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Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not elderly
02:32 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayAs Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closely watched by other countries...
Niger village attacks killed 100, says PM
01:32 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayOne hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence...
Covaxin: Concern over ‘rushed’ approval for India Covid jab
01:07 PM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayExperts have raised concerns over India's emergency approval of a locally-produced coronavirus vaccine before the completion of trials...
Trump tells Georgia election official to ‘find’ votes to overturn Biden win
11:55 AM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayUS President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn the election result...
India bars virus vaccine maker from exporting
11:21 AM, 04 Jan 2021 MondayIndia will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make 1 billion doses of the vaccine for developing nations, said Sunday...
Novelist Rabeya Khatun dies
08:04 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundaySwadhinata Padak and Ekushey Padak winner novelist Rabeya Khatun has passed away. She was 86. She breathed her last around 5 pm at her house in Banani. She was suffering from different old age complications. She will be buried after a namaz-e-janaza on Monday afternoon...
Pochettino appointed new Paris Saint-Germain head coach
07:41 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayMauricio Pochettino has been appointed as the new head coach of Paris Saint-Germain...
BNP’s nationwide protest programmes on Jan 7, 10
07:16 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayBNP on Sunday announced a two-day programme in protest against the unusual rise in the prices of daily essentials, and demanding the resignation of the Commerce Minister and the Election Commission...
Tourism education in Bangladesh
05:56 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayTourism has become an attractive and one of the fastest growing industry as well as in developing country like as Bangladesh. Tourism education creates a great demand to all specially to the hospitality sector because the employers are looking for smart educated & sophisticated employees for running their business. That’s why from the last few years the popularity of tourism education has been increased in Bangladesh...
Saudi Arabia lifts COVID-19 ban on int’l flights, land and sea entry
05:09 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundaySaudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported...
Coronavirus: 27 die, 835 infected, 978 recover in 24 hours
04:17 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,626 as 27 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 835 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 516,019. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
India approves AstraZeneca and local COVID vaccines, rollout soon
03:57 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayIndia’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech and a state-run institute...
6 of a family killed in road accident
02:28 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundaySeven people including six of a family were killed as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh on Sunday noon. The incident took place on Netrokona-Mymensingh highway near Gachtola bazar area in Tarakanda upazila...
PM asks police to check cyber crimes, drug abuse
02:16 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the police personnel to stop cyber crimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and children...
Opening of Padma Bridge by June next year: Quader
12:52 PM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayRoad Transport an Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said four mega projects, including Padma Bridge, will be inaugurated by June next year. "Works of Dhaka Elevated Expressway, Metrorail, Padma Bridge and Karnaphuli tunnel are going on. Our efforts are on to open all these projects by June next year," he said...
Saudi resumes int'l flights, reopens land, sea borders
11:57 AM, 03 Jan 2021 SundaySaudi Arabia has resumed international flights and reopened its land and sea borders, Saudi Press Agency reported late Saturday citing an official source at the interior ministry...
Mexican doctor hospitalized after receiving Pfizer vaccine
11:53 AM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayMexican authorities said they are studying the case of a 32-year-old female doctor who was hospitalized after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine...
A Touch of Difference
10:42 AM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayThe evening was no different. An usual winter evening in bustling Dhaka with all it’s characters and charms...
Real start 2021 with bang
09:49 AM, 03 Jan 2021 SundayReal Madrid opened the new year with a flourish as goals from Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio paved the way for a 2-0 victory over Celta de Vigo on Saturday night at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Madrid...
Niger village attack 'kills around 79 people'
09:16 AM, 03 Jan 2021 SundaySuspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, killing around 79 people, according to Reuters news agency...