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12.5 lakh more doses of Moderna vaccine reach Dhaka
10:15 AM, 03 Jul 2021 SaturdayA total of 12.5 lakh more doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning. An Emirates flight carrying the vaccine reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:45am. An official of Health and Family Planning Ministry confirmed the matter to Jago News...
US’s Moderna, China’s Sinopharm vaccines arrive
08:49 AM, 03 Jul 2021 SaturdayBangladesh get Moderna COVID 19 vaccine from United States (US) as gift under the COVAX framework while Chinese Sinopharm vaccine those Dhaka purchased from Beijing also arrived here on Friday midnight tonight...
Brazil hang on to beat Chile at Copa America after Jesus sent off
08:28 AM, 03 Jul 2021 SaturdayBrazil beat Chile in their quarterfinal match at the Copa America in Rio on Friday night despite playing the majority of the second half with 10 players following a straight red card shown to Gabriel Jesus...
H&M sees China sales slump after Xinjiang boycott
05:40 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridaySwedish fashion giant H&M saw its sales slump in China, months after it became the target of a Chinese boycott...
US forces leave Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase after 20 years
05:15 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayAfter nearly 20 years, the United States military has left Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase, the epicentre of its war to remove the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaeda perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks, two US officials have said...
Richard Branson will attempt to beat Jeff Bezos to space
04:42 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayBritish billionaire Richard Branson plans to beat fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos to space...
Hungary to provide 130 annual scholarships to Bangladeshi students
04:05 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayHungarian government will provide full scholarship to 130 Bangladeshi students annually at undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels for next three years...
J&J's says its Covid-19 vaccine effectivly combats Delta variant
03:39 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayJohnson and Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant, with an immune response lasting at least eight months, the company said Thursday...
Belgium takes on Italy for spot in Euro 2020 semifinals
02:34 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayBelgium’s leading scorer at the European Championship is no stranger to Italy’s veteran defenders...
UAE bans citizens from travelling to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
12:54 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayThe United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday a travel ban on its citizens to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Namibia, Zambia, Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa, and Nigeria, quoting state news agency (WAM), Reuters reported...
England beat Sri Lanka to clinch ODI series
12:06 PM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayEngland comfortably beat Sri Lanka again in the second one-day international at The Oval to clinch the series with a game to spare...
India Covid-19 death toll crosses 400,000
11:28 AM, 02 Jul 2021 FridayIndia reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums...
Microsoft receives VAT registration
09:58 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayMicrosoft, the introducer of most widely used operating system Windows, today obtained Value Added Tax (VAT) registration from the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Bill Cosby released from jail after court overturns his conviction
09:50 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayAmerican comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after the Pennsylvania Supre Court overturned his indecent assault conviction...
DU celebrates its centenary on limited scale
09:26 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayDhaka University (DU) celebrated its birth centenary on Thursday on a limited scale considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation...
Franco to pay $2.2m in sexual misconduct case
08:46 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayJames Franco has agreed to pay $2.2m (£1.6m) to settle a legal case which accused the star of sexual misconduct...
Bangladesh to get 45 lakh Covid-19 vaccines within next two days
08:00 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayBangladesh will get 45 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine within next two days, the health ministry sources said tonight...
Covid-19: Record 143 deaths in a day
06:39 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday reported 143 more coronavirus deaths, the highest daily fatality toll since the start of the pandemic, to take the total to 14,646. In the last 24 hours, 8,301 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 9,21,559, the health directorate said in a press release today...
Moghbazar blast death toll rises to 11
06:29 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayTwo more victims of Dhaka's Moghbazar explosion succumbed to their injuries on Thursday, taking the death toll from the incident to 11...
Euro 2020 crowds driving rise in Covid-19 infections: WHO
05:25 PM, 01 Jul 2021 ThursdayCrowds at Euro 2020 football stadiums and in pubs and bars in host cities are driving the current rise in coronavirus infections in Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday...