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Countries pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
11:22 AM, 14 Apr 2021 WednesdayThe US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. Six cases were detected in more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said...
Huawei will invest more in intelligent vehicles
10:05 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayTo boost business resilience, Huawei will strengthen its software capabilities and invest more in businesses that are less reliant on advanced process techniques, as well as in components for intelligent vehicles...
Banks to remain open during lockdown
09:18 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe government has asked the authorities to ensure banking services for special purposes during the eight-day lockdown begins from Wednesday. The Cabinet Division sent a letter to the governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday asking him to issue directives in this regard...
PM urges all to follow strictly Covid-19 guidelines
08:16 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued a clarion call asking all to strictly follow health guideline to face the for COVID-19 pandemic’s ongoing second wave, simultaneously reassuring the nation that her government remained beside the people...
Moon of Ramadan sighted; fasting begins
07:11 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe Muslims in Bangladesh start fasting from Wednesday as the moon of holy month Ramadan was sighted on Tuesday evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision in a meeting held at Islamic Foundation's conference room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the evening...
Muslims start Ramadan under the shadow of the coronavirus
07:00 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdaySurging coronavirus cases in many parts of the world overshadowed the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, with festivities curtailed by contagion fears...
Infrastructure construction work to continue amid lockdown: Quader
06:37 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said infrastructure construction works will remain out of the purview of the seven-day compete lockdown...
Coronavirus: New deaths 69, cases 6028
06:10 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdaySixty nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 9,891. During the period, 6,028 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 6,97,985, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
West, Kardashian agree on joint custody
04:36 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayAmerican rapper Kanye West has agreed to joint custody of his and Kim Kardashian's four young children...
Pahela Baishakh today
04:20 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe nation is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1428, on Wednesday virtually as the government has enforced a weeklong stricter restriction from April 14 to stem the alarming spread of the deadly coronavirus...
Ex-Jamaat Ameer Makbul dies
03:39 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's former Ameer Makbul Ahmed died at Ibn Sina Medical College Hospital in the capital on Tuesday afternoon. The party's current Ameer Dr Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter of death at his official Facebook page...
Taliban refuse to attend Afghan talks in Turkey if held this week
02:37 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayThe Taliban will not attend a meeting on the Afghan peace process in Turkey if it took place this week, the armed group’s spokesman said...
India’s 161,736 new COVID cases are the world’s highest
01:39 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayIndia has reported 161,736 new coronavirus infections, hitting the world’s highest daily tally once again, for a total of 13.69 million cases, health ministry data showed...
Music Director Farid Ahmed no more
12:39 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayNational Film Award winner music director and composer Farid Ahmed died of Coronavirus on Tuesday morning. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in the capital at 9:30am...
PM to address nation this evening
12:03 PM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation at 7:15pm today on the occasion of Bangla New Year 1428, to be celebrated tomorrow. Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television will simultaneously broadcast the prime minister's address. Prime Minister’s Assistant Press Secretary Imrul Kayes Rana confirmed the matter...
Bir Bikram Abdus Sabur dies of Coronavirus
10:29 AM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayBir Bikram Abdus Sabur Khan has died of Coronavirus at a private hospital in Dhaka. He was 85. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Marks Medical College Hospital at 10pm on Monday. He had also been suffering from kidney disease for long...
Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea after treatment
09:42 AM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayJapan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station into the sea...
India approves Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
08:55 AM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayIndia has approved the use of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Monday, confirming earlier reports of its imminent endorsement...
Gunman shoots man dead, injures woman in front of Paris hospital
08:37 AM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayAn unidentified gunman shot dead a man and injured a woman on Monday in Paris before fleeing on a motorcycle, in what the local mayor said appeared to be a private quarrel and not terrorism-related...
Reuters names Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief
08:23 AM, 13 Apr 2021 TuesdayReuters News has named one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the globe-spanning news agency in its 170-year history...