LONDON – Ten Premier League players or staff tested positive for coronavirus over the past week, the highest number of infections since the English top-flight returned from a three-month layoff in June. “The Premier League can today confirm that between…
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool came from behind to maintain a perfect start to their Premier League title defence as goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota saw off a resilient Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield. The Gunners had also won…
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) expressed deep shock at the death of Sheikh Masum Akter, elder brother of celebrated former footballer and BFF executive committee’s member Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, said a BFF press release today. Masum breathed his…
DHAKA — The Bangladesh national cricket team will visit New Zealand in March next year for three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals. This will be the first overseas tour by the Bangladesh team following the interruption to international cricket…
DHAKA — Bangladesh cricketers would have to revisit the Christchurch from where they narrowly escaped when a terrorist attacked two mosques of the city last year, leaving 51 Muslim worshippers dead and 40 severely wounded. As New Zealand confirmed the…
Breast milk may help protect babies from being infected by the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests, reports Daily Mail.
Bangladesh and India on Tuesday agreed to resolve the water-sharing issues of common rivers, including Teesta treaty, and bring down border killings to a zero level, says Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.
The Education Ministry formed a three-member committee on Tuesday to investigate whether there was any negligence of the college authorities in the gang rape incident at MC College dormitory.
A deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the public water supply of Lake Jackson in Texas.
Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases reached 362,043 on Tuesday after the health authorities recorded 1,488 news cases in 24 hours until Tuesday morning.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved four projects involving Tk 796 crore, including a Tk 338-crore scheme, to make mouza and plot-based national digital land zoning.
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live,…
By Dr Lawrence Haddad and Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko ADDIS ABABA, Sep 28 2020 (IPS) – One of the biggest revelations of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that people with pre-existing, diet-related conditions such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes,…
By Tove Maria Ryding, Pooja Rangaprasad and Emilia Reyes NEW YORK, Sep 28 2020 (IPS) – On 29 September, the world’s heads of state will come together (virtually) at an extraordinary meeting to discuss financing for development during the 75th…
Dhaka, Sept 28 – Bangladesh Bank has further extended its relaxed conditions for loan repayment till December 31 taking into consideration the impact of coronavirus on the country’s trade and business.
Dhaka, Sept 28 – BNP on Monday alleged that the country has been facing an epidemic of ‘corruption and violence against women’ alongside the corona pandemic.
Sylhet, Sept 28 – The miscreants who gang-raped a woman after tying up her husband in a dormitory of Sylhet MC College, also snatched away the victim’s car and demanded Tk 50,000 ransom for it.
Regent Group Chairman Shahed Karim has been sentenced to life imprisonment in an arms case.
Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 360,555 on Monday after the health authorities recorded 1,407 cases.
Two accused, including the prime suspect in MC College gang rape, were sent on a five-day remand by a Sylhet court on Monday.
The educational institutions across the country are likely to remain shut for more days as a favourable environment has not been created yet to reopen those.
The Forest Department detained three people from the Sundarbans early Monday for fishing with insecticide in the mangrove forest’s Dacope upazila part under Khulna.
Global leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched “Leaders’ Pledge for Nature: United to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030 for Sustainable Development” on Monday demonstrating their commitment for nature, biodiversity and global goals.