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Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials
05:53 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayA new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large-scale UK trials...
Nauman takes 5-35 as Pakistan beat SA
05:38 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayDebutant Nauman Ali took 5-35 as Pakistan wrapped up a seven-wicket win over South Africa with a day to spare in the first Test in Karachi...
Bangladesh sees lowest Covid deaths in 8 months
04:02 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayBangladesh on Friday reported seven deaths from coronavirus, this is the lowest record of fatality in last nine months. With this, the country's death toll stood at 8,094, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release. During the period, 454 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,34,407...
South Africa's army lifts hijab ban for Muslims
03:56 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe South African military has amended its dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear headscarves as part of their uniform, an army spokesperson said on Thursday...
UK bans direct flights from UAE
02:50 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayBritain is banning direct passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Friday (today), shutting down the world's busiest international airline route from Dubai to London...
HSC results today
12:53 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe results of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations would be published on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the results at 10:30am virtually joining a programme organized by International Mother Language Institute from her Ganabhaban residence...
Halsey announces pregnancy on Instagram
12:43 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayAmerican singer Halsey has revealed that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin...
Canada urged to formally label China’s Uyghur persecution as genocide
12:22 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe Conservatives are calling on the federal government to declare that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its use of internment camps and forced sterilization for Muslim Uyghurs...
Govt extends school closure to Feb 14
12:00 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe government has extended the closure of all educational institutions, except Qawmi madrasa, to February 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government had ordered all educational institutions to close on March 17 following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country...
Mexico overtakes India to have world’s third most Covid deaths
11:48 AM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe Health Ministry reported an increase of 1,506 deaths on Thursday night, bringing the total 155,145. Cases rose 18,670 to 1,825,519...
Biden scraps ban on US funds for abortion counseling
11:19 AM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayPresident Joe Biden on Thursday rescinded a ban on US aid money going to abortion counseling overseas, risking political blowback on a highly divisive issue just days into his administration...
DSCSC graduates will work as soldiers of 2041’s Bangladesh: PM
09:59 PM, 28 Jan 2021 Thursday“Today’s graduates of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) will work as the soldiers of 2041’s Bangladesh,” she said...
Sourav Ganguly undergoes angioplasty
09:39 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayDoctors on Thursday performed an angioplasty on BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, said an official of a private hospital where he is admitted...
China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’
09:26 PM, 28 Jan 2021 Thursday“We warn those ‘Taiwan independence’ elements: those who play with fire will burn themselves, and ‘Taiwan independence’ means war,” Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said...
MP Papul jailed for 4 yrs in Kuwait
08:27 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA criminal court in Kuwait on Thursday convicted Bangladeshi MP Kazi Shahid Islam Papul and jailed him for four years in a case filed for money laundering and human trafficking...
Poland enforces near-total abortion ban
07:25 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA controversial near-total ban on abortion in Poland has taken effect, the government announced, with enforcement from midnight on Wednesday, reports BBC...
Mahbub Talukder terms CCC polls model of election irregularities
06:07 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayElection Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has termed the Chattogram City Corporation polls a model of election irregularities. "The CCC election is a model of election irregularities. If this model is followed in the next elections, we cannot maintain our self esteem in the world as a democratic state," he said...
Three Bangladeshis die inhaling toxic gas in Saudi
05:08 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThree expatriate Bangladeshi nationals, including a man and his nephew, have died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in the city of Taif of Saudi Arabia...
Pamela Anderson is married
04:43 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe former TV star and her bodyguard, Dan Hayhurst, tied the knot on Christmas Eve...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 15, cases 509
04:09 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayFifteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,087...