LOS ANGELES – Seattle’s Brad Smith grabbed the second-half equalizer as the Sounders escaped with a 1-1 draw against Los Angeles FC in a clash of Major League Soccer Western Conference heavyweights on Saturday.
Day: April 25, 2021
Djokovic concedes upgrades needed after Belgrade failure
BELGRADE – World number one Novak Djokovic admitted he needs to work on his game ahead of next month’s French Open after he was knocked out by Aslan Karatsev in the Belgrade semi-finals on Saturday.
Sri Lanka declares at 648-8 in first innings
DHAKA- Sri Lanka declared their first innings on 648-8 in the first cricket test against Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Sunday.
Tamim hits his second fifty in Kandy Test
Dhaka — With only one session to play in the Kandy Test against Sri Lanka, Tamim Iqbal hit his second fifty of the match and lead of Sri Lanka came down to seven runs.
Huge traffic: Shops, malls reopen
The number of private vehicles, rickshaws and auto-rickshaws marked a significant rise on the roads in the capital on Sunday as the government allowed shops and shopping malls to reopen their doors to shoppers on a limited scale.
Mamunul controversy: Jharna’s father now in custody
Waliyar Rahman, father of Hefazat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque’s “second wife” Jannat e Jharna, has been taken into police custody for interrogation.
SC upholds HC bail to Erfan Salim
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that granted bail to Irfan Selim in a case filed over assaulting a Navy officer last year.
Shutting border with India: Experts call it prudent decision
Experts have highly appreciated the government for its move to shut the border with India for the next 14 days as they think that the border control is now crucial to block the highly infectious virus variants that have emerged in the neighbouring country.
Covid-19: 2,000 more journalists to get financial support
Dhaka, Apr 25 : The government will give financial assistance of Tk10,000 each to 2,000 more journalists – walloped by the unprecedented disruptions unfolded by the pandemic.
Rain forces early close of high-scoring Kandy Test
Dhaka — The Kandy Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Saturday ended as a high-scoring draw with one and half an hour left to play as rain forced an early close. Tamim Iqbal and captain Mominul Haque remained unbeaten on…
Digital Commerce Policy, Lockdown, Eid: Perfect storm for e-commerce?
Dhaka, Apr 25 : As city markets remained closed during the strict phase lockdown that entered into force on the very first day of Ramadan, as well as the Bengali New Year on April 14, buyers started moving to online…
Bangladesh to get 21 lakh Covid vaccine doses by early May
Bangladesh will get 21 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May, said DG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam on Sunday.
Mild to moderate heatwave to continue: Dhaka temp. 39.9oC
Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions and the region of Srimangal and it may continue and spread.
Karunaratne, Dhananjaya send Tigers on a leather hunt
Bangladesh spent an entire day on the field but failed to take a wicket as hosts Sri Lanka piled on the runs in Kandy on day 4 before bad light stopped play in the first Test.
An Oscars unlike any other to get underway Sunday
An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night, with history on the line in major categories and a telecast retooled for the pandemic.
ত্রাণ সহায়তায় এগিয়ে এলো বিসিএস ৯ম ব্যাচ ফোরাম
কোভিড-১৯ এর দ্বিতীয় ঢেউয়ের কারণে চলাচল সীমিতকরণের নির্দেশনার পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে কর্মহীন মানুষের মানবিক সহায়তায় এগিয়ে এলো বিসিএস নবম ব্যাচ ফোরাম।
IMF: Divergent recoveries stem from divergent policies – II
The role of the IMF as lender-of-last-resort has skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic, with emergency financing and loan packages disbursed to 86 countries since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.