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Satkhira put on one-week lockdown
03:22 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayThe local administration in Satkhira put the district on lockdown for one week from Saturday as coronavirus infections rose...
Cabinet approves proposed national budget for FY 2021-22
02:16 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayThe cabinet has approved the proposed national budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The proposed budget was approved on Thursday, during a special meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, held at the cabinet room in the Jatiya Sangsad building...
Pro-India Kashmiri politician tortured in custody, say UN experts
01:32 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayUnited Nations experts have expressed concern over “repressive measures and broader pattern of systematic infringements of fundamental rights” in Indian-administered Kashmir...
India records over 1.34 lakh fresh cases, 2,887 more fatalities
12:52 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayWith 1,34,154 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 2,84,41,986, while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 6.21 per cent, the health ministry said on Thursday...
9 die of Coronavirus at RMCH in 24 hours
12:20 PM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayNine people have died of Coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). They succumbed to the virus between 10pm on Wednesday and 10am on Thursday. Of them, five people were the inhabitants of Chapainawabganj and two from Rajshahi, one each from Naogaon and Pabna...
India signs deal with domestic vaccine maker Biological-E for 300 million doses
11:24 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayIndia’s government said on Thursday it has inked a deal with domestic vaccine maker Biological-E for 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for 15 billion rupees ($205.62 million), the first such order for unapproved shots...
‘Staggering’: WHO says 200,000 Palestinians in need of health aid
10:05 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayOfficials from the United Nations and Red Cross have visited the besieged Gaza Strip to review the destruction from Israel’s 11-day bombardment, including damage to homes, schools, hospitals and other critical infrastructure...
Myanmar jails 2 journalists for ‘spreading false news’
09:47 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayA court in military-ruled Myanmar has jailed two journalists under a colonial-era law that was recently revised to make spreading “false news” a crime, as part of a continuing crackdown on reporting in the troubled country...
NASA plans two new missions to Venus, the first in decades
09:19 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayNASA on Wednesday announced plans to launch two new scientific missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 - its first in decades - to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet...
JBS: FBI says Russia-linked group hacked meat supplier
09:06 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayA Russian cyber-criminal group was behind a ransomware attack that has targeted the world's largest meat processing company, the FBI has said...
Israel opposition parties agree to form new unity government
08:35 AM, 03 Jun 2021 ThursdayIsraeli opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as prime minister. Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, announced an eight-faction coalition had been formed...
Monira Begum becomes PM's PS
10:00 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayMonira Begum, the assistant private secretary-1 (APS) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been appointed as the private secretary-2 (PS) to the premier.
Colombia reopens border with Venezuela after 14 months
09:02 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayColombia on Wednesday began what its government called a gradual opening of its border with Venezuela after a 14-month closure intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus...
BNP suffers from crisis of public trust: Quader
08:36 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP is now suffering from a severe crisis of public confidence...
Florida bans transgender athletes from female sports
08:12 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayFlorida has become the latest US state to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports at public schools and colleges...
I know power in a young girl's heart: Malala
07:18 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayMalala Yousafzai says going to university "finally" gave her some time for herself - including eating McDonald's and playing poker...
Newborn found in dustbin
06:29 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayPolice have recovered a newborn baby wrapped with cloth from a dustbin in Rangpur city...
BTS' Butter tops Billboard Hot 100 chart
05:54 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayBTS’ latest single Butter has been riding the wave of success, and now it has landed at the top of Billboard Hot 100 chart...
Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace
05:10 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdayMalaysia says it is to summon China's ambassador after 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over disputed waters off its eastern state of Sarawak...
34 more Covid-19 deaths reported in 24hrs
04:18 PM, 02 Jun 2021 WednesdaySome 34 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 12,694. During the period, 1,988 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,04,293, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...