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Noakhali woman molestation: Charge sheet submitted against 14
02:48 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayA charge sheet has been submitted against 14 people in a case filed over the torture of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted the charge sheet before the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Utpal Chowdhury on Tuesday...
PM to address nation this evening
02:28 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening on the occasion of the 50th Victory Day. The prime minister will deliver her speech at 7:30pm today, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)’s press wing sources said...
Migrant workers earn nearly 13% less than nat’l workers, says ILO study
01:22 PM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayMigrants earn nearly 13 per cent on average less than national workers in high-income countries, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report...
Mushfiq apologises to Nasum for misbehaving on the field
11:48 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayMushfiqur Rahim has apologised to his Beximco Dhaka team-mate Nasum Ahmed for misbehaving with him twice during their Bangabandhu T20 Cup match against Fortune Barishal on Monday...
ICC prosecutor rejects Uighur genocide complaint against China
11:10 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayInternational Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have rejected calls by exiled Uighurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, in a blow to the Muslim-minority group in Xinjiang...
‘New variant’ of coronavirus identified in England
09:28 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayA new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, MPs have been told...
S Korea warns of tougher coronavirus restrictions if rules ignored
09:07 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdaySouth Korea’s prime minister pleaded with residents on Tuesday to abide by social distancing rules to avoid even greater restrictions in the face of the country’s largest wave of coronavirus infections...
PM greets people on Victory Day
08:51 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a voice message has extended her greetings to the people of the country on the eve of the Victory Day and urged them to celebrate the occasion following proper health guidelines due to the fresh surge of coronavirus...
US attorney general William Barr to leave post by Christmas
08:41 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayUS Attorney General William Barr is stepping down before Christmas, President Donald Trump has announced. Mr Barr's term was due to end on 20 January, when Mr Trump leaves office...
Biden says ‘will of people prevailed’ after victory confirmed
08:29 AM, 15 Dec 2020 TuesdayJoe Biden has said the "will of the people prevailed" after his presidential election victory was confirmed by the US electoral college. In a speech after the announcement, he said the US democracy had been "pushed, tested and threatened" and "proved to be resilient, true and strong"...
Covid-19: Trump rejects plan for early vaccines at White House
05:54 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayUS President Donald Trump says he has reversed a plan for White House officials to receive a coronavirus vaccine in the coming days...
37 more die from coronavirus in 24 hours
04:40 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,089 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,799 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 492,332. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Shah Rukh donates 500 Remdesivir injections for Covid-19 patients in Delhi
04:22 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has donated 500 Remdesivir injections used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients...
Another ‘wartime bomb’ found at Shahjalal Airport
04:01 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayAnother 250 kg bomb, believed to be dropped during the Liberation War in 1971, was found at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. The airport authorities found the bomb 10 feet under the soil during the construction work of the third terminal of the airport around 8:35 am, said a press release of ISPR...
“Next 4 to 6 months could be worst of pandemic,” warns Bill Gates
02:58 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, warned on Sunday that the next four to six months could be the worst of the coronavirus pandemic...
8 get death for killing 9-year-old girl after rape
01:50 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayA Chattogram court has sentenced eight people to death in a case filed over the killing of nine-year-old girl Fatema Akter Mim after rape. Chattogram Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 passed the order on Monday. M A Naser, Public Prosecutor of the tribunal, confirmed the matter to Jago News...
First batch of Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Canada
01:07 PM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayThe first COVID-19 vaccines landed on Canadian soil on Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, and some Canadians are expected to roll up their sleeves for a shot as soon as Monday...
14 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast
11:53 AM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayFourteen people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation’s coast, Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday, hours after Trinidad and Tobago confirmed the first bodies being found...
COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
11:32 AM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayThe first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation’s pandemic deaths approached the horrifying new milestone of 300,000...
PM pays tributes to martyred intellectuals
11:14 AM, 14 Dec 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur here this morning, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day...