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SSC exams in Nov, HSC in Dec if Covid situation improves
11:44 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdaySSC and equivalent exams will be held in the second week of November, while HSC and equivalent exams in the first week of December, if Coronavirus situation improves in the country. Education Minister Dipu Moni said this at a virtual press briefing at 11am on Thursday...
Nobel laureate Dr Yunus to receive Olympic Laurel
11:27 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdayBangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will receive the Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games, the second time the trophy has been awarded, the IOC said Thursday...
19 more die at RMCH Corona unit
10:44 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdayNineteen people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Five of them died from the disease and fourteen others died with its symptoms. Confirming the matter to Jago News, Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, said that these people died at the different wards of the Corona unit from 8am on Wednesday to 8am on Thursday...
US to evacuate endangered Afghan translators
09:21 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdayThe United States is set to begin evacuations of Afghan interpreters who assisted US-led forces during the conflict and are deemed to be at risk. Operation Allies Refuge is set to start during the last week of July, the White House said...
Cuba lifts food, medicine customs restrictions after protests
08:51 AM, 15 Jul 2021 ThursdayCuba's government announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on the amount of food and medicine travelers could bring into the country in an apparent concession to demands by protesters who took to the street last weekend...
Govt to procure 15m doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm of China
09:59 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe government will procure a total of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm International of China at a less price compared to the earlier agreement price in a bid to bolster the government's drive to vaccinate the country's people...
Spain’s top court rules pandemic lockdown unconstitutional
09:46 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySpain’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that last year’s strict stay-at-home lockdown order by the government under a state of emergency was unconstitutional...
US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year
09:34 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayOverdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29% increase...
Mushfiqur to miss remainder of Tigers’ tour of Zimbabwe
09:17 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayBangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will miss the remainder of the side’s tour in Zimbabwe for family reasons, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said...
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
09:04 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe European Union has announced a raft of climate change legislation aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states and the EU parliament, were announced on Wednesday...
Govt urges all to use masks during restriction relaxation period
08:52 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayConsidering the celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha on July 21 in the country, the government has relaxed the ongoing strict restrictions imposed earlier to stem the spread of coronavirus from this midnight with a condition of maintaining health guidelines...
Rupganj factory fire: Sajeeb Group owner's 2 sons get bail
07:58 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTwo sons of Sajeeb Group owner Abul Hashem have secured bail in a case filed over the deaths of 52 people in a fire at the factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj's Rupganj...
Erdogan, Xi discuss Uighurs in phone call
06:33 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping it is important to Turkey that Uighur Muslims live in peace as “equal citizens of China” but said Turkey respects China’s national sovereignty...
Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths top 17000
05:54 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySome 210 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 17,052. During the period, 12,383 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 10,59,538, the health directorate said in a press release on Wednesday...
China asks Pakistan to probe 'blast' that killed its nationals
05:20 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayAt least 12 people, including at least nine Chinese nationals and two Pakistani soldiers, have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in a remote region of northern Pakistan, officials said...
Garments worker's decomposed body recovered
04:39 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayPolice on Wednesday noon recovered the decomposed body of a garments worker from Ashulia in Savar on the outskirts of the capital of Dhaka...
Momen leaves for Uzbekistan to join Int'l connectivity conference
03:55 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayForeign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen on Wednesday left Dhaka for Uzbekistan to join an international conference to be held in Tashkent on July 15-16...
China to start giving COVID-19 shots to teenagers this month
02:40 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdaySeveral areas in China will start vaccinating teenagers this month against COVID-19, state media and local authorities said, as the country steps up its inoculation campaign...
36 more die in Khulna Division in 24 hours
02:11 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayKhulna Division today reported 36 more deaths from Coronavirus and 1,621 new cases in the last 24 hours. Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the deaths on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, eleven died in Kushtia, nine in Khulna, seven in Jhenaidah, five in Jashore, two in Meherpur and one each in Chuadanga and Satkhira, it said...
Deuba sworn in as Nepal PM for fifth time after court ruling
01:13 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayNepal's main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday after the country's highest court ousted his predecessor following months of political turmoil...