Messi’s Argentina thrash Uruguay, Brazil lose 100% qualifying record
AFP, MONTEVIDEO : Lionel Messi opened the scoring as Argentina thumped neighbors Uruguay 3-0 in an entertaining World Cup qualifier on Sunday.Goals from Rodrigo De...
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Rain-sodden Sydney ends lockdown after 106 days
AFP, SYDNEY : Elated Sydneysiders defied grey skies and drizzle to celebrate the end of almost four months of lockdown on Monday, hoping to put...
Govt mulling constructing another nuclear power plant: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has been mulling setting up another nuclear power plant in the southern region to meet the increased...
Light aircraft crashes in Russia
TASS, MOSCOW: A Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft, owned by an aero club, has crashed in the city of Menzelinsk, Tatarstan, a source from emergency services...
LPG gets costlier by Tk 226 per 12-kg container
UNB, Dhaka : Consumers will have to pay a higher price of Tk 226 to buy a 12-kg container of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
Road traffic management: Experts worry as govt agencies ‘violate rules’
UNB, Dhaka : Hitting the road with unregistered vehicles in Bangladesh is widespread and the situation is getting worse as some government agencies have started...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 14 more lives lost, 481 fresh cases detected
Online Desk : Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 14 more lives and infected another 481 in 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the fresh numbers, the...
Covid-19: Global cases near 238 million
Online Desk : The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 238 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.According to Johns...
Burimari port to remain shut for 5 days for Durga puja
UNB, Lalmonirhat : The export and import activities through Burimari land port in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district will remain suspended for five days from...
Noted physicist Dr Harun-ar-Rashid passes away
UNB, Dhaka : Eminent physicist and ‘Bose Professor’ of Physics at the University of Dhaka Dr AM Harun-ar-Rashid died at a hospital in Dhaka on...
Polls open in Iraq’s general elections amid tight security
AP, BAGHDAD : Iraq closed its airspace and land border crossings on Sunday as voters headed to the polls to elect a parliament that many...
RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway demanding arrears
UNB, Gazipur : Traffic movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Sunday morning as the workers of two readymade garment factories put barricade on the...