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France urges citizens to leave Pakistan
07:12 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayFrance has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country...
Govt bans fishing in Bay for 65 days
06:15 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has imposed a ban from May 20 to July 23 on fishing in the Bay of Bengal...
Covid-19 deaths cross 10000
04:39 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe coronavirus deaths tally surpassed 10,000 in Bangladesh on Thursday as the government reported 94 fatalities in the last 24 hours. So far, the total number of deaths stood at 10,081, the health directorate said in a press release today. As many as 4,192 more people contracted the virus in the past day, bringing the total to 7,07,362...
RFL donates icy water bottle to Bidyanondo’s orphanage
03:45 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayCountry’s leading household brand RFL Houseware donated the ‘Icy water bottle’ to Bidyanondo Foundation to ensure safe water for underprivileged children of its six orphanages at the Chattogram hill tract areas...
Real knock Liverpool out of Champions League
03:29 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayLiverpool's Champions League campaign ended in disappointment as Real Madrid set up a semi-final meeting with Chelsea by keeping Jurgen Klopp's side at bay in a goalless draw at Anfield...
Mahrez, Foden send Man City into last four
03:21 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayManchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League for only the second time after sealing victory over Borussia Dortmund in the last eight courtesy of comeback win in Germany...
Former world leaders urge Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
02:49 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayA group of more than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates is calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules...
Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position
01:59 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayTurkey’s Competition Board has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google more than 296 million lira ($36.65 million) for abusing its dominant position in search engine services, the regulator said on Wednesday...
Relief ministry’s Deputy Secretary dies of Coronvirus
12:46 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayAbul Khayer Md Maruf Hasan, Deputy Secretary of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, has died of Coronavirus. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Central Police Hospital in the capital’s Rajarbagh at 6am on Thursday. Abul left behind his wife, two daughters and many well-wishers to mourn his death...
Indian visa operations suspended in Bangladesh
12:25 PM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe High Commission of India in Bangladesh announced on Wednesday that the visa operations have been suspended in view of the lockdown implemented by the government of Bangladesh from April 14. The visa operations had resumed functioning in October last year after remaining suspended for more than 6 months...
Tokyo Olympics might yet be cancelled due to COVID-19
11:59 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayA senior Japanese ruling party official said cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire, as a fourth wave of infections surges less than 100 days from the planned start of the Games...
India witnesses over 2 lakh fresh Covid cases, 1,038 more deaths
11:09 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 2 lakh infections being reported in a day, while the active cases surpassed the 14 lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday...
US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyber-attacks
09:37 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayThe US has announced sanctions against Russia in response to what it says are cyber-attacks and other hostile acts...
Brazil’s variant mutating, may become more dangerous: Study
09:20 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayBrazil’s P1 coronavirus variant, behind a deadly COVID-19 surge in the Latin American country that has raised international alarm, is mutating in ways that could make it better able to evade antibodies, according to scientists studying the virus...
Over 100 companies sign letter opposing US state voting restrictions
08:54 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayMore than 100 U.S. companies including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Ford Motor Co and Starbucks Corp have declared their opposition to voting curbs that a number of states are considering implementing...
India, Pakistan held secret talks to try to break Kashmir impasse
08:39 AM, 15 Apr 2021 ThursdayTop intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter told Reuters in Delhi...
Bangladesh receives over $1b WB financing to fight COVID-19
06:09 PM, 14 Apr 2021 WednesdayThe government of Bangladesh signed three financing agreements totaling $1.04 billion with the World Bank to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience to future crises, including vaccination against COVID-19, expand electronic procurement and accelerate economic recovery...
Ex-Law Minister Abdul Matin Khasru dies
05:46 PM, 14 Apr 2021 WednesdayFormer Law Minister Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru has died on Wednesday afternoon while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital. He breathed his last around 4:50pm, deputy attorney general A M Amin Uddin Manik confirmed the matter of death to Jago News...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees highest deaths in a day
04:40 PM, 14 Apr 2021 WednesdayBangladesh government on Wednesday reported 96 coronavirus deaths, the highest number of fatalities in a day. Earlier on Monday (April 12), it recorded 83 more people's deaths from the virus, hitting the second highest single-day fatalities...
Justin Bieber explained why his marriage had a 'lack of trust'
04:25 PM, 14 Apr 2021 WednesdayAfter two weddings, a documentary, and plenty of paparazzi photos showing them hand-in-hand, it's easy to imagine Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Baldwin, living in a fantasy of marital bliss...