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Director Srijit Mukherji tests positive for COVID
10:59 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayIndian Director Srijit Mukherji has tested positive for COVID-19 and informed his social media followers about the same on Saturday night...
Thousands rally in Baghdad to mark 2020 killing of Iran general
09:59 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayThousands of people have rallied in the Iraqi capital to mark the second anniversary of the killing of a revered Iranian commander and his Iraqi lieutenant in a drone attack by the United States...
Delhi’s daily Covid cases jump 50%, highest since May
09:18 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayDelhi recorded a massive 50 per cent jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, at 2,716, with around 3.64 percent of COVID-19 tests returning positive - a high positivity rate considered one of the first signs of an impending wave of infections...
Europe tops 100 million Covid-19 cases
09:18 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayEurope has recorded over 100 million coronavirus cases, more than a third of all infections worldwide, since the start of the pandemic, an AFP tally on Saturday (Jan 1) showed. The continent has once again become the pandemic's epicentre in recent months...
Covid: Pupils to wear face masks in class to tackle Omicron
08:59 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayFace masks are to be worn in secondary classrooms in England's schools to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant, the government has announced...
Coronavirus pandemic: Antarctic outpost hit by Covid-19 outbreak
08:44 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayA Belgian scientific research station in Antarctica is dealing with an outbreak of Covid-19, despite workers being fully vaccinated and based in one of the world's remotest regions...
Colorado wildfire: 3 people reported missing and presumed dead
08:26 AM, 02 Jan 2022 SundayThree people are missing and presumed dead, after a devastating wildfire in the central US state of Colorado...
JnU BCL gets new body after 22 months of dissolution
10:05 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe new committee of Jagannath University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League has been announced, around 22 months after it had been dissolved...
Man City leave it late to beat Arsenal
09:32 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayRodri scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester City beat 10-man Arsenal to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League with an 11th successive victory...
Assisted suicide becomes legal in Austria
08:59 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayFrom Saturday, adults who are terminally ill or have a permanent, debilitating condition, can opt to make provisions for an assisted death...
Road accidents claim 418 lives in a month
08:36 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayAs many as 383 road accidents took place in month December of 2021, leaving 418 people dead and 497 others injured...
Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants
06:52 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayGermany has pulled the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations as it moves towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables...
370 new Covid cases, 4 deaths in 24 hrs
06:10 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe Bangladesh government recorded 370 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections stood at 15,85,909 and fatalities rose to 28,076, a health directorate press release said on Saturday. Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020...
12,000 NGOs including Oxfam lose foreign funding license in India
05:34 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayFCRA licences - required to be able to receive funding from abroad - of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations expired overnight, the Home Ministry said Saturday morning..
Five arrested for 'gang-raping' teenager
05:00 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayPolice have arrested five construction workers in the capital in a case filed for allegedly gang-raping a teenage girl...
India's daily Covid-19 cases rise by 22,775
04:20 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayIndia on Saturday reported 22,775 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, health ministry data shows, adding to concerns for authorities around the country about the rising number of cases...
Indonesia bans coal exports on domestic power worries
03:37 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayIndonesia has banned coal exports in January due to concerns that low supplies at domestic power plants could lead to widespread blackouts, a senior official at the energy ministry said on Saturday...
French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins
02:43 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayA new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables comes into effect in France from New Year's day...
Govt increases cash incentive to 2.5% on sending remittance
01:59 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayThe government has decided to increase the cash incentive on sending remittance to 2.5 percent from the existing 2 percent in order to encourage sending remittances through legal channels. The decision, which came into effect from today (January 1, 2022), is expected to improve the overall living standards of common people...
Tigers fight back to reduce New Zealand 258-5
01:47 PM, 01 Jan 2022 SaturdayOn the first day of New Year, Bangladesh enjoyed one of their best days in New Zealand as they reduced the hosts to 258-5 on day one of the first Test at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui today...