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Barca miss two penalties but advances past Cornella in Copa del Rey
12:10 PM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayOusmane Dembélé scored early in extra time after missing a penalty late in regulation as Barcelona defeated third-division club Cornellà 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday...
West Indies win toss, opt to bat first
11:34 AM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayWest Indies won the toss and chose to bat first in the second of the three-march ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur on Friday...
Death toll from Baghdad twin bombings rises to 32
11:26 AM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayAt least 32 people have been killed and 110 wounded in a rare twin suicide bombing that tore through a busy area of central Baghdad on Thursday morning, Iraqi officials said...
Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia
11:15 AM, 22 Jan 2021 FridayGoogle has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers, reports BBC...
Amazon drama agrees to changes after Hindu nationalist pressure
09:57 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayAn Indian political drama on Amazon Prime has been forced to edit out scenes that were accused of being an “insult to Hindu gods”, the first time that streaming platforms have been subjected to Indian government censorship...
DU to show path to others in making human resources: PM
09:45 PM, 21 Jan 2021 Thursday“It is my desire that the Dhaka University will start making human resources to compete with the world and the rest of the universities across the country will follow its path and thus we will advance our country towards prosperity,” she said...
Tk 1271cr approved to buy vaccine from India
08:43 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe government has finally approved around Tk 1271 crore to buy 3 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine from India the direct procurement method (DPM) as a matter of urgent state necessity...
India's Bharat Biotech seeks Bangladesh trial for COVID vaccine
07:29 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayIndia’s Bharat Biotech has applied to conduct trials in Bangladesh for its coronavirus vaccine recently approved for emergency use at home, a senior official at Bangladesh’s main medical research body told Reuters...
Five workers killed in fire at Serum Institute of India
06:36 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayFive workers were killed in the major fire that broke out at a plant of the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Manjri area of Pune on Thursday afternoon, reports India Today...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: New deaths 16, cases 584
06:16 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,966...
Finance Minister says he'll become 1st to take vaccine
05:31 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayFinance Minister AFM Mustafa Kamal has expressed his interest to become the first person to receive coronavirus vaccine gifted by India....
Writ seeks HC directives to open educational institutions
04:30 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directives to open the all educational institutions without delay...
Twin suicide bombings hit Baghdad, 28 killed
03:55 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayA rare twin suicide bombing killed at least 28 people and wounded 73 others on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday, the military said, rupturing months of relative calm...
Walkar footwear, Tel Plastic and Rainbow paints hold dealer conference
03:28 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayRFL Group’s popular housewares brand ‘Tel Plastic’, Footwear brand ‘Walkar’ and paints brand ‘Rainbow’ organized dealers’ conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Sunday...
RFL holds sales conference
03:16 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayRFL Group, country’s leading business conglomerate, held its three-day long sales conference recently...
Lasith Malinga retires from franchise cricket
02:40 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayLasith Malinga, the leading wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League, has opted to retire from franchise cricket, his former IPL team Mumbai Indians confirmed on Wednesday...
Biden takes the helm, appeals for unity to take on crises
02:20 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayJoe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises...
HSC results: Reports on three amendment bills placed in JS
01:33 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayReports on three amendment bills were placed in Parliament on Thursday, aiming to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations by January 28 next...
20 lakh free COVID-19 vaccines reach Dhaka
12:30 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayTwo million free doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrived in Dhaka from India on Thursday. A special flight of Air India carrying the vaccines took off from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 8am and landed at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport at 11:20am...
China sanctions Pompeo, other Trump administration officials
10:35 AM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayChina imposed sanctions on 28 individuals from the United States, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over “crazy actions that have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs”...