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Barcelona's endless search for a No. 9
02:02 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayBarcelona have ruled out the idea of signing Willian Jose.The Catalans need a new No.9 and should receive permission to sign an emergency forward outside of the transfer window, with Ousmane Dembele now ruled out for approximately six months...
Another US city passes resolution against India's citizenship law
01:19 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayCambridge in Massachusetts state has become the second city in the United States after Seattle to pass a resolution against a controversial citizenship law pushed by India's Hindu nationalist government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
World Mobile Congress cancelled over coronavirus fears
01:15 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayOrganisers of the World Mobile Congress said Wednesday they have cancelled the world's top mobile trade fair due to fears stemming from the coronavirus that sparked an exodus of industry heavyweights...
Memory and Community
12:18 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayThought often about what inspired my father to create such a grand expression of pain… In pain we seek refuge, shelter and so there it was, a monument larger then life...
Barrister Suman quits as ICT prosecutor
11:07 AM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayBarrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman has resigned as prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). He submitted the resignation letter to chief prosecutor on Thursday.
Turkey nabs 135 Bangladeshi, Pakistani migrants
09:45 AM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayTurkey law enforcers detained a total of 135 Bangladeshi and Pakistani irregular migrants in the country’s largest metropolis Istanbul, citing security sources, Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday...
Coronavirus claims 244 lives in a single day
09:12 AM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdaySome 244 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded in the Chinese province of Hubei on Wednesday - the deadliest day of the outbreak. There was also a huge increase in the number of cases, with 14,840 people diagnosed with the virus...
My struggle for an education in Kashmir
08:51 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayEvery year in Indian-administered Kashmir, thousands of students start the academic year hoping that this time things will be a bit better, a bit more normal. We head to our classrooms determined to cherish every minute that we are there and take everything in as quickly as we can, as we never know whether we will be able to return the next day...
Pak court convicts Mumbai 'mastermind' in terrorism case
07:53 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayA Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba armed group, to five and a half years' prison in a case related to terrorism financing...
Shun mentality that only English medium students are brilliant: PM
07:47 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticised the mentality to consider only the English medium students as brilliant. She also said that she does not see any point in keeping quota for English medium students at public universities....
DU, BUET finally consent to hold uniform entry test
07:21 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayDhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have finally given their consent to the uniform admission test system for public universities...
World Cup winning junior Tigers return home
05:43 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayBangladesh Junior Tigers have returned home with the ICC U-19 World Cup trophy for the first time...
Ilias Kanchan files Tk 100cr case against Shajahan Khan
04:32 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayNirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) founder and chairman Ilias Kanchan has lodged a Tk 100 crore defamation case against former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan...
Will light up every house by ‘Mujib Borsho’: PM
04:12 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will light up every house across the country within the ‘Mujib Borsho’ (Mujib Year) by bringing all people under the electricity coverage...
Iran woman dies of suspected coronavirus infection
02:18 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayAn Iranian woman has died of a suspected coronavirus infection, the state daily newspaper IRAN reported on Wednesday, without citing any sources...
BNP to hold demo on Saturday for release of Khaleda
02:01 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold demonstrations across the country on Saturday demanding immediate release of the party’s imprisoned chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia...
19 sued over trawler capsize in Bay, 8 detained
01:22 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayPolice today filed a case against 19 people in connection with capsize of a trawler in the Bay of Bengal that left 15 Rohingya people dead. Eight people were detained from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, said Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station. Rohingya and local people are among the detainees...
PM opens Sheikh Kamal IT Centre in Rajshahi
12:16 PM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubator and Training Centre in Rajshahi through a videoconference from Dhaka. The prime minister opened the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubator and Training Centre constructed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-Tech Park in Rajshahi through a videoconference...
RMG workers block Tejgaon road
11:51 AM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdaySeveral hundred workers of a readymade garment factory today blocked Nabisco intersection in the capital’s Tejgaon protesting the dismissal of 80 of their colleagues. The workers of Kaniz Garments Limited started their blockade at 9:30am disrupting vehicular movement on the busy thoroughfare...
Second Bangladeshi infected with coronavirus in Singapore
10:20 AM, 12 Feb 2020 WednesdaySingapore reported two more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a daily update...