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IBBL Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting held
06:53 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayA meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 10 December 2020, Thursday at virtual Platform, a press release said...
PRAN-RFL’s four companies receive top VAT Payer award
06:21 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayFour companies of PRAN-RFL Group received highest VAT payer’s award for 2018-2019 fiscal year for paying highest amount of VAT in production category at district level...
PM for regional development through cooperation
06:08 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid emphasis on regional development and cooperation, reaffirming that Bangladesh follows its policy – ‘friendship to all, malice to none’...
Bangladesh sees 37 more Covid deaths in 24hrs
05:26 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayThirty seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,967...
US blacklists Chinese crime boss
04:28 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Koi, a leader of China’s 14K Triad organized crime group, and three entities “owned or controlled” by him, the US Treasury said in a statement...
US Senate backs massive arms sales to UAE
03:50 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe United States Senate has defeated an effort to block the Trump administration’s sale of $23bn in advanced fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates...
Italy World Cup legend Rossi dies
03:25 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayItaly's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi has died aged 64, his family says...
Is Bangladesh ready to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine?
02:38 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayBangladesh may get a suitable Covid-19 vaccine next year, no matter what hurdles are there. But the question remains whether the country is ready to properly preserve and distribute it. Experts say challenges are there as it requires complex logistics...
Dream of millions becomes true
01:20 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayWith the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the dream of millions of people of the country has become true as the last span of the long-cherished Padma Bridge was installed today making the entire structure of the multi-purpose bridge visible...
Last span of Padma Bridge installed
12:40 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe last span of Padma Bridge has been installed on pillars 12 and 13, which connects both sides of the mighty Padma river. Installation work of the 41st span started at 9:40am and ended at 12:02pm on Thursday. Padma Bridge’s Executive Engineer Dewan Md Abdul Quader confirmed the matter to Jago News...
US Covid deaths exceed 3,000 in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins
11:20 AM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe United States on Wednesday registered more than 3,000 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally - the highest daily toll since April...
Pfizer-BioNTech says vaccine documents hacked in Europe Cyberattack
09:31 AM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayTwo pharmaceutical companies in line for first conditional approval for their Covid-19 vaccine by the EU's medicine regulator said Wednesday their documents were "unlawfully accessed" during a cyberattack...
Canada health regulator approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
08:48 AM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayCanada’s health regulator approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, days ahead of possible approval in the United States, and said it hopes to start giving the shots next week...
Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
08:24 AM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayFacebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state filed lawsuits against the social media company...
Allergy warning over Covid vaccine
09:58 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThey are understood to have had an anaphylactoid reaction, which tends to involve a skin rash, breathlessness and sometimes a drop in blood pressure. This is not the same as anaphylaxis which can be fatal...
ACC grills PWD additional chief engineer
09:25 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe Public Works Department's additional chief engineer was grilled by the ACC for around two hours on Wednesday as part of probe into the allegation of amassing wealth, and possessing 200 plots illegally by 'Golden Monir'...
India experts find traces of lead, nickel in patients’ blood
07:32 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayIndian health officials have found traces of nickel and lead in a few blood samples taken from hundreds of patients who have been hospitalized by a mysterious illness in a southern state, officials said...
Govt reports 24 more Covid-19 deaths
05:46 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayTwenty four more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,930...
55 MW wind power project wins Cabinet body approval
04:53 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved the proposal of a Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium to set up a 55 MW wind power plant on build-own-operate basis at Mongla in Bagerhat...
China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW
04:21 PM, 09 Dec 2020 WednesdayA big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as wearing a veil, studying the Quran or going on the Hajj pilgrimage as reasons for arrest, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW)...