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Bangladesh reports 14 more Covid deaths
04:57 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayForteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,833. During the period, 890 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,24,910, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
YouTube suspends Trump's channel
04:23 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayAlphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the US Capitol by the president’s supporters...
One small alcoholic drink a day raises risk of irregular heartbeat
03:48 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayHaving one small alcoholic drink a day raises the risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, a condition that causes dizziness and palpitations and leaves people more prone to strokes, a study has found...
Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech
03:40 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayA Huawei patent has been brought to light for a system that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians...
PRAN UP begins campaign to help cold-hit people
02:25 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayPopular beverage brand ‘PRAN UP’ has launched a campaign titled ‘Chhorai Bhalobashar Ushnota Season-3’ to help clod-stricken poor people. The campaign has been inaugurated through a program held at PRAN Center of the capital’s Badda on Wednesday...
CCC city polls violence: AL rebel candidate, 25 others held
02:11 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayAround 26 people, including rebel Awami League candidate Abdul Quader, have been arrested in connection with the killing of a man during clashes between two factions of the party in the run-up to the Chattogram City civic polls slated for this month-end, police said Wednesday...
Bangladeshi man with asthma wins France deportation fight
01:39 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayA Bangladeshi man with asthma has avoided deportation from France after his lawyer argued that he risked a severe deterioration in his condition, and possibly premature death, due to the dangerous levels of pollution in his homeland...
Pence says he opposes removing Trump with the 25th Amendment
12:38 PM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayVice President Mike Pence told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he is opposed to invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office after Trump’s supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol last week...
9,000 died in Irish homes for ‘illegitimate’ infants
11:44 AM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayAbout 9,000 children died in Ireland's "mother and baby homes", where unmarried mothers were routinely separated from their infant offspring, according to an official report published Tuesday (Jan 12). Ireland's Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (CIMBH) found "disquieting" levels of infant mortality at the institutions...
Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective
10:22 AM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayA coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac has been found to be 50.4% effective in Brazilian clinical trials, according to the latest results released by researchers...
Capitol riots: Trump says his speech was totally appropriate
09:04 AM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayUS President Donald Trump has said his speech before last week's deadly Capitol riot, when he urged his supporters to march on Congress, was "totally appropriate"...
CCC polls: Man killed in AL factional clash
08:19 AM, 13 Jan 2021 WednesdayA man was killed in a clash between two factions of Awami League at Kapuriapara of Double Mooring area of the city on Tuesday centering the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections. Supporters of an AL- backed councilor candidate and a rebel candidate exchanged gunfire during the clash...
Coronavirus: 16 die, 718 infected, 963 recover in 24 hours
05:12 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,819 as 16 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 718 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 524,020. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Tuesday...
Journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan laid to rest
04:07 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayNoted journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan was buried at Shaheed Buddhijibi Graveyard in Mirpur on Tuesday afternoon...
Gang rape at Sylhet MC College: Court accepts charge sheet
03:38 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayA Sylhet tribunal on Tuesday accepted charge sheet against eight men accused of gang-raping a woman at MC College. Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Mohitul Haque Chowdhury took the charge sheet...
Turkish TV preacher jailed for 1,000 years over sex crimes
02:17 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayA Turkish court on Monday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to more than 1,000 years in jail for sex crimes...
Biden receives 2nd dose of coronavirus vaccine on camera
01:00 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayJoe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect's incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines...
Serum Institute to sell AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh at $4/dose
12:41 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdaySerum Institute of India will sell the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh at $4 a dose, three sources with knowledge of the mater told Reuters...
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
11:52 AM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayBiotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday...
3 killed in Rangamati bailey bridge collapse
11:36 AM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayThree people were killed as a stone-laden truck plunged into a ditch on Rangamati-Khagrachhari road at Kutubchhari area in Rangamati sadar upazila following collapse of a bailey bridge early Tuesday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Road communication from Rangamati to Khagrachhari was suspended after the accident...