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Halsey announces pregnancy on Instagram
12:43 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayAmerican singer Halsey has revealed that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin...
Canada urged to formally label China’s Uyghur persecution as genocide
12:22 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe Conservatives are calling on the federal government to declare that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its use of internment camps and forced sterilization for Muslim Uyghurs...
Govt extends school closure to Feb 14
12:00 PM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe government has extended the closure of all educational institutions, except Qawmi madrasa, to February 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government had ordered all educational institutions to close on March 17 following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country...
Mexico overtakes India to have world’s third most Covid deaths
11:48 AM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayThe Health Ministry reported an increase of 1,506 deaths on Thursday night, bringing the total 155,145. Cases rose 18,670 to 1,825,519...
Biden scraps ban on US funds for abortion counseling
11:19 AM, 29 Jan 2021 FridayPresident Joe Biden on Thursday rescinded a ban on US aid money going to abortion counseling overseas, risking political blowback on a highly divisive issue just days into his administration...
DSCSC graduates will work as soldiers of 2041’s Bangladesh: PM
09:59 PM, 28 Jan 2021 Thursday“Today’s graduates of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) will work as the soldiers of 2041’s Bangladesh,” she said...
Sourav Ganguly undergoes angioplasty
09:39 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayDoctors on Thursday performed an angioplasty on BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, said an official of a private hospital where he is admitted...
China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’
09:26 PM, 28 Jan 2021 Thursday“We warn those ‘Taiwan independence’ elements: those who play with fire will burn themselves, and ‘Taiwan independence’ means war,” Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said...
MP Papul jailed for 4 yrs in Kuwait
08:27 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA criminal court in Kuwait on Thursday convicted Bangladeshi MP Kazi Shahid Islam Papul and jailed him for four years in a case filed for money laundering and human trafficking...
Poland enforces near-total abortion ban
07:25 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA controversial near-total ban on abortion in Poland has taken effect, the government announced, with enforcement from midnight on Wednesday, reports BBC...
Mahbub Talukder terms CCC polls model of election irregularities
06:07 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayElection Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has termed the Chattogram City Corporation polls a model of election irregularities. "The CCC election is a model of election irregularities. If this model is followed in the next elections, we cannot maintain our self esteem in the world as a democratic state," he said...
Three Bangladeshis die inhaling toxic gas in Saudi
05:08 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThree expatriate Bangladeshi nationals, including a man and his nephew, have died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in the city of Taif of Saudi Arabia...
Pamela Anderson is married
04:43 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe former TV star and her bodyguard, Dan Hayhurst, tied the knot on Christmas Eve...
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: New deaths 15, cases 509
04:09 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayFifteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,087...
750 pelicans found dead in Senegal
04:01 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdaySeven hundred and fifty pelicans have been found dead in a Unesco world heritage site in northern Senegal that provides refuge for millions of migratory birds, the country’s parks director has said...
RFL Stationery holds dealers’ conference
03:34 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayRFL Stationery organized its dealers’ conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj recently, a press release said...
Durable Plastic holds dealers’ conference
03:28 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdaySome 90 top dealers were awarded in the conference that began in January 23...
Rohingya crisis: PM Hasina pushes for peaceful solution
02:15 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh continues its discussions with Myanmar with a friendly attitude for the repatriation of Rohingyas without engaging in any conflict for the sake of regional security and development...
Palak, 124 others receive COVID vaccines at BSMMU
12:50 PM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayA total of 125 people including State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak have received coronavirus vaccines at Bangabandhu Conference Centre of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). BSMMU Vice Chancellor Dr. Kanak Kanti Barua inaugurated the vaccination program there at 9:10am and also got vaccinated...
Coronavirus vaccination begins in 5 hospitals in Dhaka
10:55 AM, 28 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe pilot coronavirus vaccination programme was started in five hospitals in the capital at 9am on Thursday. The hospitals are: Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda General Hospital, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University...