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Govt paid special attention to keep people safe from coronavirus: PM
02:26 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday assured the people that the government has paid special attention to keeping them safe from coronavirus amid apprehensions of worsening virus situation in winter months...
Bangabandhu and the media
01:35 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayWe all know history is intimately bound up with social, political and economic institutions and it is equally closely with cultural life, that is, with television, radio, fiction, film, drama, art, news media and so on...
Moderna to charge $25-$37 for COVID-19 vaccine
12:27 PM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayModerna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS)...
‘Golden Monir’ accused in 3 cases
11:57 AM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayMonir Hossain, better known as “Golden Monir” has been sued in three cases. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed the cases with Badda Police Station under Special Powers Act, Narcotics Control Act and arms case on Sunday morning. Confirming the matter, Additional Superintendent of Police of RAB-3 Bina Ranee Das, said they handed over him to Badda Police Station...
Virus bears down on consumers and economy
11:18 AM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayLaTonya Story is every retailer’s worst fear. With the viral pandemic re-surging through the country and the economy under threat, Story has decided to slash her holiday shopping budget. She’ll spend less than $2,000 this season, down from several thousand dollars in 2019...
Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
10:19 AM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayTwitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20, the social media companies said on Saturday...
Trump bid to overturn election stumbles as judge tosses Pennsylvania lawsuit
09:19 AM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayPresident Donald Trump’s desperate bid to overturn the U.S. election was dealt a new setback on Saturday when a federal judge threw out his campaign’s attempt to invalidate millions of votes in Pennsylvania...
California’s Covid curfew to begin, as US cases hit 12-million mark
08:28 AM, 22 Nov 2020 SundayCalifornia is to begin a night-time curfew on Saturday, in an attempt to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. The western state's latest figures are now worse than the previous peak in August, the Los Angeles Times reports...
Sheikh Hasina made co-chair of group on antimicrobial resistance
09:24 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been made co-chair of One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) along with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley...
Trump options narrow as Michigan backs Biden win
08:35 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayDonald Trump has had a fresh setback in his bid to overturn his loss in the US election as Michigan lawmakers indicated they would not seek to undo Joe Biden's projected win in the state...
99 dengue patients undergoing treatment at country’s hospitals
07:42 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayAmid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections, Bangladesh is also seeing a rise in mosquito-borne dengue cases in November...
Chiefs of three services pay courtesy call on PM
05:54 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayChiefs of the three services today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban here on the occasion of the ‘Armed Forces Day-2020’...
38th span of Padma Bridge installed
04:43 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayThe 38th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on Saturday at Mawa point in Louhoganj. The span was installed on first and the second pillars at the Mawa-end in Munshiganj. Following the installation of the 38th span, the 5,700 meters or over 5.7 kilometers of the bridge is now visible...
Coronavirus: 28 die, 1847 infected, 1921 recover in 24 hours
04:05 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,350 as 28 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,847 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 445,281. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
Arson attacks on buses: 3 held in city
03:32 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayDetectives in a drive on Saturday arrested three people from Paltan area in the city in connection with the recent arson attacks on buses in different parts of the capital...
Oracle billionaire battles COVID on island he purchased
03:00 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayLarry Ellison controls just about every part of Lanai, a Hawaiian island that for months was shielded from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic...
From salesman to crores of Taka's owner Monir arrested
01:22 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayThe Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Monirul Hossain alias Golden Monir and recovered a firearm, liquor, and over Taka 1 crore from his possession. In an overnight drive on Friday, the elite force nabed him from his Merul Badda home in capital Dhaka...
Pfizer seeks emergency use of Covid-19 shots in US
12:49 PM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayPfizer formally asked U.S. regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter...
Baby Naznin diagnosed with coronavirus
11:41 AM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayBangladeshi singer and politician Baby Naznin has been infected with coronavirus...
Daily COVID-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May
09:51 AM, 21 Nov 2020 SaturdayThe surging coronavirus is taking an increasingly dire toll across the U.S. just as a vaccine appears close at hand, with the country now averaging over 1,300 COVID-19 deaths per day — the highest level since the calamitous spring in and around New York City...