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Cuba has a new leader and it’s not a Castro
08:44 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayMiguel Díaz-Canel has been named first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), the most powerful role on the island. He will be the first person without the name Castro to run Cuba since the 1959 revolution...
Former US Vice President Walter Mondale dies
08:31 AM, 20 Apr 2021 TuesdayWalter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century who was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a historic landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, died on Monday at age 93, his family said...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 112 more die in 24 hours
05:06 PM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 10,497 as 112 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 4,217 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 723,221. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
European Super League: Premier League’s ‘big six’ agree to join new league
03:31 PM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayArsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League (ESL)...
Govt to extend lockdown till April 28
02:47 PM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayThe government has decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till April 28 to stop the spread of Coronavirus. State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossen confirmed the matter to Jago News on Monday. Earlier, a virtual inter-ministerial meeting organized by the Cabinet Division was held in this regard around 11am...
Govt mulls extending lockdown, says Quader
12:54 PM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayThe government is mulling extending the nationwide lockdown for one more week to stop spread the Coronavirus. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this in a video massage from his government residence on Monday...
Mamunul put on 7-day remand
12:06 PM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayA Dhaka court has placed Hefazat-e-islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Mohammadpur Police Station over sabotage. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdas Chandra Adhikari passed the order on Monday...
Covid-19: How India failed to prevent a deadly second wave
11:39 AM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayIn early March, India's health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was "in the endgame" of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Vardhan also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership as an "example to the world in international co-operation"...
Russia expels Czech diplomats over explosion row
11:15 AM, 19 Apr 2021 MondayRussia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled from the country. The Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats on Saturday. Czech local intelligence agents claim the diplomats are Russian intelligence operatives...
Two quakes rattle Taiwan, no reports of damage
09:37 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayA 5.8 magnitude earthquake quickly followed by another at 6.2 struck eastern Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, with no reports of damage...
Poor families to get Tk 2500, 5000 aids from PM
09:28 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will provide cash aids to around 35 lakh low-income families in the ongoing coronavirus situation and around 1 lakh farmer families who became victims of very recent natural disasters...
bKash offers 1% cash bonus again on receiving remittance
09:17 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayIn the current COVID situation, especially during this month of Ramadan, bKash is offering 1% cash bonus on top of 2% government incentive on remittance, to ensure more comfort to the expatriates while sending money to their loved ones through different banking channels...
My statement has been distorted: Mirza Abbas
07:47 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayBNP's Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas has claimed that his statement on the disappearance of the party's former organizing secretary M Ilyas Ali has been distorted...
1,000-bed Covid-19 dedicated hospital inaugurated
07:14 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) hospital with a 1000-bed capacity was inaugurated today as COVID-19 dedicated one with all necessary facilities to treat coronavirus patients adding a further improvement in the health sector to fight the deadly virus...
Here’s what causes frequent inflammation in stomach
05:45 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayYou know that burning feeling in your stomach when you consume something spicy or oily? That is inflammation...
Covid-19: Govt records highest single-day deaths
04:34 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayBangladesh government on Sunday reported 102 coronavirus deaths, the highest record of fatalities in a day. In the last 24 hours, it also reported 3,398 cases, the health directorate said in a press release today. With this, the country's total deaths and infections stood at 10,385 and 7,18,650 respectively to date...
Hefazat's Dhaka city chief remanded
04:26 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayHefazat-e-Islam's central joint secretary general and Dhaka city president Allama Junayed Al Habib has been placed on a seven-day remand in custody...
China, US pledge climate change commitment
03:44 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayChina and the US say they are committed to working together and with other countries on tackling climate change...
Midland Bank launches Chatbot
03:27 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayMidland Bank Limited (MDB) formally launched its Chatbot, under the brand name “Dolly”...
Former lawmaker Amzad passes away
02:16 PM, 18 Apr 2021 SundayFormer lawmaker of Sirajganj-3 and also Tarash upazila Awami League president M M Amzad Hossen Milon passed away on Sunday...