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Korea to provide $100m loan to Bangladesh
07:51 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayA loan agreement has been signed between Bangladesh and Korea under which the Korean EXIM Bank would provide $100 million to Bangladesh as budget support...
Thailand reinstates mandatory Covid-19 quarantine
07:47 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayThailand will reinstate its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for foreign visitors and scrap a quarantine waiver from Tuesday due to concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus...
Govt records 291 new Covid cases, 1 death
07:02 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe government recorded 291 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,81,634 and fatalities rose to 28,051, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. The daily count came from a test of 20,909 samples in the past day...
Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road mishap
06:29 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayA Bangladeshi national has been killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia...
Dr Murad sued in Lakshmipur
04:36 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayA case has been filed against Dr Md Murad Hassan, who has recently resigned as the state minister for information and broadcasting, in Lakshmipur...
India’s Omicron tally reaches 200
03:55 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayIndia has at least 200 cases of the new Omicron variant till now, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
Covid-19 couldn’t hit hard Bangladesh for govt’s prompt actions: PM
02:25 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Covid-19 pandemic couldn't hit hard her country due to the government's prompt actions to protect most vulnerable people and businesses...
Global spread of Omicron prompts renewed lockdowns, delayed reopenings
02:02 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayNew Zealand delayed the planned reopening of its international border because of the sweeping spread of Omicron around the world on Tuesday, as several other countries reimposed social distancing measures...
Dewanganj mayor suspended for assaulting govt officer
01:15 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayJamalpur’s Dewanganj Municipality mayor Shahnewaz Shahanshah has been suspended temporarily from his post for assaulting a government officer at an event organized on the occasion of the Victory Day. A gazette notification signed by Local Government Ministry deputy secretary Farzana Mannan was issued in this connection on Monday...
PM leaves for Maldives tomorrow
12:37 PM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave here for Male, the capital of Maldives, tomorrow noon on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih...
London cancels New Year event over virus surge
11:40 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayA major New Year celebration in London will be cancelled, the British capital's mayor said on Monday, as worries mount over a surge in virus cases sparked by the Omicron variant...
President seeks political parties’ cooperation to form “acceptable EC”
09:40 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid today sought cooperation of political parties and civil society in forming an "acceptable Election Commission" (EC) as he began consultations, with Jatiya Party (JaPa) appearing as the first political party to take part in the dialogue...
US announces reward of $5m for info on Avijit attack mastermind
09:32 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe US Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office has offered reward of up to $5 million for information on attack that left US citizen Avijit Roy dead and his wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, seriously injured...
Russia expels two German diplomats in tit-for-tat move
09:17 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayRussia on Monday expelled two German diplomats in response to a spat with Berlin over a German court's ruling that Moscow had ordered the 2019 assassination of an ex-Chechen commander in a Berlin park...
6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California
08:37 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayA 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local time, according to data from the US Geological Survey...
WHO urges cancelling some holiday events over Omicron fears
08:26 AM, 21 Dec 2021 TuesdayThe World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health as the Omicron variant spreads globally. "An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled," said WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that "difficult decisions" must be made...
Kamal hopeful of 7.2pc GDP growth in current fiscal
05:53 PM, 20 Dec 2021 MondayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today expressed his high optimism of achieving targeted 7.2 percent GDP growth in the current fiscal year (FY22) since the country is on the right path towards development...
Coronavirus: 2 die, 260 infected
05:16 PM, 20 Dec 2021 MondayThe death toll from Coronavirus has reached 28,050 as 2 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 260 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,581,343. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Leftist Boric to become Chile’s youngest ever president
05:11 PM, 20 Dec 2021 MondayLeftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile's presidential election to become the country's youngest ever leader...
PM for continuing friendly relations with all countries
03:39 PM, 20 Dec 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government seeks to continue friendly relations with all countries. "We want to keep intact friendly relations with all countries and march the country forward through socio-economic advancement," she said.