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FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museum
08:41 AM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayFIFA has filed a criminal complaint against former president Sepp Blatter over the finances of its loss-making soccer museum in Zurich...
EU urges countries to lift UK travel bans
09:58 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe European Union's 27 member states will try to co-ordinate restrictions on links to the UK, after dozens of countries suspended travel amid alarm over a new coronavirus variant...
ACC approves chargesheet against GK Shamim
07:49 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved chargesheet against GK Shamim and his mother Ayesha Akter for acquiring illegal assets worth around Tk 300 crore, reports UNB...
US dangles billions for Indonesia normalising ties with Israel
07:26 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndonesia could unlock billions of dollars in additional U.S. financing if it joins President Donald Trump’s push for Muslim countries to establish relations with Israel, according to a U.S. official...
ECNEC approves Tk 1,882cr rural water supply, sanitation project
06:07 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe approval came from the 19th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY21) held virtually with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair...
Jago News holds correspondent conference
05:23 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayJago News, one of the leading online news portals of the country, held its the second correspondent conference on Tuesday amid joy and festivity...
Bangladesh reports 17 deaths, 1318 cases
04:43 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayBangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,329 until early Tuesday with 17 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The health authorities also reported 1,318 new Covid-19 cases during the period, taking the country’s total caseload to 503,501...
Singapore gets Asia’s first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses
12:32 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdaySingapore received Asia's first delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, capping what the city-state's premier said had been a "long and arduous" year spent fighting the pandemic. The trade and finance hub last week joined a handful of other countries around the world, including Britain and the United States, which have approved the jab...
New Covid variant in UK “not out of control”: WHO
12:23 PM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said on Monday...
Covid: US President-elect Joe Biden gets vaccine live on TV
08:54 AM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayPresident-elect Joe Biden has received his first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, saying he was getting the jab to show Americans it is "safe to take"...
US House passes $892 billion coronavirus relief package
08:36 AM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe U.S. House of Representatives passed an $892 billion coronavirus aid package on Monday aimed at throwing a lifeline to the nation’s pandemic-battered economy, clearing the way for Senate approval later in the evening...
Covid-19 pandemic: International alarm grows over new variant
08:24 AM, 22 Dec 2020 TuesdayThere is growing international alarm over a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK, with a host of countries imposing travel bans. More than 40 countries have barred UK arrivals, as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. Sweden banned foreign travellers from Denmark after cases of the variant were discovered there...
World powers renew commitment to preserve Iran nuclear deal
08:28 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayThe remaining parties to a landmark nuclear deal they signed with Iran in 2015 have renewed their commitment to preserving the accord in an online meeting...
England appoints Jacques Kallis as batting consultant
07:49 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayEngland have appointed South Africa legend Jacques Kallis as batting coaching consultant for their Test series in Sri Lanka, reports Sky News...
Cabinet nods Agricultural Good Practices Policy to ensure safe food
07:41 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayThe Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of Bangladesh Agricultural Good Practices Policy, 2020 in order to ensure safe and quality agricultural products by applying good practices in the entire production-to-consumption chain...
Bangladesh to get Covid vaccines for 4.5 crore people by May-June
07:14 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayReplying to a question, he said the government is now thinking only about the Oxford vaccine, but would not be rigid about any other vaccine which gets the WHO’s approval...
No DJ party on 31st night: DMP chief
06:14 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayNo DJ party will be allowed during celebration of the 31st night on the eve of New Year 2021 to curb the coronavirus spread, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam BPM said on Monday...
Dhaka’s air quality ‘hazardous’
05:21 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayDhaka, one the most polluted cities in the world, ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning...
Report: gov’t spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters
05:00 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayDozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday...
Govt reports 32 more deaths from coronavirus
03:51 PM, 21 Dec 2020 MondayThirty two more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,312. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8. Since then the country has been struggling to limit spread of the highly contagious virus...