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November 12, 2021

Covid claims 5 more lives in Bangladesh, infects another 221

Bangladesh logged five more Covid-linked deaths and reported 221 fresh infections in 24 hours till Friday morning.The daily-case positivity rate slightly increased to 1.28 per cent from Thursday’s 1.21 per cent.The fresh numbers took the total fataliti…

Father, son die as tractor rams into three-wheeler in Dinajpur

A man and his son were killed in Dinajpur’s Nawabganj Friday after a sand-laden tractor-trolley rammed into an easy-bike, police said.The incident, which occurred at 4:30pm in Gazipur union, left Kabirul Islam and his son Kawsar dead.Kabirul’s wife Sha…

Japanese Embassy awards video contest winners

Dhaka, Nov 12 (UNB) — The Embassy of Japan in Dhaka has distributed prizes among the four winners of the ‘Bondhutter Potaka’ video contest.The song celebrates the strong bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Japan and has also addressed the curre…

Bangladeshis who studied in India get together in Dhaka

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka hosted a get-together for over 150 Bangladeshi nationals who went to the sub-continent for studies.The ‘Bangladesh-India Alumni Re-union 2021’ held on Thursday, also marked the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam…

‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ hits theatres

After conquering several accolades worldwide, acclaimed filmmaker’s Abdullah Mohammad Saad much-anticipated film ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ was released in 12 theatres across Bangladesh on Friday.Azmeri Haque Badhan, who plays the title character of the film…

Youth held with 2,350 yaba pills in city

Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested a youth with 2,350 yaba pills from the city’s Adabor area.The arrestee was identified as Sohan Islam, 21, son late Rafiqul Islam of Faridpur district.According to a media release from Rab headquart…

UP poll violence: 8 looted EVMs looted in Patuakhali recovered

Eight electronic voting machines (EVMs) that were alleged to have been stolen from a polling centre in the Panpatti union in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila on Thursday were recovered later from the garden, police said on Friday.Supporters of the losing…

Unite for common good: Hasina to global leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the world leaders to seize the moment to forge a strong partnership for the common good of global humanity as the world is now moving towards recovery from the pandemic fallouts.“May I entreat that as the wo…

Sajeeb Wazed Joy bags leadership award in IT

Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has won the “ASOCIO Leadership Award 2021” for his contribution to Bangladesh’s ICT sector.On behalf of Joy, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the award Friday on the second day of …

France showers immense honour on PM Hasina

France has shown ‘exceptional honour’ to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her ongoing visit to the country, according to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.Describing the visit as ‘historic’, he said the French side expressed their keenness to stren…

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