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Myanmar police fire stun grenades as Southeast Asian ministers aim for talks
02:12 PM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayMyanmar police opened fire to disperse protesters on Tuesday, witnesses said, as foreign ministers of neighbouring countries were due to hold talks with the military in a bid to quell violence and find a way out of the crisis...
Number of voters now 11.17 crore: EC
01:39 PM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayThe number of the country’s voters has now increased to 11.17 crore (111.7 million) following inclusion of some 19 lakh fresh voters in the last one year, according to the Election Commission’s final updated electoral roll. The EC disclosed the final updated voter numbers on Tuesday on the occasion of the National Voter Day 2021...
Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation
10:13 AM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayTwitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a “strike system” to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules...
Covid-19 vaccine acceptance rises in 6 industrialised countries: Study
09:18 AM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayWillingness to get a Covid-19 vaccine is on the rise compared to last year, a survey of six industrialised countries published on Monday (March 1) showed...
World will not vanquish Covid-19 this year: WHO
08:38 AM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayIt is unrealistic to think the world will be done with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the World Health Organisation warned Monday (March 1)...
Covid vaccines cut risk of serious illness by 80% in over-80s
08:16 AM, 02 Mar 2021 TuesdayA single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid jab reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80%, an analysis in England shows. The Public Health England data showed the effect kicked in three to four weeks after vaccination...
Myanmar court files 2 more charges against Suu Kyi; protesters march again
05:45 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayMyanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing on Monday, the first time her lawyers had seen her since she was detained in the Feb. 1 military coup...
12 DU students suspended permanently
04:44 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) have suspended 12 students permanently while 151 others for different terms for their involvement in digital forgery and admission through illegal means...
Coronavirus: 8 die, 585 infected, 873 recover in 24 hours
03:48 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,416 as 8 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 585 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 546,801. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Motivate people about insurance: PM urges companies
03:22 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayLaying emphasis on massive publicity to motivate people to expand insurance coverage in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the insurance companies to provide services giving the customers’ interest utmost priority...
Abolition of DSA: Police bar students from besieging Home Ministry
02:17 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayPolice on Monday foiled the bid of the leaders and activists of some left-leaning student bodies to besiege the Home Ministry to press home their various demands including abolition of the Digital Security Act...
Month of independence begins
01:31 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayThe month of independence began today giving a heartbreaking reminder to the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in the country from March to mid-December in 1971...
Modi takes homegrown COVID jab as India expands vaccination drive
12:14 PM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayIndia’s prime minister has tweeted a photo of himself receiving a first dose of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, kicking off an expansion of the country’s immunisation campaign that began in mid-January with healthcare workers...
CPAC: Trump rules out new political party in speech to conservatives
11:59 AM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayDonald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative conference in Florida that it would split the Republican vote...
Myanmar protesters march again after bloodiest post-coup unrest
11:39 AM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayProtesters marched in Myanmar on Monday in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people a day earlier, as calls grew for a more united international response...
Erfan Selim acquitted in drug case
11:27 AM, 01 Mar 2021 MondayA Dhaka court has acquitted Erfan Selim, son of Dhaka 7 MP Haji Selim, in a drug case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahinur Rahman issued an order relieving Erfan of the charges on Monday after receiving the final report by the police. On 28 October, last year, Delwar Hossain, inspector (operation), of Chwakbazar Police Station filed two cases against Erfan Selim and his bodyguard Zahid for possessing illegal firearms and drugs...
Felt like I was in jail: Miraz
09:44 PM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayBangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz said that frustration gripped him in the first three days in New Zealand as he had to stay inside the hotel room completely...
Amitabh Bachchan undergoing surgery due to a medical condition
09:31 PM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayBollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is going through some medical condition that has necessitated surgery. He gave the news to his fans via his Tumblr blog. The 78-year-old wrote on late Saturday night, “Medical condition .. surgery .. can’t write.”..
Tarique sued for declaring Zia father of Bangladeshi nationalism
09:19 PM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayA case has been filed against BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman accusing him of declaring late President Ziaur Rahman father of Bangladeshi nationalism...
18 dead on bloodiest day of Myanmar anti-coup protests
07:51 PM, 28 Feb 2021 SundayMyanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18 people were killed, the U.N. human rights office said...