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Kim Jong-un’s sister warns US not to ‘cause a stink’
11:01 AM, 16 Mar 2021 TuesdayThe influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned the US not to "cause a stink", as President Joe Biden prepares to set out his Korean policy...
Shakib becomes father for third time
10:06 AM, 16 Mar 2021 TuesdayAce all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has once again become a father as his wife, Umme Ahmed Shishir, gives birth to a baby boy in the United States...
Germany, France, Italy and Spain halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine
08:57 AM, 16 Mar 2021 TuesdayGermany, France, Italy and Spain have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after several reports of blood clots in people who received the shot in Europe...
Covid-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO
08:35 AM, 16 Mar 2021 TuesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU member states halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. It said there was no evidence of a link between the vaccine and blood clots...
PRAN first in BD to export food products to India thru waterway
06:12 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayPRAN started its export to neighboring India in 1997 with the export of “Chanachur” to Tripura. From there, PRAN products are now being exported to 28 states of India...
26 more die from Coronavirus in 24 hours
04:20 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,571 as 26 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,773 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 559,168. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
TCB to start subsidized rate commodity sale from March 17
03:11 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayTrading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start country-wide commodity sale programme in subsidized price from Wednesday aiming to keep the essentials price stable in the markets before the holy Ramadan tentatively begins from middle of the next month...
PM launches Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund
02:38 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund (BIDF) aiming to finance different development projects from the country’s own fund...
Govt again extends suspension of Khaleda’s jail sentence
01:54 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayThe government has again extended for six months its earlier order that suspended the jail sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and released her from jail custody. Md Shahiduzzaman, Senior Secretary of Security Service Division of the Home Ministry, confirmed the matter to Jago News...
2021 Grammys winners: The full list
01:33 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayThe 63rd annual Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles on Sunday, and the show was hosted by Trevor Noah...
AstraZeneca finds no evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine
12:21 PM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayAstraZeneca Plc said on Sunday a review of safety data of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots...
Covid-19: Netherlands suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
11:53 AM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayThe Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. The Dutch government said the move, which will last until at least 29 March, was a precaution...
Myanmar security forces kill 38 anti-coup protesters
11:15 AM, 15 Mar 2021 MondayAt least 38 protesters across Myanmar have been killed in the latest crackdown on the anti-coup movement, an advocacy group said, as the generals who seized power on February 1 declared martial law over two areas of Yangon where Chinese factories were set ablaze...
Shopping malls, markets to remain shut on March 17
09:44 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayThe shopping malls and markets across the country will remain closed on March 17 on the occasion of birth centenary of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
BJP picks Locket Chatterjee for Bengal polls
09:07 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayBabul Supriyo, a singer-turned-politician and the junior environment minister, will contest from Tollygunge in Kolkata, the heart of the state's film industry. He is it two-term MP from Asansol...
Who is this Man?
08:39 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayOpportunist, vote-splitter, kingmaker or gamechanger? Profile of Abbas Bhaijaan Siddiqui, the entity making ripples in the battle for Bengal...
Holy Shab-e-Barat on March 29
07:29 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayThe Muslims in Bangladesh will observe the holy Shab-e-Barat on the night March 29 (Monday) as the moon of month Sha'aban was not sighted in the country on Sunday evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee today took the decision in a meeting...
Body of domestic help recovered from BB official's flat
07:12 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayPolice on Sunday morning recovered the body of a domestic help from the flat of an official of Bangladesh Bank in Paltan area of the capital...
Oman blocks audio app Clubhouse
06:22 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayOman blocked US audio app Clubhouse on Sunday because it did not have the right permit, authorities said, but some activists described the move as a further erosion of freedom of expression in the Gulf state...
Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Beyonce battle for Grammys top prizes
05:33 PM, 14 Mar 2021 SundayTaylor Swift, Beyonce and Dua Lipa lead the charge at the reinvented Grammy Awards on Sunday, where the music industry hopes to put a year-long pandemic behind it...