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Attack on PM’s convoy: 50 convicts sentenced to different terms in jail
11:11 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Satkhira has sentenced 50 people to different terms in jail in the case filed over the attack on the convoy of then-opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2002. Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate Humayun Kabir passed the order on Thursday...
Brazil aims to buy 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Russia, India
09:53 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayThe Brazilian government announced Wednesday it was negotiating the purchase of 30 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Russia and India, after regulators made it easier for the treatments to win emergency-use authorizations...
Myanmar coup: UN chief calls for failure of military takeover
09:40 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayUN Secretary General António Guterres has urged the world community to make sure Monday's coup in Myanmar fails. The reversal of elections is "unacceptable", he said, and coup leaders must be made to understand this is no way to rule the country...
Myanmar bans Facebook
08:38 AM, 04 Feb 2021 ThursdayAll mobile operators, international gateways and internet service providers in Myanmar received February 3 directives from the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) to temporarily block social media service Facebook...
Bangladesh fight back in final session
09:53 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe West Indies bowlers did well to keep Bangladesh in check for the most part of the opening day of the first Test in Chattogram before the home side wrested back some control in the final session...
Protests in Pabna against Al-Jazeera report
09:43 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayPabna district Awami League and its associate bodies have staged demonstration protesting against the conspiratorial campaign by Qatar based television Al Jazeera against Bangladesh and its premier Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladesh moves up 4 notches in EIU Democracy Index
08:15 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh has maintained its advancement in the ranking of the global democratic indicator as the country has moved up four notches on the latest Democracy Index 2020 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...
Sri Lanka to tour Bangladesh in May
07:52 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdaySri Lanka is set to tour Bangladesh in May for a three-match ODI series. The series will be a part of the World Cup Super League...
Oxford vaccine cuts virus transmission
07:25 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly reduces virus transmission and is highly protective after a single dose, according to an Oxford University study, which the British government said Wednesday vindicated its inoculation strategy...
BB brings changes in MPS for FY21
07:12 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has brought some changes in money and credit line of its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the fiscal 2020-21, taking into account the money market and the overall macroeconomic situation...
Bangladesh mulls legal action against Al-Jazeera
06:42 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the government is considering to take legal action against Qatar based television channel Al Jazeera for spreading false misinformation regarding Bangladesh...
Suu Kyi charged after Myanmar army coup
05:35 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayPolice in Myanmar have filed several charges against the elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi following Monday's military coup. She has been remanded in custody until 15 February, police documents show...
ECNEC okays Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar Dev Project
05:19 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved a Taka 4,347.21 crore project to develop the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) as a state of the art and international standard greener economic zone of the country...
Bangladesh intensifies vigil on Myanmar borders
04:53 PM, 03 Feb 2021 Wednesday“We have secured our border (to stop potential Rohingya influx),” he told reporters at his office today, reports BSS...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 13, cases 438
04:09 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThirteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,162. During the period, 438 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,36,545, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
32 killed in Uganda road accident
03:56 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayThirty two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in the western Ugandan district of Kasese late Tuesday, a humanitarian agency has said...
Deaf drama ‘CODA’ and Questlove documentary win at Sundance
03:38 PM, 03 Feb 2021 Wednesday“CODA,” the heartwarming indie drama about a teenage girl struggling to support her deaf family, scooped the Sundance film festival’s top prize Tuesday, while musician Questlove won documentary honors with his debut...
RFL Plastics holds dealers’ conference
02:52 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayRFL Plastics organized its conference for its dealers, engaged to serve uPVC, HDPE, MS, GI pipe and PVC bathroom fittings at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Monday...
Saudi Arabia suspends entry for non-citizens from 20 countries
02:38 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdaySaudi Arabia has suspended entry to the Kingdom for non-citizens, including diplomats, health practitioners, and their families, from 20 specific countries as it steps up efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday citing an official source at the Interior Ministry...
Myanmar coup: China blocks UN condemnation as protest grows
12:53 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayChina has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the military coup in Myanmar. The military took power in the South East Asian nation on Monday after arresting political leader Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of other lawmakers...