LONDON – Elite sport will continue to be allowed behind closed doors despite a new month-long lockdown being imposed across England by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday. The strict series of measures reintroduced to try and curb rising…
Day: November 1, 2020
Japan’s unbeaten ‘Monster’ Inoue KOs Moloney in Las Vegas debut
LOS ANGELES – Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue defended his unified WBA and IBF bantamweight world titles in his Las Vegas debut on Saturday with a seventh-round knockout of Australia’s Jason Moloney. The undefeated Japanese superstar floored Moloney with a shuddering punch…
World Cup hero Akbar trying to learn maximum from HP
DHAKA – Akbar who led Bangladesh Under-19 to lift the Youth World Cup earlier this year is focused on to hone his skill more as he believes he can’t only rest on the World Cup laurels for more days. Akbar…
Emon to go ‘step by step’ to achieve national call up
DHAKA – World Cup winning Under-19 star Parvez Hossain Emon sets his target to play for the national team but he knows it will not be a cake-walk. Emon so wants to go ‘step by step’ to fulfill his dream…
BCB wants International broadcast for T20 tournament
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants International broadcast for the upcoming Bangabandhu T20 tournament in a bid to make it a more gorgeous event. A total of 75 local cricketers will take part in the five-team competition. BCB…
BNP committee to celebrate golden jubilee of independence
Dhaka, Nov 01 – BNP has formed a 115-member committee to celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence in 2021 in a befitting manner. Party standing committee approved the committee, headed by its member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, on Saturday…
BD-German Chamber discusses ways to mitigate pandemic risks
Dhaka, Nov 01 – Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BGCCI) has discussed the impact of pandemic on business and identified five strategies to mitigate business risks during the pandemic.
Haji Selim’s son Irfan Salim, bodyguard put on fresh remand
Dhaka, Nov 01 – A Dhaka court on Sunday placed suspended councilor Irfan Selim, also son of Awami League leader Haji Selim and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed over assaulting a navy…
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 60
Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 900.
Man, 65, arrested for ‘raping’ domestic help in Chittagong
Police arrested a 65-year-old man on Saturday night for allegedly raping his domestic help in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram.
Foreign Affairs State Minister rejects charges against Rab
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Sunday brushed aside allegations against elite police unit Rab, terming them propaganda against Bangladesh.
PM Hasina for restarting covid test for inbound passengers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said in the wake of massive COVID-19 outbreak again across the globe, the time has come to reintroduce coronavirus tests for every inbound passenger in all ports.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 1568 new cases, 18 deaths
Bangladesh on Sunday registered 1,568 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 409,252. Besides, 18 more patients died from Covid-19 during the period, taking the fatalities to 5,941.
Insulting religious leader for free expression not allowable
Condemning the sarcastic cartoons insulting Prophet Mohammad (Phub) in France, BNP on Sunday expressed solidarity with the protests by people of all races and religions and the Muslim Ummah against such a dreadful crime.
Kashmir shuts down to protest India’s new land laws
Shops and businesses were shut in several parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a general strike to denounce new laws that allow any Indians to buy land in the disputed region.
About one-third BD youths leave studies to support family
Dhaka, Nov 01 – Some 28 percent youths aged above 18 left studies to support their families amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, according to an online survey conducted by Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.