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PM orders review of educational institutions’ reopening
05:12 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed authorities concerned to review the situation whether the environment is created to reopen the educational institutions amid Covid-19 pandemic...
COVID-19: 7 die, 366 infected, 692 recover in 24 hours
04:35 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,356 as 7 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 366 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 543,717. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Best Buy awards winners of ‘Ako Tomar Bijoy’ campaign
03:36 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayBest Buy, retail chain of RFL Group, has awarded the winners of ‘Ako Tomar Bijoy’, an art competition organized on the occasion of the Victory Day...
Classes at universities to begin from May 24
02:49 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayThe government has decided to resume classes at all universities across the country from May 24. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni disclosed the information at an emergency press conference on Monday afternoon...
Tensions mount at JU, demo continues defying authorities’ order
02:16 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayThe students of Jahangirnagar University are still there occupying its different dormitories defying the university administration’s instruction to leave the campus by 10 am on Monday. Witnesses said the students are staging demonstrations at different halls to press home their 4-point demand...
Philippines approves Sinovac vaccine but not for all health workers
01:14 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayThe Philippines has approved Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, but will not give it to healthcare workers at risk of exposure due to its varying levels of efficacy, its Food and Drugs Agency (FDA) said on Monday...
United Airlines removing 24 Boeing 777s from service after Denver incident
12:20 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayUnited Airlines is removing all of its Boeing 777 planes currently in service that are powered by Pratt & Whitney 4000 series engines after the Federal Aviation Administration called for stepped-up inspections...
US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
12:00 PM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayThe U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 - roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta...
Myanmar gripped by strike as anti-coup protests build
11:29 AM, 22 Feb 2021 MondayBusinesses shut in Myanmar on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters gathered despite a threat from authorities that confrontation could cost lives. Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop daily protests and a civil disobedience movement...
US sanctions inflicted $1 trillion damage on Iran's economy: FM
09:40 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayUnilateral sanctions imposed by the United States inflicted $1 trillion worth of damage on Iran’s economy and Tehran expects compensation, its foreign minister said...
Greek theatre director arrested on rape charges
08:01 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayGreek police have detained a prominent theatre director on charges of rape, the latest move in an unfolding “MeToo” scandal shaking the country’s arts establishment...
PM stresses preservation of all world languages
07:45 PM, 21 Feb 2021 Sunday“We have established the International Mother Language Institute as other languages in the world can be preserved. We have taken the measure as no language will face extinction and their existence can come out,” she said...
Cop killed in a road accident
06:57 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayA police member was killed in a road accident in Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari district on Sunday afternoon...
Djokovic wins ninth Australian Open
05:46 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayNovak Djokovic continued his dominance of the Australian Open by overwhelming an irritated Daniil Medvedev to win a record-extending ninth men's title...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 7, cases 327
04:44 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundaySeven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,349. During the period, 327 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,43,351, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
Somali military kills over 50 al-Shabaab terrorists
04:32 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayThe Somali National Army (SNA) claimed that it killed more than 50 al-Shabaab members, including two senior commanders, in an operation in the lower Shabelle region...
Real win to put pressure on Atletico
03:36 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayCasemiro scored Real Madrid's winner at Real Valladolid as they closed to within three points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid...
RU students give 24-hr ultimatum for hall reopening
02:50 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayRajshahi University students staged demonstrations for the 2nd consecutive day on Sunday and give a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities concerned for reopening of all the dormitories of the university...
BCL men chase BNP lawmaker
01:48 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayBangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men today chased BNP lawmaker Golam Mohammad Siraj in Bagura. The incident took place when the lawmaker along with some leaders and activists was returning after placing wreath at Shaheed Minar around 9am. Terming him as a Rajakar, BCL men chanted slogan and chased him in the area. Later, Siraj entered the police outpost near the Shaheed Minar to escape from them and police also closed the gate quickly.
Malaysia to start COVID-19 vaccination drive early as first doses arrive
12:26 PM, 21 Feb 2021 SundayMalaysia moved up its COVID-19 inoculation drive by two days as the first batch of vaccines arrived in the Southeast Asian nation on Sunday...