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Netanyahu poised to lose power to new government
08:31 AM, 13 Jun 2021 SundayIsrael's parliament is expected to approve the formation of a new government, ending 12 years of rule by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prospective government - an unprecedented coalition of parties - has a razor-thin majority of one seat...
Agreement signed with China to purchase Covid-19 vaccines
09:32 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayBangladesh has signed an agreement with China to buy Covid-19 vaccines, an official release said. “An agreement was signed with China to purchase Covid-19 vaccines… we expecting that China will take all necessary initiative to provide Coronavirus vaccine very soon,” Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque told...
Shakib gets three-match ban for DPL outburst
07:43 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe BCB has suspended Shakib Al Hasan for three matches and fined him Taka 5 lakh (USD 5800 approx.), having found him guilty of abusing the umpires, groundstaff and equipment during June 11's Dhaka Premier League T20 match between Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club...
G7 summit: Biden wants West to form alliance against China
07:03 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayUS President Joe Biden is to urge Western countries to counter China's growing influence at the second day of the G7 summit...
Saudi Arabia to limit Hajj pilgrimage this year to 60,000 citizens and residents
05:33 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdaySaudi Arabia said it will limit registration for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to citizens and residents of the Kingdom in light of the coronavirus pandemic...
COVID-19: 39 die, 1637 infected
04:45 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe death toll from COVID-19 has reached 13,071 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,637 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 824,486. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday...
G-7 summit outlines health pact to stop future pandemics
04:19 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayGroup of Seven (G-7) leaders are on Saturday (June 12) set to agree a joint declaration aimed at preventing another pandemic, as they resume wide-ranging talks at their first in-person summit in almost two years...
Putin says relations with US at lowest point in years
03:50 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayRussian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden next week, said US-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years...
All Time introduces ‘Healthy Family’ campaign
03:04 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayCountry’s popular bakery brand ‘All Time’ has introduced ‘Healthy Family’ campaign. Under the campaign, anyone can get attractive prizes by sending picture or video after making dishes using All Time bread and giving pose with his or her family member with All Time bread packet. ..
Djokovic stuns Nadal in Paris classic
02:39 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayNovak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal's reign at the French Open with a four-set win in a classic semi-final which will be ranked among the all-time great matches on the Roland Garros clay...
AL picks candidates for 3 by-polls
02:08 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayAwami League has nominated Aga Khan Mintu, Habibur Rahman, and Abul Hasem Khan for Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 by-elections respectively...
School closure extended to June 30
01:53 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe government has extended the closure of the educational institutions of the country's secondary and higher secondary level to June 30. Signed by the Education Ministry information and public relations officer M A Khair, a press release said this on Saturday...
16 more Birangana get status of freedom fighter
01:12 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdaySixteen more Birangana (war heroines) have been recognized as freedom fighters for their contribution and sacrifice during the Liberation War in 1971. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has recently issued a gazette notification, recognizing the victims of Pakistani atrocities...
Riz Ahmed calls for urgent change in ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims on screen
12:45 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayEnglish-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed has announced a new initiative to combat the “problem of Muslim misrepresentation” on screen, saying: “The Islamophobia industry is one that measures its cost in blood.”...
How to do the plank, and ease lower back pain
12:22 PM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThis strengthens the core muscles involved in “anti-extension” – ie, any movement that resists extending the lower back – which applies to anyone who works at a desk...
H K democracy activist Agnes Chow released
11:24 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayHong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was released from jail Saturday after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorized assemblies during massive 2019 anti-government protests that triggered a crackdown on dissent in the former British colony...
Nobel-winning Japanese chemist dies
10:50 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayJapanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died aged 85, his US university said...
Auto-rickshaw driver's throat-slit body recovered
10:24 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayPolice on Saturday morning recovered the throat-slit body of an auto-rickshaw driver in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district...
Pulitzer board honors teenager for her ‘courageous’ George Floyd video
09:50 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThe teenager whose video documenting the murder of George Floyd helped galvanize a global movement over racial injustice was awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer prizes board...
Thousands march in support of Muslim family killed in Canada
08:53 AM, 12 Jun 2021 SaturdayThousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime...