Three mobile phone operators of the country — Grameenphone, Banglalink and Robi– must have to pay Tk 2,500 crore as part of their debts, said the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Three operators will have to pay the amount to the government, National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). A five-member Appellate Division ...

Australian club Melbourne Victory were hit Tuesday with an A-League record Aus$550,000 (US$380,000) fine and the threat of a 10-point deduction over a violent pitch invasion that left a goalkeeper injured. The punishment stems from a derby match between Victory and Melbourne City last month that was abandoned after shocking scenes when football fans stormed the field. One Victory supporter ...

Moderna Inc is considering pricing its COVID-19 shot at $110 to $130 per dose in the United States when it shifts from government contracting to commercial distribution of the shots, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel told the Wall Street Journal on Monday. “I would think this type of pricing is consistent with the value,” said Bancel, according to ...

The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential items across the country from Tuesday at a subsidised rate. Some one crore families across the country having cards would be able to buy such essential items, TCB in a statement said on Monday. It will sell essential commodities among low income in different parts of the country through ...

Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays will be banned in England, the government has confirmed. It is not clear when the ban will come into effect but it follows similar moves by Scotland and Wales. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said the move would help protect the environment for future generations. Campaigners welcomed the ban, but called for ...

The Sylhet Strikers continued their impressive winning streak in the current season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), beating the most successful team in the tournament, the Comilla Victorians, by a margin of five wickets on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The Sylhet Strikers, led by former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, achieved their third consecutive victory, while ...

A woman was held with 290 pieces of Yaba tablets from Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Kulsum Begam, 40. Offier-in-charge of Rajnagar police station Binoy Bhusan Roy said on information a police team, led by Sub-Inspector (SI) Sulaiman Ahmed, conducted a raid at a house of one Tonjab Ali at Poitura village of ...

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested five persons on charge of spreading rumours about banking sector. They were arrested from different places of the capital on Sunday night, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)’s media centre on Monday. The arrested men are Mohammad Nur Un Nabi, Md Afsar Uddin Roman, Md Abu Sayid Saju, Md Shadhin Mia, and Md Abdus Salam. ...

Almost 90 per cent of people in China’s third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top local official has said, as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases. Kan Quancheng, director of the health commission for central Henan province, told a press conference that “as of January 6, 2023, the province’s Covid infection rate is ...

The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Appeal Division Judge Justice Md Nuruzzaman passed the order following the state’s appeal against the HC order. The court also ordered disposing ...