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Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
09:20 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayRussian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner...
Barcelona deny leaking Messi contract
08:34 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayBarcelona say they will take "appropriate legal action" against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details of forward Lionel Messi's contract...
Opposition parties fail to earn people’s confidence for lack of leadership: PM
06:55 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayMentioning that powerful opposition is a must for democracy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said today the opposition parties have failed to earn people’s confidence due to lack of efficient leadership...
DU to reopen halls from March 13
06:06 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) have decided to reopen the university’s halls from March 13 for the students of honours and masters for their examinations...
Coronavirus: 16 die, 369 infected, 447 recover in 24 hours
04:49 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,127 as 16 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 369 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 535,139. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
Hungary, Bolivia want COVID-19 vaccine from Bangladesh: Shahriar
03:23 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayHungary and Bolivia have sought COVID-19 vaccine from Bangladesh, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shariar Alam has told Parliament...
Russia braces for latest Navalny protests
01:57 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayRussian authorities have closed metro stations and are restricting movement in Moscow ahead of planned rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny...
Trump impeachment lawyers leave team: US media
12:22 PM, 31 Jan 2021 SundaySeveral of former US president Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers have left his team a little over a week before his trial, US media reported Saturday...
Pakistan secures 17 million doses of Oxford vaccine
11:43 AM, 31 Jan 2021 Sunday“Happy to share that in addition to the 500,000 doses of Sinopharm, almost 7 million doses of AstraZeneca to be made available...," PM's aide said...
Real start to bid farewell to LaLiga
11:07 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayReal Madrid's title hopes took a big hit on Saturday as an early Eder Militao red card led to a 2-1 defeat to Levante at the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano...
Truck rams auto-rickshaw, kills 4
10:47 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayFour people were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sadar upazila of Sherpur district on Sunday morning.
Bangladeshi youth found dead in US
09:47 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayUS police have recovered the body of a Bangladeshi youth from Jamaica area in New York City...
French opposition leader proposes hijab ban
09:12 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayFrench far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron...
Grammy-nominated artist Sophie dies
08:41 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayGrammy-nominated experimental pop artist and producer Sophie Xeon -- publicly known as SOPHIE -- died in a "terrible accident" on Saturday morning aged 34, according to a statement from the musician's record label Transgressive...
Iran rejects new talks or parties in nuclear deal
08:18 AM, 31 Jan 2021 SundayIran’s foreign ministry has rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, after French President Emmanuel Macron said any new talks should include Saudi Arabia...
AL picks candidates for 5th phase municipality polls
09:47 PM, 30 Jan 2021 SaturdayThe ruling Awami League on Saturday picked candidates for 5th phase polls to 31 municipalities as well as elections to four upazila parishads and three union parishads...
Modi is likely to visit Tungipara: officials
09:30 PM, 30 Jan 2021 SaturdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Tungipara to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his planned Bangladesh tour in March, officials said on Saturday...
India mulls law to ban cryptocurrencies
09:11 PM, 30 Jan 2021 SaturdayIndia plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government...
France closes borders to most non-EU travel
08:35 PM, 30 Jan 2021 SaturdayFrance is imposing new Covid-19 border restrictions from Sunday, but has again resisted a new nationwide lockdown...
Coachella cancelled again due to coronavirus
07:59 PM, 30 Jan 2021 SaturdayCoachella - one of the world's largest music festivals - has been cancelled due to the pandemic...