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Australia, Japan, India's supply chain initiative to counter China
12:42 PM, 28 Apr 2021 WednesdayJapan, India and Australia’s trade ministers have met to officially launch the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, following reports that the three nations are working together to counter China’s dominance on trade in the Indo-Pacific...
Google owner sees record profits in lockdown boom
09:51 AM, 28 Apr 2021 WednesdayGoogle owner Alphabet saw its earnings soar in the first quarter as people stuck at home in the pandemic used more of its services...
Tremor jolts Bangladesh
09:05 AM, 28 Apr 2021 WednesdayAn earthquake hit different places of the country, including the capital of Dhaka, on Wednesday morning. It was felt around 8:23 am. The magnitude of the tremor was 6.0 in the Richter Scale and it was located in the Indian state of Assam, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). However, no casualty or damage was reported immediately...
India's coronavirus death toll crosses 200,000
08:31 AM, 28 Apr 2021 WednesdayIndia's death toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, the country's deadliest day yet, as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new infections. The second wave of infections has seen at least 300,000 people test positive each day for the past week....
Benzema earns Real draw against Chelsea
08:15 AM, 28 Apr 2021 WednesdayChelsea produced a composed performance to secure a fully deserved draw and a crucial away goal to put themselves in a promising position after their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid...
Liverpool announce post-Covid loss of £46m
09:23 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayLiverpool announced a pre-tax loss of £46 million ($64m) for the year that ended last May, with the COVID-19 crisis hitting clubs hard in the final quarter in particular, the defending Premier League champions said on Tuesday...
Bayern appoint Nagelsmann as new manager
09:09 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayBayern Munich have appointed Julian Nagelsmann as their next manager, having reached a compensation agreement with RB Leipzig...
Hefazat leader Jami arrested
08:46 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayMawlana Muhammadullah Jami, the central executive member of Hefazat-e-Islam, and central joint secretary general of Jamiat-e Ulama-e Islam, has been arrested in a case filed over the violence in Kishoreganj...
China floats 3 proposals on COVID -19 cooperation for SA including Bangladesh
08:17 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayChina today proposed three proposals including setting up a “Covid Emergency Medical Storage Facility” for five South Asian nations including Bangladesh...
The tiny American towns passing anti-abortion rules
07:58 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayOver the last year of the pandemic, 23 tiny towns in Texas have approved local laws declaring themselves “sanctuary cities for the unborn”, passing ordinances to make the procedure punishable by a $2,000 fine...
Bashundhara Group MD barred from traveling abroad
06:03 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday barred Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir from traveling abroad in a case where he was accused of abetting the suicide of a young woman...
Coronavirus: New deaths 78, cases 3031
04:15 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdaySome 78 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 11,228. During the period, 3,031 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,51,659, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
Chinese defense minister pays tribute to Bangabandhu
03:44 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayChinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, who arrived here this morning, paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital...
HRW accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestinians
03:18 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayAn international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity...
Turkey announces full lockdown in bid to halt COVID surge
02:29 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayTurks will be required to stay mostly at home under a nationwide “full lockdown” starting on Thursday and lasting until May 17 to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced...
Bangladesh approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
01:53 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe government of Bangladesh has approved Russian Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Directorate General of Drug Administration on Tuesday...
PM gives Tk 10cr to journalist welfare trust
12:56 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has donated Tk 10 crore to the fund of Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust to provide financial support to media people...
Industrialist Deen Mohammad dies
12:23 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayFounder chairman of Phinix Group of Industries and City Bank Limited Deen Mohammad died of a heart attack in the wee hours of Tuesday. He was 83...
India’s new COVID-19 cases stay above 300,000
12:01 PM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayIndia's new coronavirus cases stayed above 300,000 for a sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections...
Chinese Defence Minister arrives in Dhaka
11:46 AM, 27 Apr 2021 TuesdayChinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe arrived in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday. State Minister for foreign affairs of Bangladesh Shahriar Alam received him at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 11:45am. During his visit, he is scheduled to meet President Abdul Hamid...