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1804 more Rohingyas reach Bhasan Char from Ctg
02:08 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe second batch of 1804 Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali from city’s Patenga Boat Club under the supervision of the Bangladesh Navy today 24 days after the first group went there...
Mild to moderate cold wave may continue
01:35 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayA mild to moderate cold wave has been sweeping over Khulna division and the regions of Madaripur, Gopalgonj, Srimangal, Rajshahi, Ishurdi, Badalgachi, Dinajpur, Teaulia, Rajarhat, Barishal and Khepupara for the past week and it may continue at some places...
India finds 6 cases of new coronavirus variant in UK arrivals
11:41 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndia has found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks infected with a more infectious strain of the coronavirus that has prompted a wave of panic and border closures around the world...
Britain reports record daily number of new coronavirus cases, topping 40,000
10:27 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayBritain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates...
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine
10:08 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdaySpain is to set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said...
‘Enormous damage’ to US security agencies by Trump: Biden
08:25 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayAgencies critical to US security have suffered "enormous damage" at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said. Mr Biden said his team was not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defense, as it makes its transition to power...
India lifts ban on onion exports as prices plunge
08:19 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndia decided on Monday to lift a ban on onion exports from Jan. 1, as prices have fallen sharply in the last few weeks on expectations of a big crop. Exports of all varieties of onion will be allowed, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a notification...
14-day mandatory quarantine for UK returnees: Cabinet
05:42 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayThe Cabinet today decided to enforce 14-day mandatory quarantine for the UK returnees in the wake of transmission of a new variant of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the regular cabinet meeting joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban...
Coronavirus: 27 die, 932 infected, 1327 recover in 24 hours
04:47 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,479 as 27 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 932 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 510,080, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Indictment hearing in Sayedee’s fund embezzlement case Jan 11
03:58 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayA court here today set January 11 to hold hearing on charge framing in a case against six including convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami’s Naib Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee for embezzling funds of Islamic Foundation (IF)...
Quader for more int’l pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
03:41 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today called upon the international community to take more effective strategies for mounting enhanced pressure on Myanmar to take back its Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh...
Best Buy opens another outlet in Savar
03:02 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayBest Buy has opened another new retail outlet in Savar. RN Paul, Managing Director of RFL Group, inaugurated the outlet at Bank Town of Savar recently...
Covid: South Africa passes 1 million infections as cases surge
01:39 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondaySouth Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected...
Russian fishing trawler sinks in Barents Sea, 17 feared dead
01:21 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayA fishing trawler sank in the northern Barents Sea on Monday, the emergencies ministry said, and 17 people were feared dead off the coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago...
China jails citizen journalist Zhan for Wuhan reports
12:49 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayA Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years...
Elections to 24 municipalities underway
12:02 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayElections to 24 municipalities is underway across the country. Voting began at 8am and it will continue till 4pm via Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). In the first phase, the election is being held at municipalities under 23 districts...
Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law
11:30 AM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayUS President Donald Trump has signed into law a coronavirus relief and spending package bill, averting a partial government shutdown. Mr Trump had initially refused to sign the bill, saying he wanted to give people bigger one-off payments. The delay meant that millions of Americans temporarily lost unemployment benefits...
Cameroon bus accident kills at least 37
09:39 PM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayAt least 37 people including 10 women and four children were killed when their bus hit a truck in central Cameroon, police said on Sunday...
Shakib only Bangladeshi player to find place in ICC ODI XI of decade
08:20 PM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayAce all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the only Bangladeshi player to find the place in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI XI of the decade...
Enamul urges Bangladesh umpires to seize opportunity
08:06 PM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayBangladesh umpires should seize the opportunity to show their potential in the Test format as they are expected to be in-charge during the upcoming home series against West Indies, said Bangladesh Cricket Board's umpires coach Enamul Haque on Sunday (December 27)...