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8.2 magnitude earthquake off Alaskan peninsula, tsunami warning
02:40 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA shallow 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning...
Google workers will need Covid jabs to return to office
02:12 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayGoogle workers will need to be vaccinated before returning to the office, the US tech giant has said...
3 killed as covered van hits tractor in Cumilla
12:38 PM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThree people were killed when a covered-van hit a sand-laden tractor on Dhaka-Chattogram at Harikhola Majar area in Chandina upazila of Cumilla on Thursday morning...
RMCH records 17 more fatalities at Covid-19 unit
11:51 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayA number of 17 more people, including eight female, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today, taking the death toll to 509, so far, this month against total 405 in June...
Sydney posts record daily Covid-19 cases
10:45 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe Covid-19 Delta outbreak in Australia's biggest city Sydney grew by 239 cases on Thursday, the highest daily rise since the pandemic started, and forcing authorities to increase police powers to shut down businesses not complying with lockdown measures...
China expanding its nuclear capabilities, scientists say
10:06 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayChina is expanding its capacity to store and launch nuclear missiles, US scientists say. Satellite images from Xinjiang province in the west of the country suggest it is building a nuclear missile silo field, a report from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) says...
US sanctions Syrian regime prisons, officials
09:21 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe US sanctioned on Wednesday a slew of Syrian entities, including eight Syrian regime prisons and five senior officials in charge of the facilities...
Pfizer raises coronavirus vaccine sales forecast to $33.5B for 2021
09:00 AM, 29 Jul 2021 ThursdayPfizer raised its revenue forecast from coronavirus vaccine sales to $33.5 billion for 2021, according to financial results statement released Wednesday. The US pharmaceutical firm's previous estimates were $26 billion and $15 billion, made in May and February, respectively...
Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks: WHO
09:54 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayCovax is expecting to receive 250 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday...
New mobile financial service ‘tap’ launched
09:15 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayTrust Bank and Asian tech giant Axiata on Wednesday launched new mobile financial and payment service Trust Axiata Pay, styled as ‘tap’ in a bid to expand mobile based transactions...
‘Shocking’: South Africa slams Israel’s AU observer status
08:57 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySouth Africa’s government says it was “appalled” by the African Union Commission’s decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc...
Banks to remain closed next Sunday, Wednesday
07:38 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAll banks will remain closed on Sunday and Wednesday of the next week due to the recent surge of Covid-19 infection and deaths in the country...
Coronavirus deaths exceed 20000
06:56 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySome 237 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,016. During the period, 16,230 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,10,982, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...
Brazil into quarters but Germany exit
06:51 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayDefending champions Brazil eased through to the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic football, but 2016 silver medallists Germany are eliminated...
Asif Iqbal Khukan in human service
06:15 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAruail is an isolated union in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria surrounded by rivers. About 30,000 people live in this union located on the banks of the river Titas...
153 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:47 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAs many as 153 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Another Indian Oxygen Express arrives
04:51 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAnother Indian train namely Oxygen Express with consignment of 208 tonnes of liquid oxygen arrived in Bangladesh through Benapole land port last night...
Tk 427cr project for expatriate workers' employments okayed
03:55 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved a Taka 427.30 crore project to create employments for the expatriate workers who have returned home from abroad due to the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic...
Pegasus revelations: Call for Hungarian ministers to resign
03:50 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayHungary’s opposition has called for ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán’s far-right government over allegations it selected journalists, media owners and opposition political figures as potential targets for invasive Pegasus spyware...
Chronic health issues for third in late 40s - study
02:50 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAbout one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests...