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EU investigates reports of menstrual disorders after Covid shots
05:16 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayThe European Medicines Agency's safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna...
Coronavirus: 20 new deaths, 5023 cases
04:40 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayTwenty more people died from coronavirus and 5,023 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,791 and 19,04,826 respectively, a health directorate press release on Saturday. As many as 29,904 samples were collected, and 30,448 tested in the past day...
Mbappe scores stoppage time PSG winner
03:56 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayKylian Mbappe scored in the 93rd minute as Paris St-Germain beat Rennes to go 16 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 before the weekend's games...
India claim series win over West Indies
03:38 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayIndia clinched a series win over the West Indies after pacer Prasidh Krishna tore through the tourists' top order on Wednesday, taking four wickets to lead India to a 44-run victory in the second one-day international in Ahmedabad...
China gives conditional approval for Pfizer COVID pill Paxlovid
02:41 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayChina says it has given “conditional” approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid to treat adults with mild to moderate illness and a high risk of developing severe disease...
Closure of edu instts not being extended more!
02:07 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayEducation Minister has hinted that the closure of the schools and colleges is not being extended more. The decision will be taken in this regard after holding a meeting with the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19...
Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Australian capital
01:33 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayThousands of protesters marched through Australia's capital to the parliament building on Saturday to decry Covid-19 vaccine mandates, the latest in a string of rallies against pandemic restrictions around the world...
RMCH counts two more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:53 PM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 9am today...
New US envoy keen to further strengthen Dhaka-Washington ties
11:51 AM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayThe newly-appointed United States (US) Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter D. Haas has said he looks forward to working together with Dhaka to further advance the relationship between the two countries...
Myanmar junta to pardon 814 prisoners in amnesty
11:10 AM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayMyanmar's junta said Saturday it would release more than 800 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the country's Union Day...
Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January
10:13 AM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayThe number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data...
Freedom Convoy: Canada court orders end to trucks’ bridge blockade
09:05 AM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayA Canadian judge has granted a court order to end a truckers' blockade of a vital trade link with the US...
Ukraine tensions: Russia invasion could begin any day, US warns
08:34 AM, 12 Feb 2022 SaturdayRussia has the troops in place to invade Ukraine "at any time" and American citizens should leave within the next 48 hours, the US has warned. An invasion could start with aerial bombing that would make departures difficult and endanger civilians, the White House said on Friday...
Afghanistan to arrive in Bangladesh today for white ball series
06:14 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayThe Afghanistan cricket team is set to arrive in Bangladesh on Saturday for a limited over series, comprising three ODIs and two T20 Internationals...
Coronavirus: 27 new deaths, 5268 cases
05:12 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayTwenty-seven more people died from coronavirus and 5,268 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections rose to 28,771 and 18,99,803 respectively, a health directorate press release on Friday. As many as 33,896 samples were collected, and 34,067 tested in the past day...
Syed Kaiser, death row convict in crimes against humanity, dies
04:42 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridaySyed Kaiser, a death row convict in crimes against humanity case and former state minister, passed away early Friday. He breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital, quoting his younger brother Faisal, lawyer Barrister Tanvir Al Amin and prosecutor Syed Haider Ali confirmed to Jago News...
DU 1st year in-person classes from Feb 22
03:30 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayThe Dhaka University authorities have decided to begin in-person classes of the first year of academic session 2020-2021 following the coronavirus health guidelines, a press release said on Friday...
Novavax says Covid-19 shot 80% effective in adolescent study
02:28 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayNovavax said on Thursday its two-dose vaccine was 80% effective against COVID-19 in a late-stage trial testing the shot in teens aged 12 to 17 years...
"Don't spread to larger level": Indian SC 'no' to urgent hijab hearing
12:22 PM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayOn a petition linked to the hijab row raging in Karnataka, the Supreme Court today rejected an urgent hearing and said, "We will interfere only at an appropriate time."..
Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now
11:32 AM, 11 Feb 2022 FridayUS President Joe Biden has called on all American citizens remaining in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, citing increased threats of Russian military action. Mr Biden said he would not send troops to rescue Americans if Moscow invades Ukraine...