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A mysterious, lethal chimp disease is linked to a human illness
04:23 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayChimpanzees had been dying mysteriously at the Tacugama sanctuary in Sierra Leone for a decade or so by 2016 when Tony Goldberg set to work on figuring out why...
La Liga referees likely to favour Real, claims Pique
03:41 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayBarcelona defender Gerard Pique has weighed into a debate about refereeing by saying many officials in Spain were likely to favour his club’s great rivals Real Madrid...
Shakib laid low by a thigh strain
03:01 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayBangladesh have been dealt a huge blow after ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan sustained another injury, this time to his left thigh, during the ongoing Test against West Indies at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium...
Truck hits auto-rickshaw, kills 3
01:24 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThree people were killed and four others injured as a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bakalia Police Station area of Chattogram city on Thursday midnight...
Indonesia, Malaysia seeking ASEAN meeting on Myanmar after coup
12:48 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup earlier this week, reports Reuters...
Suu Kyi aide held after saying coup was 'not wise'
12:14 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayA key aide of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested on Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power...
21 named for Ekushey Padak this year
12:05 PM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe government has announced names of 21 eminent citizens for awarding prestigious Ekushey Padak, the country’s second highest civilian award, for their contribution in respective fields...
Biden ends support for Yemen war
11:16 AM, 05 Feb 2021 FridayThe US is to end its support for offensive operations by its allies in Yemen, which has been devastated by a six-year war in which more than 110,000 people are believed to have died...
A quarter of people in France, Germany, US may refuse Covid vaccine
09:35 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayNearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definitely or probably will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a survey...
Shah Alam removed from charge of financial institutions
08:34 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Bank has removed its executive director Shah Alam from charge of the bank's financial institutions and markets department after an allegation of covering up information of plundering a huge amount of money surfaced against him...
FIR on Indian farmers' protest 'toolkit' tweeted by Greta Thunberg
07:57 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Delhi Police has lodged an FIR in connection with a 'toolkit' containing information on how to back the farmers protests...
Govt to purchase six LNG tankers
07:19 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to purchase six LNG tankers for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), said an official release on Thursday...
Verdict in Avijit murder case on Feb 16
05:53 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayA tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 16 to deliver its verdict in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case...
Kangana's tweets deleted over rule violation
05:09 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayTwitter India on Thursday removed two of the tweets by Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, citing a violation of the platform's rules...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 485
04:37 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,175. During the period, 485 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,37,030, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
Miraz century puts Bangladesh in command against West Indies
03:52 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayAll-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz hit his maiden century as Bangladesh put up 430 in their first innings of the opening Test against West Indies at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here today...
Theme park sues Taylor Swift
03:34 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayTaylor Swift is being sued by bosses at a theme park who claim she used the name of their attraction as the title of her latest album...
Bangladesh’s agro products: PM for further research to expand market
02:45 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked agricultural scientists to conduct further research over local fruits and agricultural items to expand the market for those...
Bangladesh-Myanmar talks on Rohingya repatriation deferred
01:20 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe long-awaited working committee meeting on Rohingya repatriation between Bangladesh and Myanmar has been deferred due to the changed situation in Myanmar...
Suu Kyi could face 2 years in jail over ‘illegal’ walkie-talkies
12:04 PM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayMyanmar police have charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possession of illegally imported walkie-talkies, which could result in a two-year prison sentence, as a civil disobedience campaign grew against the military’s coup...