MADRID – Barcelona won 1-0 at bottom side Huesca on Sunday as Lionel Messi became the first foreigner to make 500 appearances in Spain’s La Liga, while a late Luis Suarez goal secured leaders Atletico Madrid victory against Alaves. Messi…
Day: January 4, 2021
Bayern Munich avoid Bundesliga rivals in German Cup draw
BERLIN – Germany’s top clubs managed to mostly avoid each other in Sunday’s German Cup, last 16 draw with just two all-Bundesliga ties in Schalke away to Wolfsburg and Stuttgart hosting Moenchengladbach. Should European champions and German Cup holders Bayern…
India cricketers test negative after bubble ‘breach’
SYDNEY – India’s team and support staff all tested negative to Covid-19 after five players apparently breached their bio-security bubble, officials said Monday, as capacity at the Sydney Cricket Ground was slashed over coronavirus concerns. The quintet — Rohit Sharma,…
No place for Mashrafe as BCB announces team for West Indies series
DHAKA –The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today announced the preliminary ODI and Test squads for the home series against West Indies. Veteran pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza who was the part of ODI team in Bangladesh’s last International series against Zimbabwe…
BCB’s plan to focus on next WC key in axing Mashrafe
DHAKA – The intensive plan to build a team for the 2023 World Cup is the prime reason for Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s axe from ODI squad, said chief national selector Minhazul Abedin Nannu. Mashrafe will approach towards his 40 when…
Dhaka Abahani advance semis in Federation Cup
DHAKA – The semifinals line-up of the Federation Cup Football now completed when title aspirant Abahani Limited, Dhaka registered a hard-fought solitary goal victory over Uttar Baridhara Club in the fourth and last quarterfinal match held today at Bangabandhu National…
মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়ে ভর্তির লটারি ১১ জানুয়ারি
ঢাকা, ৪ জানুয়ারি – মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়ে ১ম শ্রেণি হতে ৯ম শ্রেণি পর্যন্ত শিক্ষার্থী ভর্তির ডিজিটাল লটারি ১১ জানুয়ারি বিকাল ৩ টায় অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। শিক্ষামন্ত্রী ডা.দীপু মনি এই লটারি উদ্বোধন করবেন।
RU BCL observes 73rd founding anniversary
Rajshahi, Jan 4 – Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chatra League, Rajshahi University unit observed the 73rd founding anniversary of the organization by arranging different programmes on the university campus.
New Vice Chancellor joins BUP
Dhaka, January 04 – The newly appointed Vice Chancellor Major General Md Moshfequr Rahman, SGP, SUP, NDC, psc joined Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) on 31 December (Thursday) 2020. Prior to joining, he served as the Area Commander of Logistic…
Democratizing an Increasingly Concentrated Food System
Vertical, horizontal, and backward integration of the food system is happening across all sectors in the food system from local to global levels. Just a few companies dominate almost all aspects of food production.
এসডিজি বাস্তবায়নে নাগরিক প্ল্যাটফর্ম বছর শেষে, ২০২১-এ
একটি অভূতপূর্ব বছর অতিক্রম করে নব সূচনার দ্বারপ্রান্তে আমরা। অতিক্রান্ত বছরের বিচ্ছেদ, বেদনা এবং সর্বোপরি অনেক মৃত্যুতে আমরা সবাই ভারাক্রান্ত। অতিমারির স্মৃতি ও অভিজ্ঞতা নিয়ে আমাদের ২০২১ সালে পথ চলতে হবে।
JMI brings final version of first Bangladeshi KN95 mask
Dhaka, Jan 4 – JMI has launched the final version of its first made in Bangladesh KN95 respiratory mask. Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against JMI for supplying low-quality masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the government…
‘Bangladesh to get Oxford Covid vaccine on time as per deal’
Dhaka, Jan 4 – Beximco Pharmaceuticals, the local partner of Serum Institute of India (SII), on Monday assured that Bangladesh will get the agreed amount of vaccine doses on time as per agreement.
Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult two years
WASHINGTON (AP/UNB) — Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy…
Covid takes heavy toll on Khulna’s seafood exports in 2020
Khulna (Bangladesh), Jan 4 — Export of frozen shrimps from Khulna to Europe declined drastically in 2020 due to a fall in demand in the continent’s key seafood consuming countries in the wake of Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown.
Chittagong slum fire burns shanties
Chittagong, Jan 4 -A fire at Jele Para slum adjacent to Beribadh under Chittagong EPZ police station has gutted some shanties.
‘Not enough food to buy if Bangladesh’s not self-sufficient’
Dhaka, Jan 4 – Bangladesh needs to be self-reliant in food production as there will not be enough food that money can buy if a crisis or famine breaks out as fallout of Covid-19.
Is Iran closer to avenging murder of its two leaders?
By Askiah Adam Brigadier General Mohsen Fakhrizadeh of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Command (IRGC) and Iran’s most important nuclear scientist was assassinated not too far from Tehran recently. Iran immediately accused Israel, an allegation confirmed by a senior Washington official…