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Bangladesh detects first cases of Omicron variant
03:28 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayBangladesh has detected its first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant among two women cricketers who arrived from Zimbabwe. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque briefed the journalists about this after a meeting at Dhaka Shishu Hospital on Saturday...
Sanction on RAB: Bangladesh summons US envoy
02:50 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has summoned the US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller for explanation over human rights sanctions against Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its officials. Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen told journalists after ending a programme held at Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Saturday...
RMCH records 2 more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
02:03 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more deaths in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Fire at Bangla Motor building brought under control
01:16 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayA fire that broke out at RK Tower building in the capital’s Bangla Motor was brought under control on Saturday. Eight units of Fire Service and Civil Defence doused the fire in two hours...
NATO chief rejects Russian demand to deny Ukraine entry
12:57 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has rejected Russian demands to rescind a 2008 commitment to Ukraine that the country would one day become a member of the Western military alliance...
Ashes: England beaten by Australia in first Test in Brisbane
12:01 PM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayEngland's hope evaporated into a crushing nine-wicket defeat by Australia on the fourth day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba...
Brazil nightclub fire: 4 convicted over blaze that killed 242
10:35 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayA Brazilian court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms over the deaths of 242 club-goers in a fire during a party in 2013...
US sanctions Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, others over human rights
10:22 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayThe United States has imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added a Chinese artificial intelligence company to an investment blacklist...
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
09:08 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayNearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery...
Omicron: 3 vaccine doses key for protection against variant
08:47 AM, 11 Dec 2021 SaturdayTwo doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to stop you catching the Omicron variant, UK scientists have warned. Early analysis of UK Omicron and Delta cases showed the vaccines were less effective at stopping the new variant...
Govt records 269 new Covid cases, 1 death
05:12 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayBangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...
UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on “Culture of Peace”
04:26 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayThe United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’...
Man, daughter killed as truck rams rickshaw
03:59 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayA man and his daughter were killed as a brick-laden truck rammed into a rickshaw at Chashara in Narayanganj district town on Friday afternoon...
Root, Malan lead England fightback
03:03 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayJoe Root and Dawid Malan led the England fightback on day three of the first Ashes Test at The Gabba.
President for minimizing skill gaps for 4th industrial revolution
02:16 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid on Friday asked all concerned authorities to redesign the country's higher education system for minimizing skill gaps as preparedness for upcoming industrial revolution...
'Pirate' killed in Barguna 'gunfight'
12:55 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayA suspected pirate was killed in a reported gunfight with the Rapid Action Battalion members in Sadar upazila of Barguna district early Friday...
Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of China
12:22 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayNicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China...
54 killed in Mexico truck crash
12:10 PM, 10 Dec 2021 FridayAt least 54 people have been killed and dozens more injured after the truck they were being transported in crashed in southern Mexico, authorities say. More than 100 people, said to be migrants from Central America, were crammed into the truck's trailer when it rolled in the state of Chiapas...
WHO warns against vaccine hoarding
09:40 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayThe World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the new Omicron variant, threatening supplies to poorer countries where inoculation rates are low...
Vicky and Katrina are married
08:57 PM, 09 Dec 2021 ThursdayBollywood actor Vicky Kaushal and actress Katrina Kaif tied the knot at the Six Senses Fort Barwara in Rajasthan of India on December 9 amid high security...