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US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day: Fauci
10:06 AM, 06 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, even as he warned of a dangerous next few weeks as the coronavirus surges...
National security law: Mass arrests in Hong Kong ‘over primary vote’
08:48 AM, 06 Jan 2021 WednesdayAbout 50 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists have reportedly been arrested in Hong Kong under the controversial national security law...
India to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive from January 13
08:32 AM, 06 Jan 2021 WednesdayDays after granting emergency use approval to two Covid-19 vaccines, the Government of India has announced that the immunization drive will begin by January 13 or January 14. On Sunday, the Drug Controller General of India granted AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin emergency use approval...
Grammy Awards postponed until March
08:18 AM, 06 Jan 2021 WednesdayThe 2021 Grammy Awards has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns, say the organisers. The ceremony, one of the music industry's biggest awards, was due to take place on 31 January...
Moudud's physical condition deteriorates
08:40 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe physical condition of BNP Standing Committe Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed, who has been undergoing treatment after he fell sick recently, deteriorated on Tuesday...
South Africa beat Sri Lanka in three days
07:54 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayMark Boucher won his first Test series as South Africa coach as the Proteas thrashed England's next opponents Sri Lanka within three days in the second Test...
ECNEC approves 1st revision of project on COVID-19
06:50 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the 1st revision of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project with an additional cost of Taka 5,659.07 crore in a bid to mainly procure, preserve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines to rein in the spread of this deadly virus...
UK offers lockdown-hit firms extra £4.6 billion of help
05:01 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayBritain on Tuesday offered a 4.6 billion pound support package for businesses struggling to cope with a third national lockdown, imposed this week to stem a new wave of COVID-19 cases sweeping the country, reports Reuters...
Bangladesh reports 20 more Covid deaths
04:30 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayTwenty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,670.
Pak court bans virginity tests for rape survivors
03:31 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayA Pakistani court has banned the use of virginity tests on female rape survivors in a landmark ruling that is being lauded by women’s rights activists...
Parental engagement in ensuring children’s education especially during emergency
03:10 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayParents’ involvement in children’s education is an essential issue to ensure effective teaching-learning process especially during emergency like the ongoing Covid19 situation when education is almost disrupted for majority of the students...
Travel ban issued against PK Halder’s mother, 24 others
02:33 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe High Court has issued a travel ban against Lilaboti Halder, mother of Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, Director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd and 24 others. A HC virtual bench of Justice Md Nazrul Uslam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order on Tuesday...
Govt aims to recover imports as economy accelerates over next 3 fiscals
01:19 PM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayAlthough imports fell drastically in the 2019-20 fiscal, the government aims to turn things around aiming for average import growth of 8% per year over the next three fiscals...
Mexico approves AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use
11:33 AM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayMexico approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Monday, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82% of the doses the country has received...
Brazil scrambles for India-made vaccines to jumpstart inoculations
11:06 AM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayBrazil made a diplomatic push on Monday to guarantee an Indian-made shipment of British drugmaker AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, hoping to avoid export restrictions that could delay immunizations during the world’s second-deadliest outbreak...
Qatar: Saudi Arabia embargo ‘to be lifted’
09:18 AM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayKuwait has said that Saudi Arabia is reopening its land and sea borders to Qatar in a breakthrough in a long-running dispute that has pitted Qatar against several of its Gulf neighbours...
New lockdowns for England and Scotland ahead of ‘hardest weeks’
08:23 AM, 05 Jan 2021 TuesdayEveryone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says. All schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday...
No worry, Bangladesh will get vaccine timely: FM
05:36 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday cleared the confusion about timely delivery of COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh saying it will get vaccine from India timely. "Decision has been taken at the highest level and that would be implemented. Nobody has to worry or get panicked," he told reporters...
Coronavirus: 24 die in 24 hours
04:43 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,650 as 24 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 910 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 516,929. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Bangladesh leave Mashrafe out from preliminary squad for West Indies ODIs
04:06 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayBangladesh's selectors picked a 24-man preliminary squad for the ODI series against West Indies later this month, and the one player they didn't pick has become the main talking point: Mashrafe Mortaza...