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750 pelicans found dead in Senegal
04:01 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdaySeven hundred and fifty pelicans have been found dead in a Unesco world heritage site in northern Senegal that provides refuge for millions of migratory birds, the country’s parks director has said...
RFL Stationery holds dealers’ conference
03:34 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayRFL Stationery organized its dealers’ conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj recently, a press release said...
Durable Plastic holds dealers’ conference
03:28 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdaySome 90 top dealers were awarded in the conference that began in January 23...
Rohingya crisis: PM Hasina pushes for peaceful solution
02:15 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh continues its discussions with Myanmar with a friendly attitude for the repatriation of Rohingyas without engaging in any conflict for the sake of regional security and development...
Palak, 124 others receive COVID vaccines at BSMMU
12:50 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA total of 125 people including State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak have received coronavirus vaccines at Bangabandhu Conference Centre of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). BSMMU Vice Chancellor Dr. Kanak Kanti Barua inaugurated the vaccination program there at 9:10am and also got vaccinated...
Coronavirus vaccination begins in 5 hospitals in Dhaka
10:55 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe pilot coronavirus vaccination programme was started in five hospitals in the capital at 9am on Thursday. The hospitals are: Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University...
Police detain Navalny’s brother, search home ahead of new protests
10:18 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayRussian authorities stepped up pressure on jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny on Wednesday, as police raided his apartment and offices, as well as those of his allies and took his brother into custody ahead of new protests for his release this weekend...
Biden administration pauses weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
09:11 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a new administration...
Vietnam reports first 2 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in 55 days
08:54 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayVietnam’s health ministry on Thursday confirmed its first two locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in nearly two months, just weeks before the country’s Lunar New Year holiday period, when big gatherings indoors are expected...
CCC polls: Rezaul Karim elected as mayor
08:30 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayAwami League-backed Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has become the new mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, winning Wednesday's election with 369,284 votes. His closest competition BNP mayoral candidate Dr Shahadat Hossain got 52,429 votes...
Ponytails and lipstick: US women soldiers get style
09:53 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayWomen in the US army are going to be able to dress up a little...
43rd BCS application deadline extended
09:23 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe deadline of submitting applications for the 43rd BCS preliminary examination has been extended for two months...
TikTok laying off staff in India
08:20 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayTikTok has been forced to lay off some of its workers in India as the country doubles down on what was already a monthslong ban on the app in the country...
ILO expresses satisfaction over working environment of EPZ
07:39 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayTuomo Poutiainen, International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Director for Bangladesh, has expressed satisfaction over workers rights and peaceful working environment of the Export Processing Zones (EPZs)...
Arsenal sign Real's Odegaard on loan
07:07 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayArsenal have signed Real Madrid attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard on loan until the end of the season...
Work with sincerity for success of Covid-19 vaccination: PM
06:37 PM, 27 Jan 2021 Wednesday“We want protection of all from the coronavirus. I want to say to you all to work with sincerity to make the Covid-19 vaccination a success. We want cooperation from all so that everything goes well to this end,” she said...
Results of 40th BCS written exam published
06:00 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayBangladesh Public Service Commission has published the results of the 40th BCS written test, with 10,964 candidates passed...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: New deaths 17, cases 528
05:26 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdaySeventeen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,072. During the period, 528 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,33,444, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
Covid-19 vaccination programme starts
04:39 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe COVID-19 vaccination programme has formally begun in the country with five people received Oxford/AstraZeneca jab on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the programme at Kurmitola General Hospital through video conference from her Ganabhaban residence this afternoon...
Youth gets life for raping minor girl
04:04 PM, 27 Jan 2021 WednesdayA court in Munshiganj on Wednesday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl in Sadar upazila of the district...