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Voice of America announces ending its Bangla radio service
12:28 PM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayVoice of America on Tuesday announced that it is ending its radio service in Bangla that served Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura for 63 years...
25 die at RMCH Corona unit
11:21 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayTwenty-five people died at the Corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours. Seven of them died from the disease and eighteen died with its symptoms. Of the deceased, twelve were from Rajshahi, three each from Chapainawabganj, Natore, Pabna, one each from Kushtia, Jashore and two from Naogaon, Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani, Director of RMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Wednesday morning...
Man confirmed killed in anti-government unrest in Cuba
10:31 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayCuban authorities have confirmed that a man was killed during unrest in the country - the first confirmation of a death since the protests broke out...
Deaths climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Zuma jailed
09:20 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma...
US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks
08:49 AM, 14 Jul 2021 WednesdayThe COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings...
Govt issues notification on Eid Jamaat
09:53 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe notification was issued incorporating the health guidelines set by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
DU entry tests deferred again
09:12 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe Dhaka University authorities have again deferred the admission test for the academic year 2020-21 until October 1...
BB re-fixes banking hours
08:14 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayBangladesh Bank (BB) has re-fixed the banking hour as per the new guideline of the Cabinet Division to halt the sharp rise of Covid-19 in the country...
Truck kills 3 auto-rickshaw passengers in Cumilla
07:33 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThree people, including a woman, were killed in a road accident in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday morning...
552 held in Dhaka on 13th day of strict lockdown
06:45 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayAs many as 552 people were arrested in the capital on Tuesday for breaching restrictions on the 13th day of strict lockdown...
Jago News Rangpur correspondent's father dies
06:06 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayAlhaj Abu Taher Babu, the father of online news portal Jago News's Rangpur correspondent Zahangir Kabir Zitu, died at a hospital in the city...
203 more die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs
05:19 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdaySome 203 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 16,842. During the period, 12,198 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 10,47,155, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday...
Iran releases Islamic dating app to boost marriage
05:11 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayIran has unveiled a state-sanctioned Islamic dating app aimed at facilitating “lasting and informed marriage” for its youth, state television reported...
PM announces five more stimulus packages of Tk 3200cr for poor
04:37 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced five more stimulus packages worth about Taka 3,200 crore to help low-income people hit hard by the ongoing restrictions imposed to check further transmission of the Coronavirus...
I won't apologise for who I am: Rashford
04:24 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayEngland and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford apologised for his penalty shootout miss but said he "will never apologise for who I am" after he was one of three players subjected to racist abuse following England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy...
All time introduces ‘Junior Chef’ campaign
02:46 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayCountry’s popular bakery brand ‘All Time’ has introduced ‘Junior Chef’ campaign. Under the campaign, children, aged between 8 and 18, will get attractive prizes by sending picture or video after making dishes using All Time bread and giving pose with ‘All Time’ bread packet...
France fines Google 500 million euros over copyright row
02:35 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayFrance's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders the regulator had given in a row with the country's news publishers...
Mild heat wave sweeps over north, north-east region
12:57 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayMild heat wave is sweeping over Rangpur division and the regions of Bogura, Noagaon, Sirajgonj, Mymensingh and Sylhet and it may continue at some places...
Gazette issued relaxing lockdown restrictions
12:14 PM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayThe government has issued a gazette notification relaxing the lockdown restrictions ahead of Eid-ul-Azha from July 14 midnight to 6am on July 23. Besides, the strict lockdown will resume from 6am on July 23 to August 5 midnight. Cabinet Division issued the notification in this regard on Tuesday morning...
8 dead in hotel collapse in city in eastern China
11:43 AM, 13 Jul 2021 TuesdayRescue workers were digging through the remains of a collapsed hotel in eastern China looking for any survivors of a disaster that has killed at least eight people and left nine missing, authorities said Tuesday...