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HSC results: Reports on three amendment bills placed in JS
01:33 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayReports on three amendment bills were placed in Parliament on Thursday, aiming to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations by January 28 next...
20 lakh free COVID-19 vaccines reach Dhaka
12:30 PM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayTwo million free doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrived in Dhaka from India on Thursday. A special flight of Air India carrying the vaccines took off from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 8am and landed at Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport at 11:20am...
China sanctions Pompeo, other Trump administration officials
10:35 AM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayChina imposed sanctions on 28 individuals from the United States, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over “crazy actions that have gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs”...
White House says Biden will be discussing Iran with foreign partners
09:24 AM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe United States seeks to lengthen and strengthen the nuclear constraints on Iran through diplomacy and the issue will be part of President Joe Biden’s early talks with foreign counterparts and allies, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said...
Biden rolls back Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims
08:28 AM, 21 Jan 2021 ThursdayU.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change...
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister dies of Covid-19
09:42 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayZimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sibusiso Moyo has died from COVID-19, the government announced on Wednesday...
Egypt, Qatar have ‘agreed to resume diplomatic relations’
08:58 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayEgypt has agreed to resume diplomatic relations with Qatar, the Egyptian foreign ministry said...
Trump departs Washington a pariah as his era in power ends
08:00 PM, 20 Jan 2021 Wednesday"We will be back in some form," Trump told a modest crowd of supporters who gathered to see him off at Joint Base Andrews. "So have a good life. We will see you soon."..
Jubo League chairman Sheikh Parash catches Covid-19
07:30 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayJubo League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday...
Sweden operators get ready for mass 5G cover
07:19 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdaySwedish telecom operators are planning to cover almost the entire country with 5G in the next two to three years after the spectrum auction was conducted by the telecom regulator PTS, reports Reuters...
Tigers get easy win over West Indies
05:38 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe Tigers secured an easy victory over West Indies in the opener of the three-match ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday...
Delta Plan to ensure country’s economic growth, food, water security: PM
05:13 PM, 20 Jan 2021 Wednesday“Vision of the Delta Plan-2100 is to build a prosperous Bangladesh through adopting compact, comprehensive and effective strategies befitting with the changes of time,” she said...
Lowest Covid deaths in 8 and a half months
04:51 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayBangladesh on Wednesday reported eight deaths from coronavirus, the lowest fatality in last eight and a half month. With this, the country's death toll stood at 7,950, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday. During the period, 656 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,29,687...
Tigers dismiss West Indies for 122
04:17 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayBangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took four wickets to propel the Tigers restrict West Indies to 122 in the opener of three-match ODI series...
Iran’s Rouhani hails departure of ‘tyrant’ Trump
03:52 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayIran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday hailed the departure of “tyrant” US counterpart Donald Trump, who is due to leave office later in the day...
Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials
02:30 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayIran’s foreign ministry has sanctioned outgoing United States President Donald Trump and nine other current and former senior officials of his administration...
Free coronavirus vaccines to reach from India tomorrow
02:02 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayTwenty lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to be sent by India as a gift will arrive in Bangladesh on Thursday afternoon. A special Air India flight carrying the consignment of free vaccine doses will land in Dhaka at 1.30 pm...
Bill to ensure proportionate use of iodine in salt placed in JS
01:32 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe Iodised Salt Bill, 2021, aiming to ensure proportionate use of iodine in salt and regulate the salt market in the country was placed in Parliament on Wednesday. Industries Minister Nurul Majid Humayun Mahmud placed the Bill and then it was sent to the respective Parliamentary Standing Committee for further scrutiny...
‘Shameful’: US virus deaths top 400K as Trump leaves office
12:00 PM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayAs President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “totally under control.”
Bangladesh win toss, choose to bowl
11:30 AM, 20 Jan 2021 WednesdayBangladesh on Wednesday won the toss and chose to bowl first against West Indies in the first match of 3 match ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur...