State will not forgive vandals of Bangabandhu’s sculpture: law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the state will not forgive those who vandalised the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
16 December 2020, 14:18 PM

Bangladeshi youth shot dead by BSF along Lalmonirhat border

A Bangladeshi youth was shot allegedly by some members of the Indian Border Security Force along Shreerampur border area in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat today.
16 December 2020, 13:43 PM

Hasina keeps surprising world with national achievements: Chinese envoy

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today said Bangladesh has become a role model in development under the great leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who like her father has been surprising the world through one after another national achievements.
16 December 2020, 12:54 PM

Indonesia's president to receive country's first Covid-19 vaccine shot

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Wednesday he would be the first person in the country to be vaccinated for Covid-19 as he unveiled a campaign promising free inoculations for everyone in world's fourth most-populous nation.
16 December 2020, 12:54 PM

Liberation War memorial sculpture in Bogura covered with black cloth on Victory Day

A Liberation War memorial sculpture was covered with black cloth in Bogura town today, as the nation celebrates Victory Day.
16 December 2020, 12:33 PM

Will be able to bring Covid-19 vaccine by the end of January: health minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said they will be able to bring coronavirus vaccine by the end of the nest January.
16 December 2020, 12:16 PM

Republicans acknowledge Biden’s victory

More than a month after the election, top Republicans finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the next US president, a collapse in GOP resistance to the millions of voters who decisively chose the Democrat. Foreign leaders joined the parade, too, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
16 December 2020, 10:57 AM

EU members to start Covid-19 jabs 'the same day'

The EU's 27 member countries aim to start Covid-19 vaccinations on "the same day" in a sign of unity, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
16 December 2020, 10:35 AM

Covid-19: 27 die, 1,632 infected, 2,622 recover in 24 hours

Twenty-seven people have died so far in the country from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
16 December 2020, 09:31 AM

Saudia fined Tk 2 lakh for carrying passengers to Dhaka without Covid-19 negative certificates

A mobile court at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport fined Saudi Arabian Airlines Tk two lakh for carrying passengers to Dhaka without Covid-19 negative certificates.
16 December 2020, 08:22 AM

PM greets freedom fighters on Victory Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted all freedom fighters of the country on the occasion of the Victory Day.
16 December 2020, 07:53 AM

Coronavirus: Germany sees record death toll on first day of lockdown

Germany registered a record number of deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial lockdown to try and curb a surge in infections.
16 December 2020, 07:53 AM

Nokia says margins at networks business will be zero in 2021

Telecoms equipment maker Nokia’s operating margins at its networks business will be zero in 2021, it said today in an update on strategy to streamline the Finnish company into four business groups.
16 December 2020, 07:47 AM

Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing US antitrust case

An Australian regulator sued Facebook Inc today accusing it of collecting user data without permission, building on government efforts around the world to rein in the social network.
16 December 2020, 07:41 AM

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard indicted in US on sex trafficking charges

The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged yesterday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three countries, US authorities said.
16 December 2020, 07:35 AM

ADB approves grant to improve Bangladesh’s business competitiveness, intraregional trade

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $0.5 million grant assistance for promoting business competitiveness and intraregional trade of Bangladesh.
16 December 2020, 07:26 AM

21 crude bombs recovered in Jashore

Twenty-one crude bombs were recovered in Bagharpara upazila of Jashore last night.
16 December 2020, 07:19 AM

Man held with 15kg gold at Dhaka airport

Customs officials detained a man with 130 gold bars weighing 15 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night.
16 December 2020, 07:15 AM

$28 billion project needed to tackle pandemic: WHO

An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday.
16 December 2020, 06:38 AM

Missing businessman found dead in Moulvibazar

Police recovered decomposed body of a businessman from Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila last night, three days after he went missing.
16 December 2020, 06:14 AM