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No security threat centering 31st night: Kamal
06:18 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday said that there is no security threat centering the New Year celebrations on the 31st night...
Bangladesh reports 22 more Covid deaths
04:59 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayTwenty two more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,531. During the period, 1,235 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,12,496. Of the total patients, 4,56,070 recovered, with 1,507 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Japan records nearly 80,000 pandemic-linked job losses
04:46 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe total number of people who have become unemployed in Japan amid the coronavirus pandemic reached 79,522 as of Friday, the labor ministry’s latest weekly tally showed Monday...
Argentina legalises abortion after marathon debate
04:10 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayArgentina's Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking law for a region that has some of the world's most restrictive termination laws...
PBI asked to probe case against Sayeed Khokan
03:46 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayA court in Dhaka has asked the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe a case filed against Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokan and six others on charge of alloting shops with no design...
Pakistan anti-corruption body arrests former foreign minister
02:53 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayPakistan's anti-corruption body on Tuesday arrested a senior opposition leader and former foreign minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, in an ongoing probe into allegations of possessing assets higher than his known sources of income...
Singapore begins COVID-19 vaccinations marking ‘new chapter’ in virus fight
02:32 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdaySingapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia’s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally...
Building forces to protect independence, sovereignty: PM
01:38 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is building up every force in such a way so that the country could avail all sorts of measures and training to protect its independence and sovereignty...
Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK
12:49 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunisation campaign, which is aimed at getting life back to normal...
Iran begins 1st human trial of locally made COVID-19 vaccine
12:49 PM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday (Dec 29), state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot even as details about its production remained slim...
Kamala Harris receives Coronavirus vaccine live on television
11:22 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayUS Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her Covid vaccine live on television Tuesday and urged public trust in the process, while her choice of hospital highlighted the plight of the hard-hit African-American community...
4 killed in Sylhet microbus cylinder blast
11:10 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayFour people were burnt to death and four others injured when a gas cylinder of a microbus exploded after being hit by a truck in Sylhet on Wednesday morning...
Covid-19: Nearly 500,000 in Wuhan may have had virus, says study
10:31 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayAlmost 5% of the people in the Chinese city of Wuhan may have been infected with Covid-19, a study by researchers at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has shown. Wuhan's population is estimated at 11 million, which suggests that almost 500,000 people may have had the virus...
Covid: UK surge in cases an ‘extreme concern’
09:53 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayA surge in coronavirus cases in the UK is of "extreme concern", a health boss says, as a record number of cases was reported for the second day running...
Croatia earthquake: 7 dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors
08:58 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayA magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck central Croatia, with reports of many injuries and at least seven deaths...
Covid-19: US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant
08:16 AM, 30 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado. The patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, is currently in isolation...
Pochettino main contender for PSG job
09:20 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayFormer Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is the main contender to take over at Paris St-Germain after Thomas Tuchel was sacked...
Next SSC exams in June, HSC in July-August 2021: Dipu Moni
07:37 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said that the next Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be held in June 2021 and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams in July-August...
1st ship anchored at Matarbari deep sea port
06:29 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Panama flag carrying ship ‘MV Venus Triumph’ anchored successfully at Matarbari deep sea port in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar today for the first time...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 30 more deaths
05:41 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThirty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,509. During the period, 1,181 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,11,265. Of the total patients, 4,54,563 recovered, with 1,245 made recovery in the last 24 hours...