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Covid-19: Christmas rules tightened for England, Scotland and Wales
08:24 AM, 20 Dec 2020 SundayThe planned relaxation of Covid rules for Christmas has been scrapped for large parts of south-east England and cut to just Christmas Day for the rest of England, Scotland and Wales. From midnight, a new tier four will be introduced in areas including London, Kent, Essex and Bedfordshire...
Which is the Economist’s country of the year?
09:52 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayIn most years most countries improve in various ways. In 2020, however, premature death and economic contraction became the new normal, and most countries aspired only to dodge the worst of it...
YouTube must remove videos of animal cruelty, says charity
08:53 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayYouTube has pledged to look into allegations that it has been carrying thousands of videos of animal abuse...
Gonoforum's internal feuds resolved, says Dr Kamal
07:50 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayGonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said their party is going to hold a council unitedly as its internal feuds have already been removed...
Bagha Jatin's sculpture vandalizm: Jubo League leader held
07:10 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayPolice have arrested three people, including a local Jubo League leader, over the vandalizm of the sculpture of Bagha Jatin, a revolutionary leader of the anti-British movement...
Govt reports 25 more deaths from coronavirus
05:04 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayTweenty five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,242. During the period, 1,267 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,99,560. Of the total patients, 4,35,601 recovered, with 1,987 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
RU student found hanging
04:55 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayA student of Rajshahi University was found hanging in their house in Patuakhali district town early Saturday...
India 36 all out in huge Australia win
04:06 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayIndia collapsed to 36 all out - their lowest total in Test cricket - as Australia won the first Test in Adelaide by eight wickets, reports BBC...
Italy announces Christmas, New Year lockdown
03:24 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayItaly has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases...
Portuguese President lauds migrant Bangladeshis
02:12 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayPresident of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has praised the migrant Bangladeshis living in Portugal for their diligence and sincerity in work...
India hits 10 million coronavirus cases but pace slows
01:46 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayIndia exceeded 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, much later than predicted only a month ago as the pace of infections slows, despite many in the country giving up on masks and social distancing...
Covid vaccine can turn people into ‘crocodiles’: Brazil President
01:07 PM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched an attack on coronavirus vaccines, even suggesting that the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into crocodiles or bearded ladies...
Messi named as 2020’s Champion for Peace
10:55 AM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayRobert Lewandowski may have pipped him to The Best award for 2020, however Lionel Messi is continuing to accumulate his own prizes as the Argentine has been crowned 2020's Champion for Peace winner...
India plans to vaccinate 300 million people against Covid-19
09:30 AM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayWith a Covid-19 caseload heading toward 10 million people, India is the world's second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic, trailing only the United States...
Bus-train collision kills 12 in Joypurhat
08:47 AM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayTwelve people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a bus and a train at Puranapail rail gate in Joypurhat sadar upazila early Saturday. The rail communication between north region and others parts of the country remained suspended after the incident...
Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine
08:27 AM, 19 Dec 2020 SaturdayModerna has been approved by the US government as the country's second Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for millions of doses to be released. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the US-made jab about a week after approving a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is now being distributed...
Two brothers among 4 killed in Pabna road accident
05:18 PM, 18 Dec 2020 FridayFour people were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Bhangura upazila of Pabna district on Friday afternoon...
Govt reports 25 more deaths from coronavirus
04:44 PM, 18 Dec 2020 FridayTweenty five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,217. During the period, 1,318 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,98,293. Of the total patients, 4,33,614 recovered, with 2,024 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Nearly 70% Indians unwilling to take Covid vaccine
03:48 PM, 18 Dec 2020 FridayAt least 69 per cent of Indians are hesitant to take a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, a study conducted this month by LocalCircles has found. This number has increased from October, when 61 per cent said they were reluctant to take the shot...
EU to start vaccination for COVID-19 on Dec 27
03:06 PM, 18 Dec 2020 FridayThe European Union (EU) will start vaccination for COVID-19 after Christmas, the bloc's executive chief Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday...