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Cuba lifts food, medicine customs restrictions after protests
08:51 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdayCuba's government announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on the amount of food and medicine travelers could bring into the country in an apparent concession to demands by protesters who took to the street last weekend...
Govt to procure 15m doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm of China
09:59 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe government will procure a total of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm International of China at a less price compared to the earlier agreement price in a bid to bolster the government's drive to vaccinate the country's people...
Spain’s top court rules pandemic lockdown unconstitutional
09:46 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySpain’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that last year’s strict stay-at-home lockdown order by the government under a state of emergency was unconstitutional...
US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year
09:34 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayOverdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29% increase...
Mushfiqur to miss remainder of Tigers’ tour of Zimbabwe
09:17 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayBangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will miss the remainder of the side’s tour in Zimbabwe for family reasons, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said...
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
09:04 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe European Union has announced a raft of climate change legislation aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states and the EU parliament, were announced on Wednesday...
Govt urges all to use masks during restriction relaxation period
08:52 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayConsidering the celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha on July 21 in the country, the government has relaxed the ongoing strict restrictions imposed earlier to stem the spread of coronavirus from this midnight with a condition of maintaining health guidelines...
Rupganj factory fire: Sajeeb Group owner's 2 sons get bail
07:58 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTwo sons of Sajeeb Group owner Abul Hashem have secured bail in a case filed over the deaths of 52 people in a fire at the factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj's Rupganj...
Erdogan, Xi discuss Uighurs in phone call
06:33 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping it is important to Turkey that Uighur Muslims live in peace as “equal citizens of China” but said Turkey respects China’s national sovereignty...
Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths top 17000
05:54 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySome 210 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 17,052. During the period, 12,383 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 10,59,538, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...
China asks Pakistan to probe 'blast' that killed its nationals
05:20 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayAt least 12 people, including at least nine Chinese nationals and two Pakistani soldiers, have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in a remote region of northern Pakistan, officials said...
Garments worker's decomposed body recovered
04:39 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayPolice on Wednesday noon recovered the decomposed body of a garments worker from Ashulia in Savar on the outskirts of the capital of Dhaka...
Momen leaves for Uzbekistan to join Int'l connectivity conference
03:55 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Wednesday left Dhaka for Uzbekistan to join an international conference to be held in Tashkent on July 15-16...
China to start giving COVID-19 shots to teenagers this month
02:40 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySeveral areas in China will start vaccinating teenagers this month against COVID-19, state media and local authorities said, as the country steps up its inoculation campaign...
36 more die in Khulna Division in 24 hours
02:11 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayKhulna Division today reported 36 more deaths from Coronavirus and 1,621 new cases in the last 24 hours. Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the deaths on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, eleven died in Kushtia, nine in Khulna, seven in Jhenaidah, five in Jashore, two in Meherpur and one each in Chuadanga and Satkhira, it said...
Deuba sworn in as Nepal PM for fifth time after court ruling
01:13 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayNepal's main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday after the country's highest court ousted his predecessor following months of political turmoil...
Voice of America announces ending its Bangla radio service
12:28 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayVoice of America on Tuesday announced that it is ending its radio service in Bangla that served Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura for 63 years...
25 die at RMCH Corona unit
11:21 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTwenty-five people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and eighteen died with its symptoms. Of the deceased, twelve were from Rajshahi, three each from Chapainawabganj, Natore, Pabna, one each from Kushtia, Jashore and two from Naogaon, Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Wednesday morning...
Man confirmed killed in anti-government unrest in Cuba
10:31 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayCuban authorities have confirmed that a man was killed during unrest in the country - the first confirmation of a death since the protests broke out...
Deaths climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Zuma jailed
09:20 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma...