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Govt records 154 new Covid cases, 1 death
05:15 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayThe government recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases and another death in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,835 and fatalities rose to 27,891, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year...
10 patients die in India hospital fire
05:02 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayTen patients died after a fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of the Civil Hospital at Ahmednagar of India's Maharashtra at around 11 am on Saturday. Another patient received serious injuries...
Barca confirm Xavi return
04:22 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayFormer Barcelona midfielder Xavi has returned to the Spanish club as manager with a contract until 2024...
Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone kills 99
04:00 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayNinety-one people were killed in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91 bodies following the explosion...
Niger says 11 soldiers killed, nine missing after gun assault
02:45 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayUnidentified gunmen have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where armed group fighters operate, the defence ministry said...
8 killed after crowd surge at US music festival
02:29 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayAt least eight people have died and scores of people have been hurt after a crowd surge on the opening night of a music festival in Houston, Texas...
‘Transport strike to continue until demands are met’
01:43 PM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayAbdul Motaleb, Additional Secretary General of Truck Workers-Owners Federation, has said the transport strike will continue until their demands are met. He said this after a meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday...
7 members of human trafficking gang arrested
10:35 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayRapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the seven members of a human trafficking gang from Dhaka and Brahmanbaria. Some BMET emigration clearance cards and passports were recovered from their possession...
Pfizer says its COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalisations, death by 89%
09:52 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayPfizer has said its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cuts risk rates of hospitalisation and death by nearly 90 percent, as drugmakers race to manufacture easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus. The pharmaceutical giant released preliminary results of its study of 775 adults on Friday...
Ethiopia urges ex-soldiers to join fight against Tigray rebels
09:22 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayEthiopia's military has called on former soldiers to re-join the army, as it battles to hold off a rebel advance...
Greta Thunberg tells protest that COP26 has been a ‘failure’
09:06 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayGreta Thunberg has told a mass rally in Glasgow that the COP26 climate summit has been a "failure"...
Popular Brazil singer Marilia Mendonca dies in plane crash
08:30 AM, 06 Nov 2021 SaturdayMarília Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular contemporary singers, has been killed in a plane crash at the age of 26, officials say...
Govt records 196 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
05:40 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe government recorded 196 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total infections in the country stood at 15,70,681 and fatalities rose to 27,890, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday. The daily count came from a test of 17,466 samples in the past day...
Xavi set to take over at Barca: Al Sadd
05:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayFormer Barcelona star Xavi is set to take over as the club's manager with Al Sadd saying they have agreed to allow him to join the Spanish giants...
Quader urges transport owners, workers to withdraw strike
04:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the transport owners and workers to withdraw their indefinite strike considering the sufferings of examinees, and ordinary people. He made the call during a briefing at his residence in the capital on Friday...
Yorkshire Cricket chairman resigns over Rafiq racism claims
03:05 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayYorkshire Cricket Club chairman Roger Hutton has announced his resignation in the wake of racism allegations by former player Azeem Rafiq...
Biden administration okays $650m weapon sale to Saudi
01:00 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe United States has approved a $650m sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced, in what would be the Biden administration’s first major weapons deal with the Gulf kingdom...
Australia's one-off Test against Afghanistan postponed
12:49 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayThe historic Test has been hanging in the balance ever since the CA revealed that they wouldn't support the Taliban government's firm stance against the inclusion of women in sports...
At least 69 killed in Niger gun attack
12:24 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayNiger has declared two days of national mourning from Friday, after at least 69 people were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents...
Sri Lanka knock out holders West Indies of T20 WC
12:09 PM, 05 Nov 2021 FridayIn a game featuring some of T20s greatest names - Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard etc - it was a group of players under 27 that really shone. Perhaps the baton has been passed.'..