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Bangladesh can act as role model in addressing climate change: PM
10:04 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh is affected by the adverse impacts of climate change, it can act as a role model before the world in addressing climate change...
Bangavax gets approval for human trial
09:53 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayLocal pharmaceutical company Globe Biotech Ltd has gotten the approval to conduct a clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine Bangavax on humans. Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) gave the approval, Globe Biotech Senior Manager (Quality and Regulation) Dr Mohammad told Jago News on Tuesday...
India’s farmers have won – but this doesn’t mean Modi is softening
07:45 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayIt is not often that Narendra Modi gives a televised address to the nation and it is met with relief, not disarray...
Chinese birthrate falls to lowest since 1978
06:50 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayChina’s birthrate has plummeted to its lowest level since 1978 as the government struggles to stave off a looming demographic crisis...
91 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:19 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayAs many as 91 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...
UCB sign MoU with LankaBangla
05:53 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayUnited Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LankaBangla Finance Ltd at the premises of the bank on 22nd November 2021...
Govt records 284 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
05:25 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe government recorded 284 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,74,636 and fatalities rose to 27,958, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
CMC expels 31 students over BCL clashes
05:20 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe Chattogram Medical College authorities have expelled its 31 students over the clashes between two factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League on the campus...
ECNEC okays Tk 5,883.74cr digital connectivity project
04:17 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe broadband internet connectivity will be set up across all the 8 divisions, 64 districts, all upazilas, all unions and even up to village-level to reach the government services easily and speedily to the people...
Amazon, Apple handed $225 mln in Italian antitrust fines
03:58 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayItaly's antitrust authority has fined US tech giants Amazon and Apple a total of more than 200 million euros ($225 million) for alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple and Beats products...
Selena Gomez launches new media platform with a focus on mental health
02:48 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayTalking about mental health is good for you, according to pop star, actor and producer Selena Gomez, and she's determined to be the catalyst for positive change...
Maldives keen to recruit skilled professionals, doctors from Bangladesh
02:25 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayMaldivian Vice President Faisal Naseem has showed keen interest to recruit specialized professionals and doctors from Bangladesh, seeking to establish direct shipping line between Chattogram and Mal, to enhance bilateral trade...
Students give 48-hr ultimatum to issue gazette for half fare
01:47 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayA group of students today gave the government a 48 hours ultimatum to issue a gazette notification for half bus fare. The demand came from a protest programme at Bakshibazar in the capital around 11am. They demanded to ensure safe journey for woman and female students...
India keen to continue working closely with Bangladesh: Rajnath
12:59 PM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayIndian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has said his country is keen to continue working closely with Bangladesh to support each other's defence and security concerns...
45 people killed in bus crash in Bulgaria
11:09 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayAt least 45 people were killed when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said. There were children among the victims, and seven people with burns were rushed to hospital in the capital Sofia, the head of the fire safety department at the interior ministry...
French PM Jean Castex tests positive for coronavirus
10:39 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday evening and is displaying slight symptoms...
Ex-South Korean strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies
09:59 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayFormer South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office, died on Tuesday...
‘Vaccinated, cured or dead’: Germany battles surging COVID cases
09:20 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe German health minister has warned citizens that they would be either “vaccinated, cured or dead” from COVID-19 by the end of winter as several European countries impose restrictions...
US police identify suspect, victims in parade car ramming
09:02 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayPolice have identified the suspect accused of driving through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing five and injuring dozens, as 39-year-old Darrell E Brooks...
12 killed in eastern DR Congo attack
08:41 AM, 23 Nov 2021 TuesdayArmed rebels have killed at least 12 people during an attack on displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson said...