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Photojournalist Kajol gets bail in two cases
12:10 PM, 17 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe High Court has granted bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in two cases filed under the Digital Security Act. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on Thursday. “Now there is no bar for Kajol to get released from jail,” said his lawyers...
US sets new daily records of 3,700 Covid deaths, 250,000 cases
10:46 AM, 17 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe United States set a double record on Wednesday registering more than 3,700 deaths and over 250,000 new Covid-19 cases in just 24 hours, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University...
Google faces third antitrust lawsuit as 30 US states plan action
10:06 AM, 17 Dec 2020 ThursdayAlphabet Inc’s Google, already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas, is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday by another group of attorneys general, according to two people familiar with the matter...
Biden to get COVID-19 vaccine next week, Pence to receive it Friday
09:37 AM, 17 Dec 2020 ThursdayPresident-elect Joe Biden will get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week, transition officials said on Wednesday, as U.S. authorities try to build public confidence in a measure that promises to stanch the deadly pandemic...
Covid: WHO to investigate virus origins in China’s Wuhan
08:32 AM, 17 Dec 2020 ThursdayA team of 10 international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan next month to investigate the origins of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Beijing has been reluctant to agree to an independent inquiry and it has taken many months of negotiations for the WHO to be allowed access to the city...
Saif Ali Khan sued for hurting religious sentiments
05:43 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayA case has been filed against Saif Ali Khan by an advocate in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh over his recent interview about Adipurush, where the actor said the film would show the “humane” side of Ravan. Adipurush is the screen adaptation of Ramayana...
Govt reports 27 more Covid-19 deaths
04:07 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayTwenty seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,156. During the period, 1,632 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,95,841. Of the total patients, 4,29,351 recovered, with 2,622 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Over 250,000 abused in New Zealand’s state and faith-based care
02:44 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayUp to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand’s faith-based and state care institutions in the past several decades, a public inquiry revealed on Wednesday...
PM greets FFs with gifts on Victory Day
02:24 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayLike the previous years, the premier sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the FFs at Martyred and War-wounded Freedom Fighters’ Rehabilitation Centre (Muktijoddha Tower-1) on Gaznavi Road in city’s Mohammadpur as a mark of her good wishes for them...
ADB approves grant to improve Bangladesh’s business competitiveness
12:51 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $0.5 million in grant assistance for supporting knowledge works to promote business competitiveness and intraregional trade of Bangladesh...
New anti-rape law comes into force in Pakistan
12:22 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayPakistan's president has signed a new anti-rape measure aiming to speed up convictions and toughen sentences...
Benzema sends Real level at top of table
12:12 PM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayKarim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao to move level on points at the top of La Liga...
President, PM pay tributes to war heroes on Victory Day
11:40 AM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayPresident M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial here marking the 50th Victory Day...
Nation celebrating 50th Victory Day
11:32 AM, 16 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe nation is celebrating the 50th Victory Day with elaborate programmes paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War...
Grameen Bank official fined Tk 4.94cr, jailed
09:47 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayA court in Barishal district on Tuesday jailed a Grameen Bank official for seven years for embezzling around Tk 4.94 crore of the depositors...
No division, no anarchy over religion: PM
08:53 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday issued a strong warning against religious fanatics, saying that the government will not let anyone create any division and anarchy in the country over religion. "This Bangladesh is the Bangladesh of Lalon Shah, Rabindranath, Kazi Nazrul, Jibanananda...
Second Covid vaccine nears US approval
08:37 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayModerna's vaccine is safe and 94% effective, regulators say, clearing the way for US emergency authorisation. The analysis by the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) means it could become the second coronavirus vaccine to be allowed in the US. It comes one day after Americans across the country began receiving jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine...
Bride among 7 die in trawler capsize
06:01 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdaySeven people, including a bride, died as a trawler capsized in Meghna river in Hatia upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
Nation set to celebrate 50th Victory Day tomorrow
05:00 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe nation is set to celebrate on Wednesday the 50th Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee people, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 49 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation...
Coronavirus deaths hit three-month record
04:36 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayIn the last 24 hours, Bangladesh government has reported 40 deaths from coronavirus, the highest number of fatalities from the virus in last three months. With this, the country's COVID-19 death toll rose to 7,129...