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US reports 1.1 million Covid cases in 24 hrs
11:14 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayThe United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total of any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing...
Jahanara Alam writes to BCB, alleges mismanagement and bias
10:59 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayBangladesh Cricket Board chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury revealed that national-team discard Jahanara Alam has submitted a letter to the board, accusing selector Manjurul Islam of mismanagement and bias...
Pfizer's Omicron vaccine will be ready in March
10:39 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayBourla said the vaccine will also target the other variants that are circulating. He said it is still not clear whether or not an omicron vaccine is needed or how it would be used, but Pfizer will have some doses ready since some countries want it ready as soon as possible...
River conservation commission chairman Ali Kabir dies
10:03 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayNational River Conservation Commission (NRCC) chairman and Bangladesh Athletics Federation president ASM Ali Kabir has died. He was 70...
Newly-elected UP member shot dead
09:01 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayA newly elected union parishad member has been shot dead in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district. Deceased Uttam Sarker, 40, was elected member of Ward No. 1 in Sundali Union Parishad elections held on December 26 last year...
VAR controversy as Man Utd beat Villa
08:44 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayManchester United booked an FA Cup fourth-round meeting with Middlesbrough as Scott McTominay's eighth-minute header proved enough to beat Aston Villa at Old Trafford...
US man gets pig heart in world-first trabsplant
08:35 AM, 11 Jan 2022 TuesdayA US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors say...
PM pledges to change people's fate
09:52 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to change the lot of the distressed people by transforming Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country...
Visa reinstated, Djokovic focused on Aussie Open
09:40 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe world's top-ranked men's tennis player, Novak Djokovic, expressed gratitude that an Australian judge overturned his visa cancellation...
Actress Nawsheen tests Covid-19 positive
08:42 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayActress Nawsheen Nahreen Mou has tested positive for COVID-19, she herself said in a Facebook post on Monday...
Foreign meddling behind Kazakhstan unrest: Putin
08:12 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayVladimir Putin has claimed the unrest in Kazakhstan last week that killed at least 164 people was the result of foreign meddling, and said a Russian-led military bloc should take steps to ensure future attempts to interfere in the region failed...
New Covid curbs from Jan 13
06:41 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe government has imposed new restrictions across the country from January 13 in a bid to prevent further spreading of coronavirus, including its new variant Omicron. The Cabinet Division issued a circular containing 11-point restrictions on Monday evening...
Public transport to operate with half capacity
06:31 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe government has decided to operate public transport with half passenger capacity in an effort to fight the Omicron coronavirus variant. The decision will come into effect from January 13, said a circular issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday evening...
Pori Moni announces pregnancy
05:59 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayDhallywood actress Pori Moni has announced her pregnancy on Monday afternoon...
Daily Covid cases cross 2000 after 4 months
05:17 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe daily coronavirus cases in the country surpassed 2000 again after around four months. As many as 2,231 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 15,95,931. Earlier on September 14 last year, 2,074 people contracted the virus in a day...
Bangladesh Omicron cases rise to 30
05:04 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Bangladesh rose to 30 as of Monday. The number was 20 until Friday morning, according to GISAID, an open source of coronavirus's genomic data...
Indian inflation likely accelerated to a six-month high in Dec
04:23 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayHigher telecommunications charges, along with a comparatively low base one year ago, likely drove Indian retail inflation to a six-month high in December, a Reuters poll found, keeping alive expectations for an interest rate rise by mid-year...
Lyon pile pressure on Pochettino with draw against PSG
03:36 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayMauricio Pochettino has been under increasing pressure at Paris Saint-Germain in recent weeks, with it widely expected that he may not be in charge by the time 2022/23 begins, and his position was put into further doubt as Lyon held PSG to a 1-1 draw at the Groupama Stadium on Sunday...
US actor and comedian Bob Saget found dead
02:45 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayThe US actor and comedian Bob Saget, best known for starring in the sitcom Full House, has died suddenly aged 65, his family has announced...
Cocktail blast: 10 BNP men jailed for 5 years
02:24 PM, 10 Jan 2022 MondayA court has sentenced ten leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to eight years in jail and acquitted fourteen others in a case filed over the cocktail blast in Bhashantek thana area in the capital in 2013. Judge Amirul Islam of Dhaka Special Tribunal-9 passed the order on Monday...