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COVID Delta variant as transmissible as chickenpox: US report
09:58 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe Delta variant of the coronavirus is as contagious as chickenpox and could cause severe illness, according to an internal document at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Israel accuses Iran over deadly oil tanker attack
09:18 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayIsrael has accused Iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker in which two crew members - a British national and a Romanian citizen - were killed. The MV Mercer Street, operated by the London-based company Zodiac Maritime, was off Oman's coast in the Arabian Sea when the incident occurred on Thursday...
Helena Jahangir remanded
08:57 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayA court in Dhaka has put businesswoman Helena Jahangir, who has recently been removed from a subcommittee of Awami League, on a three-day remand in a Digital Security Act case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order after police produced her before the court, seeking a five-day remand...
Factories reopen on Sunday
07:08 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe government has allowed the export-oriented factories to reopen on Sunday amid the strict lockdown imposed to curb the coronavirus transmission. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Friday...
170 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:43 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayAs many as 170 more people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Friday morning...
212 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
06:08 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridaySome 212 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,467. During the period, 13,862 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,40,115, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Cumilla-7 MP Ali Ashraf dies
05:15 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayCumilla-7 constituency (Chandina) MP and former deputy speaker Professor Md Ali Ashraf passed away on Friday afternoon. He was 73...
School closure extended till Aug 31
03:59 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe ongoing hiatus of all public and private primary schools and kindergartens has been extended till August 31 in an attempt to protect the students from novel corona virus infections...
NSU English dept presents tips and tricks for IELTS
03:39 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) of North South University (NSU) arranged a webinar entitled 'Tips and Tricks for IELTS' on July 29, 2021...
Interfaith marriage stopped in India, woman forced to leave court
03:17 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayAn interfaith wedding was stopped, allegedly by activists of Karni Sena, at a local court in Ballia district by labelling it a case of “forced conversion and love jihad”, the police said on Thursday...
30 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccines reach Dhaka
02:35 PM, 30 Jul 2021 Friday"Thirty lakh shots of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine from China reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night and early hours of today," Dr Md Shamsul Haque, Line Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) told BSS this morning...
Five Naogaon BCL leaders expelled
09:58 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayFive leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Naogaon district unit have been expelled from the party for their involvement in activities that are contrary to the organization's policy and discipline...
BB re-fixes interbank transactions duration in lockdown
08:23 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayBangladesh Bank (BB) today re-fixed the duration of interbank transactions during the ongoing lockdown to halt the sharp rise of COVID-19 in the country...
40 killed, 150 missing in Afghanistan floods
08:04 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayAt least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday...
239 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
07:14 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdaySome 239 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,225. During the period, 15,271 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,26,253, the health directorate said in a press release on Thursday...
194 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:33 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayAs many as 194 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
DU BCL leader sent to jail in extortion case
05:56 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA court in Dhaka on Thursday sent a Dhaka University Chhatra League leader to jail in a case filed for extortion and beating...
Minimum age limit for vaccination now 25
04:45 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe government has reduced the age limit for receiving the coronavirus vaccine to 25 from 30. From now on, people aged 25 and above can register for inoculation. Changes have also been brought to Surokkha, a government app for vaccine registration, fixing the new minimum age limit...
Malaysian PM faces calls to resign after palace rebuke
04:05 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayMalaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faced calls to resign on Thursday from the opposition and the biggest bloc in the ruling coalition, after a rebuke by the king over the government's handling of emergency ordinances...
Diya’s Olympic journey ends
03:24 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe promising archer made an auspicious start in the first set by winning 23-22 set points, but she could not keep the tempo as she lost the second set closely 25-26 points...