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India approves world’s first DNA Covid vaccine
09:49 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayIndia's drug regulator has approved the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use. The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study quoted by the vaccine maker Cadila Healthcare...
17th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attacks today
08:43 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe 17th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004, is being observed today with heavy hearts. The gruesome grenade attack was carried out on an anti-terrorism rally of Awami League (AL) on Bangabandhu Avenue...
Malaysian king picks ex-deputy PM as nation's new leader
05:56 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayMalaysia’s longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, as the country’s new leader...
12 'gamblers' held in Noakhali
05:18 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe Detective Branch of police in Noakhali detained 12 alleged gamblers in Sonaimuri upazila of the district...
Covid-19 deaths top 25000
05:15 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridaySome 145 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 25,023. During the period, 5,993 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,53,203, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Japanese film star Sonny Chiba dies of Covid-19
04:45 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayJapanese actor and martial arts great Sonny Chiba has died at the age of 82 from complications related to Covid...
China formally passes three child policy
04:31 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayChina has formally revised its laws to allow couples to have up to three children, to boost the birth rate...
Arsenal sign Odegaard from Real Madrid
04:09 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayArsenal have signed midfielder Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid for a fee in the region of £30m...
Bangladesh, South Sudan agree to boost collaboration
03:52 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayBangladesh and South Sudan have agreed to collaborate in different areas like food security, social safety net, IT and ICT, health, medical education and vocational training...
Govt strives at UN to enhance Bangladesh peacekeepers’ benefits: Momen
03:36 PM, 20 Aug 2021 Friday“Bangladesh is now the top most troops contributing country to the UN peacekeeping operations owing to the efficiency, acumen and professionalism of our peacekeepers,” he said...
Body exhumed after 18 days of burial
03:27 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe body of a trawler driver was exhumed in Bhedarganj upazila of Shariatpur district on Friday morning, 18 days after he had been buried...
Sydney extends COVID-19 lockdown
12:50 PM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe COVID-19 lockdown of Sydney was extended on Friday and a nightly curfew imposed on the city's worst-affected suburbs in a last-ditch attempt to slow the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant that is spreading across New South Wales state...
Death toll from Burkina Faso attack rises to 80
11:35 AM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayThe death toll from an attack on civilians and the military in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 80 people, the government said in a statement on Thursday...
Israrel approves resumption of Qatar aid to Gaza
11:08 AM, 20 Aug 2021 FridayIsrael says it reached an agreement with Qatar and the United Nations on a mechanism to transfer aid from the Gulf State to the besieged Gaza Strip, boosting prospects for relief in the Palestinian enclave after it was devastated in an Israel-Hamas conflict...
Deadly blast hits Ashura procession in Pakistan
09:29 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAt least three people are dead and 50 others wounded after a bomb ripped through a Shia Muslim procession in central Pakistan, officials said...
Deadline of online application for 7 College admission extended
08:17 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe deadline of online application for under graduate programme of Dhaka University (DU) affiliated seven has been extended till September 10...
Mushfiqur, Liton back in Tigers T20 squad for New Zealand series
08:09 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayAs it was expected, experienced duo Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das returned to Bangladesh's squad for the upcoming five-match T20 International series against New Zealand next month...
Govt’s purchase committee approves 8 proposals
06:29 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayThe Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved eight proposals, including one for the printing, binding and supplying of 1,07,52,840 copies of textbook through 11 bidders...
159 more die of Covid-19 in a day
05:50 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdaySome 159 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 24,878. During the period, 6,566 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,47,210, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
Youth beaten to death in Kurigram
05:17 PM, 19 Aug 2021 ThursdayA young man has been beaten to death in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district...