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Pakistan threatens Google, Wikipedia over ‘sacrilegious content’
05:16 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayPakistan regulators on Friday decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for “disseminating sacrilegious content.”..
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 30 more deaths
04:17 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThirty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,428. During the period, 864 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,08,099. Of the total patients, 4,50,488 recovered, with 1,685 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
India arrests 75 in Kashmir after local elections
03:45 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe Indian government has arrested at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall political unrest after an alliance of Kashmir’s regional political parties won local elections, leaders and a police official said on Saturday...
New strain of Covid-19 detected in eight European countries
03:28 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe new strain of novel coronavirus, known as VOC-202012/01, has already been detected in eight European countries, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said...
Russia approves Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60
02:51 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayRussia on Saturday approved its main COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, for use by people over the age of 60, Russian news agencies cited the health ministry as saying...
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill
01:09 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayMillions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, protesting that it did not do enough to help everyday people...
China to become world’s No. 1 economy by 2028 due to Covid-19
10:58 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayChina will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the Covid-19 pandemic, a think tank said...
Actor Abdul Kader dies of cancer
09:07 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayPopular TV actor Abdul Kader has died of cancer while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital on Saturday morning. His son’s wife Jahida Islam Jemmy confirmed her father-in-law’s death to Jago News...
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince receives COVID-19 vaccine
08:49 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdaySaudi Arabian Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday...
Coronavirus: France finds first case of new variant
08:17 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayFrance has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK. The French health ministry said the person was a French citizen in the central town of Tours who had arrived from London on 19 December...
Pope urges coronavirus vaccine access for all
07:55 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayPope Francis has called on world leaders to ensure unfettered access to coronavirus vaccines for everyone...
Mamata Banerjee govt has destroyed West Bengal: Modi
07:34 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayPM Modi also wondered while there were agitations against the new farm laws, no protests were visible against West Bengal’s decision of not implementing PM-Kisan scheme...
Former England batsman Edrich dies
05:17 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayFormer England batsman John Edrich has died at the age of 83...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 20 more deaths
04:44 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayTwenty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,398. During the period, 1,163 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,07,265. Of the total patients, 4,48,803 recovered, with 2,113 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
UK, EU reach post-Brexit trade pact
03:15 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayThe United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations. The breakthrough averts a much-feared "no-deal" scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines...
Photojournalist Kajol walks free from jail
03:01 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayAfter a long nine-month, photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on Friday got release from prison. He, also editor of Daily Pakkhokal, walked free from Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, around 11am. Wife Julia Ferdousi and son Monoram Palak received him at the jail gate...
Christmas Day today
02:00 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayToday is the Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader...
Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination
01:11 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayA Mexican nurse became the first person in Latin America to receive a coronavirus jab when her country began its vaccination programme on Thursday, reports BBC. Mexico has received an initial shipment of 3,000 doses of the US-German Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine...
Five ministries get new secretaries
05:21 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe government has promoted five additional secretaries to the rank of secretary. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday...
Coronavirus: 19 die, 1234 infected, 2345 recover in 24 hours
04:23 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,378 as 19 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1234 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 506,102, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...