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Armenia PM resigns to enable snap polls
03:26 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayArmenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned on Sunday while retaining interim duties, formalising a parliamentary vote to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a protracted political crisis...
Modi says India shaken by coronavirus ‘storm’, U.S. readies help
02:41 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayIndia set a new global record of the most number of COVID-19 infections in a day, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to be vaccinated and exercise caution, saying the “storm” of infections had shaken the country...
Hefazat Nayeb-e-Ameer Quader put on 5-day remand
02:02 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayA Dhaka court has placed Hefazat-e-Islam Nayeb-e-Ameer Professor Ahmed Abdul Quader on a five-day remand in a case filed over rampage in the capital eight years ago...
Sri Lanka lose quick wickets but stretch lead past 100
01:26 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundaySri Lanka were on the pursuit for quick runs on the fifth morning, moving to 648 for 8 and taking a 107-run lead over Bangladesh before declaring...
Attack on navy officer: SC upholds HC’s bail order for Irfan
01:12 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayThe Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to Irfan Salim in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year. A virtual bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order...
Shopping malls, markets reopen across the country
12:50 PM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayAll shopping malls and markets reopened across the country including Dhaka on Sunday amid the lockdown. The shops and malls will remain open from 10am to 5pm every day. The government will take legal action if health guidelines are not maintained properly...
India records highest daily spike with 3.49 Lakh COVID-19 cases
11:16 AM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayIndia recorded 3,49,691 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, setting yet another grim one-day record, taking the overall caseload to 1,69,60,172, according to data from the Union Health Ministry...
1bn COVID jabs given globally - but over half in just 3 countries
10:56 AM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayMore than one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to a tally, with more than half given in just three countries...
India asks Twitter to take down some tweets critical of its COVID-19 handling
09:02 AM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayThe Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as cases of COVID-19 again hit a world record...
Biden says Armenian mass killing was genocide
08:34 AM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayJoe Biden has become the first US president to issue a statement formally describing the 1915 massacre of Armenians as a genocide...
82 die in Iraq Covid hospital fire
08:05 AM, 25 Apr 2021 SundayA fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Sunday...
Stop killings, Myanmar chief told on trip abroad
09:26 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdaySouth East Asian leaders have urged the head of the Myanmar army, which took power in a coup in February, to end the violent crackdown in the country. In his first known foreign trip since the takeover, General Min Aung Hlaing heard calls for the military to stop killing protesters and to release political prisoners...
Hefazat Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdul Quader held
08:14 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayHefazat-e-Islam's central nayeb-e-ameer prof Ahmad Abdul Quader was arrested from the capital's Agargaon area on Saturday evening...
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Test heading for a draw
07:52 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdaySri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne struck his maiden double century while Dhananjaya de Silva gave him apt support as Sri Lanka prevented Bangladesh from taking any advantage on a placid deck on day four of the first Test at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Saturday...
NU honours 4th year viva exam to be held online
07:15 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayThe National University authorities have decided to hold the viva exam of honours fourth year of 2019 online...
Govt mulls resuming public transports amid pandemic
05:49 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the government is considering resuming the public transports on conditions and maintaining health guidelines in public interest amid the ongoing lockdown over COVID-19 pandemic...
Cambodia closes markets to curb coronavirus
05:00 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayCambodia closed all markets in the capital Phnom Penh on Saturday to contain a spike in coronavirus infections as thousands of families plead for food during a two-week lockdown...
Coronavirus: New deaths 83, cases 2697
04:18 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdaySome 83 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,952. During the period, 2,697 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,42,400, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...
Covid-19: Thailand curbs shopping mall hours
03:51 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayThailand curbed shop operating hours on Saturday after the country recorded another record daily rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths amid a third wave of the pandemic...
Iran to bar travellers from India over Covid-19 variant
03:30 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayIran said on Saturday that it would bar travellers from India over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already stricken country...