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Indonesia submarine search feared to have failed as oxygen runs out
02:32 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayIndonesian rescue teams are fearing the worst as oxygen supplies on a missing Indonesian naval submarine are thought to have run out...
Dimuth and Dhananjaya chip away at Bangladesh’s lead
01:40 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayDimuth Karunaratne reached his 11th Test century as Sri Lanka had a near-perfect session on the fourth morning. They are now just 12 runs short of avoiding the follow-on, and are set up to challenge Bangladesh's total of 541 for 7...
Oxygen shortage: 20 COVID-19 patients die in Delhi Hospital
01:25 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayAs many as 20 critically-ill COVID-19 patients died at Jaipur Golden Hospital in India’s capital Delhi on Friday night due to low stock of oxygen. The hospital on Saturday morning also has oxygen for only 45 minutes and they sought for urgent government help...
India records highest daily spike with 3.46 lakh COVID-19 cases
12:14 PM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayIndia recorded 3,46,786 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, setting yet another grim one-day record, taking the overall caseload to 1,62,63,695, according to data from the Union Health Ministry...
2 madrasa teachers killed as truck hits motorcycle
11:39 AM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayTwo madrasa teachers were killed and another teacher was injured as a truck hit a motorcycle on Natore-Bagura highway at Ferryghat bridge area in Singra upazila of Natore on Saturday morning...
Coronavirus: Delhi reports record 348 deaths in 24 hours
10:26 AM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayIndia’s capital Delhi on Friday logged 348 Covid-linked deaths - its biggest single-day spike in the death count. The city also reported 24,331 new coronavirus cases amid the rapid second wave of the pandemic...
India Covid crisis: Hospitals buckle under record surge
09:04 AM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayIndia's healthcare system is buckling as a record surge in Covid-19 cases puts pressure on hospital beds and drains oxygen supplies. Families are left pleading for their relatives who are desperately ill, with some patients left untreated for hours...
Myanmar army chief set to make first foreign trip since coup
08:39 AM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayThe head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders, in what will be his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup...
US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
08:20 AM, 24 Apr 2021 SaturdayUS health regulators have lifted an 11-day pause on the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 jab, but will add a warning label about the potential for extremely rare blood clots. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel earlier approved restarting US rollout of the shot...
BNP is ‘visible patron’ of anti-liberation, fanatic forces: Quader
06:13 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP is the ‘visible patron’ of anti-liberation and extreme communal evil forces...
Hefazat leader Ehteshamul put on 4-day remand
04:54 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayHefazat-e-Islam's Dhaka city assistant office secretary Mawlana Ehteshamul Haque Sakhi has been placed on a four-day remand in a case filed over the violence at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel on May 5, 2013...
Coronavirus: New deaths 88, cases 3629
04:31 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridaySome 88 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,869. During the period, 3,629 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 7,39,703, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Over 100 injured in East Jerusalem clashes
04:11 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayScores of people have been injured in clashes in East Jerusalem between far-right Jewish activists, Palestinians and Israeli police...
Oscars 2021: Who will win – and who should?
04:02 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayNicholas Barber: Chloé Zhao's Nomadland is a small, personal, year-in-the-life narrative, but it's also an epic road movie that boasts breath-taking desert scenery, and a state-of-the-nation treatise on growing old in the US today...
Bangladesh to get Chinese vaccine soon: Momen
02:37 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayForeign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh will purchase Chinese vaccine soon while Beijing have given pledge to provide six lakh doses of COVID-19 inoculates as a gift first...
Sri Lanka openers circumspect after Bangladesh declare on 541
01:32 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridaySri Lanka made a very circumspect start to their reply to Bangladesh's 541, having added eleven runs in the eight overs they batted till lunch. Taskin Ahmed, on his return to the Test team after four years, asked several questions of the openers, particularly in the last over before the break...
Shopping malls, markets to reopen on Sunday
01:26 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayThe government has allowed shopping malls and markets to reopen complying with the health guidelines from Sunday amid the alarming rise in coronavirus cases and deaths. The shopping malls and markets will stay open from 10am to 5pm, said a gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Friday...
Old Dhaka chemical warehouse fire claims 4 lives
12:15 PM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayThe deceased were identified as Oliullah, a security guard of the building where the warehouse situated, shop worker Russel Mia, the building resident Sumaya, and Olilullah's guest Kabir...
India’s giant second wave is a disaster for it and the world
11:51 AM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayApril 14th was a big day in India. Hindus and Sikhs gathered to mark the new year. Many Muslims celebrated the first day of Ramadan at late-night feasts with friends and family...
Atletico Madrid win to return to La Liga summit
11:40 AM, 23 Apr 2021 FridayAtletico Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with a win over Huesca 24 hours after withdrawing from the European Super League...