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Jubo League leader shot dead on way to mosque
12:22 PM, 01 Jan 2021 FridayA local Jubo League leader has been shot dead in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on his way to mosque to perform Fazr prayers. Deceased Mohammad Usman Sikder, 35, was organizing secretary of Sabrang Union unit Jubo League, and resident of Kachubonia village in the upazila...
New era for UK as it completes separation from EU
11:59 AM, 01 Jan 2021 FridayA new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force...
WHO grants ’emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
11:35 AM, 01 Jan 2021 FridayThe World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly approve its import and distribution...
World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic
11:19 AM, 01 Jan 2021 FridayFrom Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Acropolis, fireworks burst in skies above eerily deserted landmarks as the world ushered in the New Year with muted celebrations and said good riddance to a pandemic-ridden 2020...
National Press Club president Farida, secretary Ilyas
09:32 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayFarida Yeasmin and Ilyas Khan have been elected president and general secretary of the managing committee of Jatiya Press Club respectively...
Mob attacks, sets ablaze Hindu tample in Pakistan
08:07 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayA mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a century-old Hindu temple on Wednesday, officials said, prompting condemnations from the Muslim-majority country's Hindu community...
'Worst serial killer' in US history dies
06:29 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdaySamuel Little, a man described by the FBI as the most prolific serial killer in US history, has died aged 80...
Bangladesh reports 28 more Covid deaths
05:12 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayTwenty eight more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,559. During the period, 1,014 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,13,510. Of the total patients, 4,57,459 recovered, with 1,389 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Saudi launches air raids in Sanaa after Aden blasts
04:16 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe Saudi-UAE coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has reportedly carried out air raids in parts of the capital, Sanaa, hours after explosions struck the main airport in the southern city of Aden killing at least 26 people...
Assam state bans all Islamic schools
03:19 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayAn Indian state ruled by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has passed a law abolishing all Islamic schools, saying they provided sub-standard education...
China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm
02:31 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayChina approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter...
No edu instts reopening without Corona situation improvement: PM
01:36 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday again made it clear that without improvement of the COVID-19 situation the government will not allow to reopen the educational institutions for the sake students’ and teachers' safety...
2020: Another year of agony for Rohingyas
12:54 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayPeople live in hope. Ronhingya refugees also do so and thus they spent another, 2020, that they would have a dignified return to their homeland in Myanmar. But, the hope for a better day did not come. Now that it is another new year, 2021!
Nation set to welcome New Year with hopes of getting COVID vaccines
12:26 PM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe nation is set to welcome the New Year 2021 tomorrow with a fresh hope of getting the much- anticipated vaccine of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which claimed over 1.7 million lives and paralyzed life...
2020: A ‘horrible year’ for art buffs & cultural connoisseurs!
10:09 AM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe Latin phrase, 'annus horribilis' (horrible year), aptly sums up the story of 2020, the last year of this decade. Yes, the Covid pandemic has not only adversely affected the daily lives of people but also subdued the enthusiasm of almost all cultural festivals and events across the globe...
Brexit: New EU trade arrangements to begin after Parliament vote
08:51 AM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU takes effect at 23:00 GMT on Thursday, after it was signed into law...
22 killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands
08:40 AM, 31 Dec 2020 ThursdayAt least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen...
US approves sale of $290m in bombs to Saudi
09:18 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe US state department has approved the sale of $290m in bombs to Saudi Arabia as part of a flurry of arms deals with Middle Eastern dictatorships in the last weeks of the Trump administration...
JS body recommends halting London-bound flights
08:38 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recommended the government to suspend London-bound all flights as a new variant of coronavirus emerged in UK...
Vaccinated US nurse contracts Covid: Report
06:55 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayA nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday, but a medical expert said the body needs more time to build up protection...