riyad Mahrez...
Bobita receives coronavirus vaccine
03:51 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayLegendary Bangladeshi actress Bobita has received the coronavirus vaccine...
Ronaldo marks landmark with another goal
03:25 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayCristiano Ronaldo marked his 600th league appearance with his 20th Serie A goal of the season as Juventus comfortably beat Spezia...
Japanese billionaire seeks 8 people to fly to moon
02:35 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has invited eight members of the public to join him for a trip around the moon on Elon Musk's SpaceX flight...
Myanmar’s ousted president faces 2 new charges: Lawyer
01:50 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayMyanmar’s ousted President Win Myint is facing two new charges, his lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said on Wednesday, including a breach of the constitution that is punishable by up to three years in prison...
Cartoonist Kishore gets bail
12:18 PM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe High Court has granted a six months’ anticipatory bail to cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua represented Kishore while Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain represented the state...
Dhaka no longer world’s most polluted city
11:53 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayHere's some good news. Dhaka is no longer the world's most polluted city. That's Lahore now. On Wednesday, Dhaka occupied the seventh position in the list of world cities with the worst air quality. It's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 178 around 10 am, which is considered 'unhealthy for sensitive groups'...
California crash kills 13 of 25 people crammed into SUV
11:23 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayAuthorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved after a crash Tuesday involving an SUV packed with 25 people and a tractor-trailer that left 13 people dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the U.S. Mexico border...
3 women working for a news outlet gunned down in Afghanistan
09:28 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayThree women who worked at a local news outlet were gunned down in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to local officials, adding to the bloody tally of Afghan media workers and journalists who have been killed at alarming rates in the past year...
COVID-19 vaccine a ‘must’ for Hajj healthcare workers: Saudi health minister
09:04 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayReceiving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is a must for health workers participating in the Hajj season 2021, Saudi Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has said...
Alexei Navalny: US imposes sanctions on Russians
08:47 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayThe US has imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny...
Coronavirus: Texas and other states ease rules despite warnings
08:26 AM, 03 Mar 2021 WednesdayTexas will lift its mask requirement and allow businesses to reopen at full capacity next week, Governor Greg Abbott has announced. "It is now time to open Texas 100%," the Republican said on Tuesday...
Bangladesh’s economy doing well over last 10yrs: Kamal
09:51 PM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that Bangladesh’s economy has been doing well compared to the other countries over the last 10 years under the prudent policy and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Govt explanation on validity of Darul Ihsan students' certificate
09:13 PM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayThe Ministry of Education has said that no decision has been taken to validate the certificates of all students of Darul Ihsan University...
Hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls freed
08:22 PM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayA group of nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria last week have been released, a local official says...