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Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 31 more die in 24hrs
04:33 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayThirty one more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,675. During the period, 2,513 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,67,225. Of the total patients, 3,83,224. recovered, with 2,539 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
N’ganj mosque blast: SC stays HC order over compensation
03:39 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order upholding the Chamber Judge court order after disposing of the petitions filed by the state and Titas...
World must share responsibility to overcome COVID-19, end AIDS: UN
03:27 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said health must be a top investment priority to achieve universal health coverage and described health a human right...
Muhith talks about life, legacy of Bangabandhu
02:25 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs started its "Bangabandhu Lecture Series" on Tuesday morning, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Life term means 30 years imprisonment: Appellate Division
01:21 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the duration of life term imprisonment will be considered as 30 years from now on. But, if any court delivered its judgment mentioning ‘life term imprisonment unto death’ in its verdict, then it will be followed by the court verdict...
Saudi agrees to allow Israeli commercial planes to cross its airspace
12:37 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdaySaudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner...
US coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas resigns
12:02 PM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayDr. Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser on the coronavirus to President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday, after a controversial four months during which he clashed repeatedly with other members of the coronavirus task force...
Strong immune response found in asymptomatic patients
11:11 AM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus...
Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden wins in presidential vote
09:20 AM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayTwo battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election results Monday in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump’s legal team continued to dispute the results...
Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’
08:56 AM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayDeforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, the country's space agency (Inpe) reports...
Covid-19: Lung damage ‘identified’ in study
08:30 AM, 01 Dec 2020 TuesdayCovid-19 could be causing lung abnormalities still detectable more than three months after patients are infected, researchers suggest. A study of 10 patients at Oxford University used a novel scanning technique to identify damage not picked up by conventional scans...
World Aids Day tomorrow
09:53 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayTomorrow is the World Aids Day, and like every year it will be observed across the country in line with the health safety regulations as elsewhere in the globe...
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
09:10 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayModerna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection...
3 crore vaccine doses to be given free: Cabinet Secretary
08:31 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayThe government will initially provide three crore free doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the citizens of the country selecting the recipients following the protocol of the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
DRU elects Nomani its president, Mashiur secretary
06:40 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayMursalin Nomani and Moshiur Rahman Khan have been elected president and secretary respectively of Dhaka Reporters Unity...
Deadline for submitting tax return extended to Dec 31
06:15 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayThe deadline for submitting income tax returns by the individual tax payers has been extended for a month amid coronavirus pandemic. Those taxpayers who did not submit income tax returns still now can submit so until December 31, said the National Board of Revenue Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Munim...
Trump to blacklist two more Chinese firms: Report
05:13 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayThe administration of US President Donald Trump is poised to add China’s top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, the Reuters news agency reported based on a document and sources...
Midland Bank Ltd gets new DMD
04:44 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayMr. Md. Zahid Hossain has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Midland Bank Limited (MDB) effected from 01.12.2020...
Coronavirus claims 35 more lives in 24hrs
04:17 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayThirty five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,644. During the period, 2,525 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 4,64,932. Of the total patients, 3,80,711. recovered, with 2,539 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
Vote casting at DRU election in progress
03:48 PM, 30 Nov 2020 MondayVote casting in the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) election has been progressing in a festive manner...