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Khaleda infected with Coronavirus
12:53 PM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayBNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been infected with Coronavirus, Health Directorate said today. Her sample was given to icddr’b laboratory on April 10 and the report came positive for the virus on April 11. However, BNP on Saturday said their chairperson didn’t give the sample for the Coronavirus test...
Ongoing restrictions to continue for next 2 days, says Quader
12:40 PM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayThe ongoing restrictions of the first phase lockdown will continue for next two days - Monday and Tuesday to stop spread of the Coronavirus. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this while addressing a press conference at his government residence on Sunday...
PM mourns death of noted singer Mita Haque
11:29 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer and Ekushey Padak awardee Mita Haque...
1,52,879 fresh Coronavirus cases in India in biggest-ever one-day spike
10:55 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayIndia added 1,52,879 fresh infections reported since yesterday, setting another grim one-day record as the country's Covid tally reached over 1.33 crore cases...
21 miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident
09:48 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayEight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department...
Funeral for Philip to be held on April 17, Harry plans to attend
09:15 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayThe funeral service for Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will be held on April 17, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday, confirming that Prince Harry was planning to attend...
S African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says
08:46 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayThe coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found...
Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more
08:37 AM, 11 Apr 2021 SundayRenowned Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque has passed away. She breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in Dhaka at 6:20 am on Sunday. Mita’s daughter Farhin Khan Joyeta confirmed her mother’s death to Jago News...
Myanmar security forces kill over 80 protesters
09:52 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayMyanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said...
Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it’s canceled
09:38 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayPixel 5a 5G is not cancelled. It will be available later this year in the U.S. and Japan and announced in line with when last year’s a-series phone was introduced...
India condemns Myanmar violence
08:58 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayIndia condemned the ongoing violence in Myanmar that has caused hundreds of deaths over the past months ever since the military coup toppled the elected government in February. India urged all parties to exercise ‘restraint’...
Apu Ukil infected with coronavirus
08:43 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayJubo Mohila League General Secretary Apu Ukil has been infected with novel coronavirus, she herself told media on Saturday...
China hits Alibaba with record $2.8 billion fine
07:31 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayChina has ordered Alibaba to pay a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) after antitrust regulators concluded that the online shopping giant had been behaving like a monopoly...
Tapan Chy tests Covid-19 positive
05:57 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayPopular singer Tapan Chowdhury has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
Preliminary squad for Sri Lanka tour announced
04:49 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the preliminary squad for the Tour of Sri Lanka 2021, it said in a media release on Friday...
Coronavirus: Govt records highest single-day deaths
04:24 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayBangladesh government on Saturday reported 77 coronavirus deaths, the highest number of fatalities in a day. In the last 24 hours, it also reported 5,334 cases, the health directorate said in a press release today. With this, the country's total deaths and infections stood at 9,661 and 6,78,937 respectively till date...
PM sends condolence letters to British Queen, Premier
04:17 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent letters to British Queen Elizabeth II and Premier Boris Johnson expressing her deep shock and sorrow at the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
WHO chief criticises 'shocking' vaccine divide
03:49 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised what it describes as a "shocking imbalance" in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines between rich and poor countries. The group's chief said a target of seeing vaccination programmes under way in every country by Saturday would be missed...
American rapper and actor DMX dies
03:29 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayUS rapper and actor DMX has died at the age of 50, five days after suffering a heart attack...
Journo Hasan Shahriar no more
02:29 PM, 10 Apr 2021 SaturdayFormer President of National Press Club Hasan Shahriar has passed away. Hasan, also former Executive Editor of The Daily Ittefaq, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Impulse Hospital in the capital on Saturday morning...