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JCD men clash with cops at Nat’l Press Club, 35 injured
12:48 PM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayA group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists today clashed with cops in front of the National Press Club. At least 35 people including cops and journalists were injured in the incident. They were sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. The clash took place when a group of JCD men started their demonstration programme...
Truck-borne gunmen kill 11 in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco
11:29 AM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayUnidentified gunmen riding in a truck opened fire with rifles on Saturday to kill 11 people in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco, causing injuries to a woman and a youth as well, authorities said. Jalisco, where a former governor was shot dead in December, is one of the epicenters of Mexico’s drug-related warfare...
Thailand starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign
10:13 AM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayThailand kicked off its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Sunday, with cabinet ministers, health officials and medical professionals among the first in the queue to receive vaccinations.
Myanmar police crackdown on protests for second day
09:53 AM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayMyanmar police threw stun grenades and fired into the air on Sunday to disperse opponents of military rule, sustaining a sweeping crackdown launched the previous day when security forces arrested hundreds in town and cities across the country...
5th phase polls to 29 municipalities end
08:56 AM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayThe 5th phase election to 29 municipalities in 20 districts ended with the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) on Sunday...
US authorizes J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it third available
08:23 AM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayThe U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine up for additional approvals around the world...
Massacre in the mountains
10:01 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayAbraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn't stop until nightfall...
Educational institutions to open on Mar 30
08:56 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe government has decided to open the educational institutions from March 30. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting held at Cabinet Division on Saturday evening. After the meeting, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni made the announcement...
25 killed in Haitian jailbreak
08:46 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayMore than 400 inmates have escaped and 25 people have died in a prison breakout in Haiti, authorities say, making it the country’s largest and deadliest one in a decade. A prison director and a powerful gang leader were among those killed...
Home Ministry to probe custodial death of writer Mushtaq
07:47 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday formed a five-member committee to probe into the custodial death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed...
Evaly receives Channel I Award
07:09 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayCountry's top e-commerce based online marketplace Evaly.com.bd has received ‘SafeKeeper Channel i Media Award-2020’. Evaly received the award as the best e-commerce organization in the e-commerce category.
PM gives people credit for Bangladesh's graduation from LDC
06:42 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh's graduation from the group of the least developed countries (LDCs) to a developing country stemmed from her government's relentless efforts, planning and hard work for the last 12 years...
Pro-AL panel wins Dhaka Bar election
05:28 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayAwami League-backed Sammilita Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad (white panel) candidate Abdul Baten has been elected as the president in the 2021-22 session election of Dhaka Bar Association...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 5, cases 407
04:50 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayFive more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,800. During the period, 407 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,45,831, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
Woman beaten to death over family conflict
04:41 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayA woman has been beaten to death allegedly by her husband over family conflict in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district...
Dhaka, Delhi against any activity "inimical" to each other's interests
04:10 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh and India on Saturday agreed to further enhance cooperation to check cross-border crimes and promote developmental works...
Bangladesh under 'no obligation' to accept stranded Rohingya refugees: Minister
03:46 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh is under “no obligation” to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighbouring India, said Bangladesh foreign minister A.K. Abdul Momen...
Myanmar police crackdown on protests; one woman killed, media say
02:53 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayPolice cracked down in Myanmar on Saturday to prevent opponents of military rule gathering and one woman was shot and killed, media reported, after the country’s U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a Feb. 1 coup...
UN CDP recommends Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC
02:21 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of United Nations (UN) has recommended Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status for fulfilling its all three eligibility criteria for the second time alongside Nepal and Lao PDR...
4 killed in two road accidents
12:40 PM, 27 Feb 2021 SaturdayAt least four persons have been killed in two separate road accidents in Khulna and Satkhira in the past 24 hours, police said Saturday...