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Dhaka receives 7.81 lakh more vaccine jabs from Japan
04:59 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine from Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) after a freight of ANA carrying the jabs landed here around 3pm...
Three youths drown in Barishal
04:41 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThree young men have died in three separate incidents of drowning in Barishal city and Gaurnadi upazila...
Malaysian youths demand PM quit as pandemic worsens
03:37 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayHundreds of black-clad Malaysian youth rallied Saturday in central Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of the prime minister over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as new cases soared in a surge that has also become a political crisis...
PRAN-RFL Group distributes food among 11 thousand families
03:03 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayPRAN-RFL Group, one of the leading business conglomerates of the country, recently distributed food items to the helpless and poor people, who have become affected by the lockdown enforced to curb the spread of coronavirus...
US seizes tanker used to evade North Korea sanctions
02:26 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe United States has seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make oil deliveries to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, the Justice Department said...
Protests, accusations against Myanmar junta ahead of coup anniversary
01:13 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdaySmall groups of students protested against Myanmar's military junta on Saturday (July 31) in Mandalay and a human rights group accused the armed forces of crimes against humanity ahead of the six-month anniversary of the army's takeover...
China reports 55 new COVID-19 cases as Delta variant spreads from Nanjing
12:19 PM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayChina reported on Saturday (July 31) 55 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 30, compared with 64 cases a day earlier, the health authority said...
RMCH counts 13 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
11:47 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayA number of 13 more people, including six female, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today, taking the death toll to 566 this month, against 405 in June...
Coronavirus: 16 more die at Mymensingh hospital
10:35 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdaySixteen more people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Eight of them died from the disease and the rest eight died with its symptoms. Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal Person of the Corona unit of MMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Saturday morning...
COVID Delta variant as transmissible as chickenpox: US report
09:58 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayThe Delta variant of the coronavirus is as contagious as chickenpox and could cause severe illness, according to an internal document at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Israel accuses Iran over deadly oil tanker attack
09:18 AM, 31 Jul 2021 SaturdayIsrael has accused Iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker in which two crew members - a British national and a Romanian citizen - were killed. The MV Mercer Street, operated by the London-based company Zodiac Maritime, was off Oman's coast in the Arabian Sea when the incident occurred on Thursday...
Helena Jahangir remanded
08:57 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayA court in Dhaka has put businesswoman Helena Jahangir, who has recently been removed from a subcommittee of Awami League, on a three-day remand in a Digital Security Act case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order after police produced her before the court, seeking a five-day remand...
Factories reopen on Sunday
07:08 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe government has allowed the export-oriented factories to reopen on Sunday amid the strict lockdown imposed to curb the coronavirus transmission. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Friday...
170 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
06:43 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayAs many as 170 more people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Friday morning...
212 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
06:08 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridaySome 212 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,467. During the period, 13,862 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,40,115, the health directorate said in a press release on Friday...
Cumilla-7 MP Ali Ashraf dies
05:15 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayCumilla-7 constituency (Chandina) MP and former deputy speaker Professor Md Ali Ashraf passed away on Friday afternoon. He was 73...
School closure extended till Aug 31
03:59 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe ongoing hiatus of all public and private primary schools and kindergartens has been extended till August 31 in an attempt to protect the students from novel corona virus infections...
NSU English dept presents tips and tricks for IELTS
03:39 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayThe Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) of North South University (NSU) arranged a webinar entitled 'Tips and Tricks for IELTS' on July 29, 2021...
Interfaith marriage stopped in India, woman forced to leave court
03:17 PM, 30 Jul 2021 FridayAn interfaith wedding was stopped, allegedly by activists of Karni Sena, at a local court in Ballia district by labelling it a case of “forced conversion and love jihad”, the police said on Thursday...
30 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccines reach Dhaka
02:35 PM, 30 Jul 2021 Friday"Thirty lakh shots of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine from China reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night and early hours of today," Dr Md Shamsul Haque, Line Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) told BSS this morning...