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Pahela Falgun/Valentine’s Day 2021: Of Life, Love and the virus
08:59 AM, 14 Feb 2021 SundayAfter surviving what has been a dreadful year in any calendar, dominated for the most part by an invisible killer, Bangladesh is set to awake Sunday to festivity and celebrations rooted in its own natural environment: its people, its rivers, the flora and fauna...
Voting in 55 municipalities ends; counting on
08:31 AM, 14 Feb 2021 SundayThe fourth phase elections to 55 municipalities in different districts of the country ended. Voting started at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm without any break on Sunday. Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used in 29 municipalities while traditional ballot papers in the remaining 26 municipalities...
Japan hit by 7.1-magnitude earthquake off Fukushima, no tsunami threat
09:46 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThere was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, and no immediate reports of major damage. More than 800,000 households were hit by blackouts, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co...
Miraz quickest and youngest Bangladeshi bowler to 100 Test wickets
09:04 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayMehidy Hasan Miraz achieved two unique feats simultaneously on Saturday as he became the fastest and also the youngest Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in Test cricket...
Razzak, Nafees retire from all forms of cricket
08:50 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayFormer Bangladesh opener Shahriar Nafees and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak retired from all forms of cricket...
Five Bangladeshis killed in Oman road accident
08:25 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayFive Bangladeshis were killed and several others injured in a fatal road accident in Oman on Saturday...
Incest claim in prominent French family
07:21 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayIt all started with damning allegations from book excerpts published in France's prestigious Le Monde newspaper as the new year began...
Missing madrasa student found dead
06:42 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered the body of a madrasa student from a canal in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Saturday afternoon, four days after he had gone missing...
Mario Draghi sworn in as Italian prime minister
05:56 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe ex-head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has been sworn-in as Italy's next prime minister, reports BBC...
Bangladesh spinners deny West Indies control
04:50 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh spinners put on an inspirational bowling performance to deny West Indies taking a full control on the second and final Test as the home side was in a position of embarrassment after conceding a huge first innings lead on day three at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 291
04:42 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,266. During the period, 291 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,40,266, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
Sharma hits first Test century against England
04:11 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayIndia’s Rohit Sharma scored his first Test century against England to steady the hosts in the second match on Saturday...
19 killed in firecracker factory blast in India
04:06 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayAt least 19 people were killed and dozens hurt in a blast at a firecracker factory in India, authorities said Saturday...
Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone targeting airport: Al Arabiya
03:35 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayThe Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted an explosive-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthis towards Abha airport, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported on Saturday, citing the coalition’s spokesperson...
Dia Mirza to marry Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15: Report
02:29 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayDia Mirza occupied a spot on the list of trends all of Saturday morning after reports of the actress' rumoured wedding started surfacing online...
Police charge batons on BNP men in Dhaka
01:29 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayPolice today charged batons on the leaders and activists of BNP at their protest programme in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka. BNP organized the programme there protesting the government decision on revoking the ‘Bir Uttam’ title of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman...
Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
12:46 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayOpponents of Myanmar’s military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to anger over the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Cornwall’s double-strike keeps Bangladesh on the back foot
12:20 PM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayBangladesh's overnight batsmen Mohammad Mithun and Mushfiqur Rahim were the two casualties in the morning session of the third day, as West Indies continued to keep the hosts on the back foot in the second Test in Dhaka...
Melbourne starts 5-day virus lockdown, no spectators at Australian Open
11:01 AM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayAustralia’s second most populous state Victoria entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday as authorities raced to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly infections UK variant...
Why Canada is falling behind in Covid vaccinations
09:33 AM, 13 Feb 2021 SaturdayCanada has secured the world's largest number of potential Covid vaccine doses per capita - but it's struggling to get its hands on some of those doses and to get jabs into arms. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised an "enormous increase" in doses coming to Canada of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the only two currently authorised for use in the country...