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New mobile financial service ‘tap’ launched
09:15 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayTrust Bank and Asian tech giant Axiata on Wednesday launched new mobile financial and payment service Trust Axiata Pay, styled as ‘tap’ in a bid to expand mobile based transactions...
‘Shocking’: South Africa slams Israel’s AU observer status
08:57 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySouth Africa’s government says it was “appalled” by the African Union Commission’s decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc...
Banks to remain closed next Sunday, Wednesday
07:38 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAll banks will remain closed on Sunday and Wednesday of the next week due to the recent surge of Covid-19 infection and deaths in the country...
Coronavirus deaths exceed 20000
06:56 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySome 237 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 20,016. During the period, 16,230 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 12,10,982, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...
Brazil into quarters but Germany exit
06:51 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayDefending champions Brazil eased through to the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic football, but 2016 silver medallists Germany are eliminated...
Asif Iqbal Khukan in human service
06:15 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAruail is an isolated union in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria surrounded by rivers. About 30,000 people live in this union located on the banks of the river Titas...
153 more hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:47 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAs many as 153 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning...
Another Indian Oxygen Express arrives
04:51 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAnother Indian train namely Oxygen Express with consignment of 208 tonnes of liquid oxygen arrived in Bangladesh through Benapole land port last night...
Tk 427cr project for expatriate workers' employments okayed
03:55 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday approved a Taka 427.30 crore project to create employments for the expatriate workers who have returned home from abroad due to the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic...
Pegasus revelations: Call for Hungarian ministers to resign
03:50 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayHungary’s opposition has called for ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán’s far-right government over allegations it selected journalists, media owners and opposition political figures as potential targets for invasive Pegasus spyware...
Chronic health issues for third in late 40s - study
02:50 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayAbout one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests...
Coronavirus: Khulna Division reports 31 more deaths
02:18 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayKhulna Division today reported 31 deaths from Coronavirus and 866 new cases. Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the deaths on Wednesday. According to the health directorate, nine people died of Coronavirus in Khulna in the last 24 hours...
S Korea reports highest Covid-19 daily case count amid 4th wave
12:55 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySouth Korea on Wednesday (July 28) reported 1,896 new Covid-19 cases for Tuesday, its highest-ever daily increase, as the country struggles to subdue a fourth wave of outbreaks fanned by the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus...
Kuwait bans unvaccinated citizens from travelling abroad
12:37 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayKuwait on Tuesday said only citizens who have been vaccinated for the coronavirus will be allowed to travel abroad starting on Aug. 1...
Anger as Covid-ravaged Malaysia lifts pandemic measures
12:26 PM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe Malaysian government has been asked why it revoked emergency Covid regulations as cases continue to spike...
18 die at RMCH Corona unit
11:17 AM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayEighteen people including four women died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours. Six of them died from the disease and the rest twelve died with its symptoms. Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Wednesday...
Sydney extends lockdown as other Australian cities reopen
10:08 AM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdaySydney's lockdown has been extended by another month as Covid cases continue to rise. Australia's largest city has been under stay-at-home orders since late June due to an outbreak of the Delta variant...
Indians turn to crowdfunding to pay Covid bills
09:31 AM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayHospitalisations soared in India during a deadly second Covid wave. Now, hobbled by patchy insurance, Indians are turning to crowdfunding to pay the steep medical bills, reports Astha Rajvanshi...
5 of a family die in Teknaf landslide
09:11 AM, 28 Jul 2021 WednesdayFive members of a family have died in a landslide at Hnila in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the wee hours of Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shukkur, Jubair, Abdur Rahim, Kohinur and Jainba. All are the sons and daughters of Syed Alam, of villager para under Hlina union...
Taxpayers can submit returns from mobile phones
10:03 PM, 27 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to introduce a new system through online from September 1 as the taxpayers would be able to submit their income tax returns from mobile phones...