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Govt records 235 new Covid cases, 2 deaths
06:30 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe government recorded 235 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,71,669 and fatalities rose to 27,906, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
Kishida reelected Japan’s PM in parliamentary vote
06:22 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayFumio Kishida was reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday after his governing party scored a major victory in key parliamentary elections...
Bangladesh receives 3.2m AstraZeneca doses from Poland
04:59 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayPoland has provided 3.2 million (AZ) vaccines to Bangladesh as a gesture of solidarity to the friendly country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic...
Ethiopian authorities detain more than 70 UN drivers
04:32 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayEthiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal UN email seen by Reuters said, amid reports of widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans...
Australia v Pakistan T20 World Cup semi-final factfile
04:19 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayFactfile on Thursday's T20 World Cup semi-final between Australia and Pakistan in Dubai (1400GMT)...
Vietnam approves India's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin
03:44 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayVietnam has approved India's Covaxin vaccine for emergency use, the ninth to be endorsed in the country, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday...
India hosts talks on Afghanistan, but no Afghan official invited
02:33 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayIndia is hosting senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, but no Afghan representative is in attendance...
UN climate agency publishes draft of final Glasgow COP26 deal
01:30 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe United Nations climate agency on Wednesday published a first draft (PDF) of the political decision countries will issue at the end of the COP26 summit. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will work from the draft to strike a final deal before the summit ends on Friday...
10 detained over bank question paper leak
01:06 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayDhaka Metropolitan DB police have detained ten people over question papers leak of five banks recruitment examinations. Mohammed Harun-or-Rashid, Joint Commissioner (DB-North) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the matter to Jago News on Wednesday morning...
RMCH records two more fatalities in Covid-19 unit
12:08 PM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayRajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded two more fatalities in its Covid-19 unit during the last 24 hours till 6am today...
Myanmar military accused of blocking aid to displaced civilians
11:52 AM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayA prominent human rights group says Myanmar’s military may have committed war crimes in the eastern Karenni state by arresting humanitarian workers and destroying food stocks meant for conflict displaced people...
Capitol riot: Trump’s closest aides summoned to testify
09:40 AM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayThe committee investigating the 6 January US Capitol riot has summoned more of former President Donald Trump's closest aides to give evidence...
Belarus migrants: Poland PM blames Putin for migrant crisis
09:17 AM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayPoland's Prime Minister has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind a migrant crisis at Belarus's border with Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki said that Belarus's authoritarian leader, a close ally of Mr Putin, is orchestrating the crisis...
PM accorded warm reception at Elysee Palace in Paris
08:25 AM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm and rousing reception at Elysee Palace on the first day of her visit here today. The Presidential Guard gave the Prime Minister salute on her arrival at the Presidential Palace...
Malala Yousafzai ties the knot in Birmingham ceremony
08:07 AM, 10 Nov 2021 WednesdayNobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has "tied the knot" with her partner during an Islamic ceremony in Birmingham...
California couple sue clinic for alleged IVF swap ‘horror’
05:54 PM, 09 Nov 2021 TuesdayA California couple gave birth to a stranger's child after being given the wrong embryo by a fertility clinic during in vitro fertilisation (IVF), says a lawsuit...
PM asks expatriate Bangladeshis to work for country’s welfare
05:21 PM, 09 Nov 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom (UK) to work for the welfare of the country and its people...
PM reaches Paris from London
04:43 PM, 09 Nov 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left here for French capital Paris wrapping up her official visit to Glasgow and London...
Coronavirus: 3 die, 206 infected
04:32 PM, 09 Nov 2021 TuesdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,904 as 3 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 206 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,571,434. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Tuesday...
NASA SpaceX crew splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
02:15 PM, 09 Nov 2021 TuesdayFour astronauts strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida after a six-month scientific mission on the International Space Station (ISS)...