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Ex-lawmaker Salahuddin denied bail, sent to jail
12:10 PM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayA Dhaka court has sent former lawmaker of Dhaka-5 constituency and finance affairs secretary of BNP Salahuddin Ahmed to jail in a sabotage case. Dhaka’s 7th Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Aftabuzzaman today passed the order after rejecting his bail petition...
Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup
11:30 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayRohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return. A counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar’s military in 2017 involving mass rape, murders and the torching of villages drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh...
Doctors and nurses join civil disobedience movement in Myanmar after coup
10:46 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayCalls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar were gathering pace on Wednesday as the United States formally declared the military's takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch...
Trump lawyers challenge legitimacy of post-presidency impeachment trial
10:22 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayFormer President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office...
Bangladesh win toss, choose to bat first
09:29 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayBangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against West Indies in the first match of two-match test series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Wednesday morning...
Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon chief executive
08:46 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayAmazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago...
Putin critic Navalny jailed in Russia despite protests
08:28 AM, 03 Feb 2021 WednesdayA Moscow court has jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny for three-and-a-half years for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence. He has been in detention since returning to Russia last month. He was treated in Germany for a near-fatal nerve agent attack on him in August...
Japanese investors urged to invest in Bangladesh
09:48 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayBangladesh mission in Tokyo today urged the Japanese entrepreneurs to select Bangladesh as their investment destination as Dhaka offers various facilities to the foreign investors...
Army blasts Al-Jazeera report involving Bangladesh military
09:30 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayBangladesh army on Tuesday blasted an Al-Jazeera report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men” calling it an “ill intended” one, as part efforts by a vested group to destabilize the country...
Pakistan's Covid-19 vaccination drive kicked off
09:10 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday evening oversaw the start of the country's coronavirus vaccination campaign, with the first jab administered to a doctor in Islamabad...
Four TikTokers shot dead in Pakistan
09:03 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayFour TikTokers, including one female, were shot dead near Anklesaria Hospital in Karachi's Garden area early on Tuesday morning, officials said, reports Dawn...
Sputnik vaccine gives 92% protection in trial
07:25 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayRussia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal...
Alia Bhatt says she loves Ranvir Kapoor, but there's a twist
06:20 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayAlia Bhatt today, February 2, interacted with her fans in an Instagram 'true or false' session. During the session, the actress confessed that she loves Ranbir Kapoor...
Australia postpone SA tour over Covid concerns
05:49 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayAustralia’s tour of South Africa, for a three-match Test series, has been called off due to a new wave of COVID-19 virus in the country...
TikTok's Chinese version Douyin sues Tencent
04:59 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayByteDance’s Chinese short video app Douyin has filed a complaint with a court in Beijing to sue Tencent for monopolistic behaviour and asked for 90 million yuan ($13.94 million) in compensation, ByteDance said on Tuesday...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 12, cases 525
04:24 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayTwelve more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,149. During the period, 525 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,36,107, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Tuesday...
People’s trust in AL is reflected in local polls: PM
04:07 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said in parliament that Awami League gained the people’s trust and confidence by rendering services and doing welfare and development, which is reflected in the local government elections...
'I'm a survivor of sexual assault': US congresswoman
03:42 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayUS Democratic politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said she is a survivor of sexual assault...
Death toll in Bagura liquor tragedy rises to 10
02:27 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayThe death toll from consumption of excessive liquor in the district town rose to 10 on Tuesday, with a 55-year-old reported dead in the early hours...
Myanmar lawmakers say they’re under house arrest after coup
01:40 PM, 02 Feb 2021 TuesdayHundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi...