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Aguero to leave Man City at end of season
03:33 PM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayRecord goalscorer Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, the club has announced...
Corona infected Abdul Matin shifted to ICU
02:23 PM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayFormer law minister and Awami League presidium member advocate Abdul Matin Khasru was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital on Sunday night...
Public transport to run at half capacity
12:26 PM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayThe government has decided to run public transport with half of its capacity to stop spread of Coronavirus. Besides, the government has also increased the bus fare by 60 percent. The decision will be effective from Wednesday and will remain in force for the next two weeks, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today...
Former Minneapolis officer goes on trial on charge of murdering Floyd
10:51 AM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayFormer Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge by “grinding” his knee into George Floyd’s neck during a deadly arrest last May...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro shuffles Cabinet as COVID-19 pressure mounts
09:33 AM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made six Cabinet changes on Monday in the biggest ministerial reshuffle since he took office as pressure mounts on the far-right leader over his handling of the pandemic that has killed over 300,000 in the country...
Myanmar death toll tops 500 as protesters stage ‘garbage strike’
09:07 AM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayMyanmar protesters held overnight candle-lit vigils after an advocacy group said security forced had now killed over 500 people since a Feb. 1 coup, and as activists on Tuesday launched a new civil disobedience campaign to hurl garbage onto streets...
Pakistan’s president tests positive for COVID-19
08:46 AM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayPakistan’s President Arif Alvi has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Monday, after receiving his first dose of a vaccine...
Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated
08:25 AM, 30 Mar 2021 TuesdayShipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship which had been blocking the channel for almost a week, causing a huge build-up of vessels around the waterway...
6,022 qualify in 42nd BCS preliminary test
05:40 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayBangladesh Public Service Commission today published the results of the 42nd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination...
Fatima Sana Shaikh tests positive for coronavirus
05:17 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayBollywood actor Fatima Sana Shaikh is the latest celebrity to test positive for coronavirus. On Monday, the Dangal actor shared her health update on her Instagram story. She also informed her fans and followers that she is in home quarantine...
45 more die from Coronavirus in 24 hours
03:49 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,949 as 45 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 5,181 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 600,895. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Czech billionaire Kellner killed in Alaska helicopter crash
03:43 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayThe Czech Republic’s richest man, billionaire Petr Kellner, was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, his financial group PPF said on Monday. He was 56...
No one will be spared for violence in Brahmanbaria
02:08 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayNo criminal will be spared for attacks on government and non-government structures and arson attacks in Brahmanbaria, Md Anwar Hossen, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Chattogram range) said today. He said this while visiting the damaged structures in different parts of the district...
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
01:17 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayA joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press...
More Myanmar violence reported as activists seek help from ethnic groups
12:40 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayMyanmar security forces killed an anti-coup protester and wounded a toddler in fresh violence overnight, media reported on Monday...
India reports over 68K Covid cases, highest surge since Oct
12:26 PM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayIndia recorded 68,020 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,20,39,644, Union Health Ministry’s data showed on Monday...
Stranded Suez container ship reported freed
11:16 AM, 29 Mar 2021 MondayA huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has reportedly been refloated. Video posted social media on Monday appeared to show the stern of the Ever Given swung towards the canal bank, opening space in the channel...
Irrfan Khan wins posthumous award
09:52 PM, 28 Mar 2021 SundayThe 66th edition of the Filmfare Awards were held in Mumbai of India on Saturday evening and Irrfan Khan won a posthumous award: Best Actor - for his work in Angrezi Medium...
Helpline number launched for EPZ workers
09:21 PM, 28 Mar 2021 SundayA helpline number (16128) has been launched in all eight Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in the country so that the workers can complain to the authorities about any problem happened with them...
Interview: 'Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045'
08:06 PM, 28 Mar 2021 SundayShanna Swan is a professor of environmental medicine and public health at Mount Sinai school of medicine in New York City, studying fertility trends...