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Israeli airlines launch first direct flights to Morocco
04:22 PM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayTwo Israeli airlines launched their first commercial flights between Israel and Morocco on Sunday, less than a year after the countries officially normalized relations...
Getwell distributes surgical face mask in the capital
03:25 PM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayGatewell Limited, a sister concern of the country’s leading business conglomerate PRAN-RFL Group, has organized an awareness campaign to prevent coronavirus and distributed surgical face masks in different parts of the capital of Dhaka...
India monsoon death toll climbs to 124 as rescuers search for missing
02:47 PM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayThe death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed to 124 Sunday, officials said, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing...
Covid-19: India adds 39,742 new cases, 535 fatalities in last 24 hours
01:26 PM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayIndia saw a single day rise of 39,742 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,13,71,901, while the death toll rose to 4,20,551 with 535 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday...
RMCH records 14 more fatalities at Covid-19 unit
11:36 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayA number of 14 more people 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 436, so far, this month...
17 more die at MMCH Corona unit
10:55 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundaySeventeen more people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Ten of them died from the disease and the rest seven died with its symptoms. Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal Person of the MMCH’s Corona unit, confirmed the information on Sunday morning...
8 killed in army offensive on DR Congo gorilla park
09:32 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayTwo Pygmies and six militiamen were killed in a DR Congo army offensive to dislodge them from a national park which houses the world's largest gorilla species, officials said Saturday...
Sixth Saudi site makes UNESCO heritage list
08:59 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayA sixth site in Saudi Arabia has been added to UNESCO's world heritage list, the UN organisation announced on Saturday...
250 US made ventilators arrive via India
08:42 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayDhaka on Saturday received United States (US) made 250 ventilators, essential treatment gear for COVID-19 patients, through an Indian based charity organization named HealthCube. A US based charity organization had donated a consignment of ventilators to Indian HealthCube of which 250 ventilators were allocated for Bangladesh...
Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 million US TV viewers, a 33-year low
08:32 AM, 25 Jul 2021 SundayNBC’s TV broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest TV audience for the event in the past 33 years, according to preliminary data provided by Comcast-owned NBCUniversal on Saturday...
Olympian withdraws due to potential matchup with Israeli
09:45 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayAlgerian judo athlete Fethi Nourine says he has chosen to withdraw from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than face an Israeli competitor...
"'Erotica' is not 'porn', my husband innocent": Shilpa Shetty to police
09:16 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayActor Shilpa Shetty has said she was unaware of the exact nature of content on 'Hotshots' - the mobile app via which her husband, Raj Kundra, is accused of streaming pornographic content - Mumbai Police sources have told news agency ANI...
54% of medical tourists in India were from Bangladesh
08:16 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayA huge majority of medical tourists — 54.3% — who visited India last year were from Bangladesh, followed by 9% from Iraq, 8% from Afghanistan, 6% from the Maldives and 4.5% from a group of African nations, data released by the Union tourism ministry shows...
Tokyo Olympics: China's Yang wins first gold
07:53 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayShe had to put her own medal round her neck and sing the national anthem behind a mask, but Chinese shooter Yang Qian still celebrated winning the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics...
Man Utd boss Solskjaer signs new deal
07:46 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a new deal with the club until 2024, with an option for a further year...
Minor boy's throat-slit body found in paddy field
06:47 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayPolice recovered the throat-slit body of a minor boy from a paddy field in Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Saturday afternoon...
Coronavirus deaths top 19000
05:47 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdaySome 195 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 19,046. During the period, 6,780 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 11,53,343, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday...
Bangladesh receives 2,45,200 vaccine doses from Japan
05:02 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the vaccine from Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) after a Cathay Pacific Airways carrying the jabs landed in Dhaka around 3 pm...
104 more hospitalized with dengue fever in a day
04:57 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayAs many as 104 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in the capital in the last 24 hours, hitting the highest daily record of hospitalized patients with the mosquito-borne viral disease in this year...
Anti-lockdown protesters clash with Sydney police
04:06 PM, 24 Jul 2021 SaturdayThousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in Australia's two largest cities on Saturday, with several arrested in Sydney after violent clashes with police...