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US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks
08:49 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings...
Govt issues notification on Eid Jamaat
09:53 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe notification was issued incorporating the health guidelines set by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
DU entry tests deferred again
09:12 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe Dhaka University authorities have again deferred the admission test for the academic year 2020-21 until October 1...
BB re-fixes banking hours
08:14 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has re-fixed the banking hour as per the new guideline of the Cabinet Division to halt the sharp rise of Covid-19 in the country...
Truck kills 3 auto-rickshaw passengers in Cumilla
07:33 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThree people, including a woman, were killed in a road accident in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday morning...
552 held in Dhaka on 13th day of strict lockdown
06:45 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayAs many as 552 people were arrested in the capital on Tuesday for breaching restrictions on the 13th day of strict lockdown...
Jago News Rangpur correspondent's father dies
06:06 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayAlhaj Abu Taher Babu, the father of online news portal Jago News's Rangpur correspondent Zahangir Kabir Zitu, died at a hospital in the city...
203 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:19 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdaySome 203 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 16,842. During the period, 12,198 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 10,47,155, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
Iran releases Islamic dating app to boost marriage
05:11 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayIran has unveiled a state-sanctioned Islamic dating app aimed at facilitating “lasting and informed marriage” for its youth, state television reported...
PM announces five more stimulus packages of Tk 3200cr for poor
04:37 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced five more stimulus packages worth about Taka 3,200 crore to help low-income people hit hard by the ongoing restrictions imposed to check further transmission of the Coronavirus...
I won't apologise for who I am: Rashford
04:24 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayEngland and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford apologised for his penalty shootout miss but said he "will never apologise for who I am" after he was one of three players subjected to racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy...
All time introduces ‘Junior Chef’ campaign
02:46 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayCountry’s popular bakery brand ‘All Time’ has introduced ‘Junior Chef’ campaign. Under the campaign, children, aged between 8 and 18, will get attractive prizes by sending picture or video after making dishes using All Time bread and giving pose with ‘All Time’ bread packet...
France fines Google 500 million euros over copyright row
02:35 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayFrance's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders the regulator had given in a row with the country's news publishers...
Mild heat wave sweeps over north, north-east region
12:57 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayMild heat wave is sweeping over Rangpur division and the regions of Bogura, Noagaon, Sirajgonj, Mymensingh and Sylhet and it may continue at some places...
Gazette issued relaxing lockdown restrictions
12:14 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe government has issued a gazette notification relaxing the lockdown restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Azha from July 14 midnight to 6am on July 23. Besides, the strict lockdown will resume from 6am on July 23 to August 5 midnight. Cabinet Division issued the notification in this regard on Tuesday morning...
8 dead in hotel collapse in city in eastern China
11:43 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayRescue workers were digging through the remains of a collapsed hotel in eastern China looking for any survivors of a disaster that has killed at least eight people and left nine missing, authorities said Tuesday...
Suu Kyi faces more charges as UN urges reconciliation
11:30 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayMyanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second-biggest city Mandalay, according to her lawyer, as the United Nations called for reconciliation in the violence-wracked Southeast Asian nation...
Gayle reaches 14,000 T20 runs as Windies wrap up series against Australia
10:22 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayAustralia suffered a fourth straight Twenty20 international cricket series loss after Chris Gayle returned to form for the West Indies in St Lucia...
Coronavirus: 19 die, 243 infected at RMCH in 24 hours
10:09 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayNineteen people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Eight of them died from the disease and eleven died with its symptoms. Besides, 243 people tested positive for the virus during this time. Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News...
Cuba protests: Arrests after thousands rally against government
09:23 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayDozens of people have been arrested in Cuba after thousands joined the biggest protests for decades against the island's Communist government, media and opposition sources say...