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Saudi to get 3 million AstraZeneca shots in about a week from India
12:20 PM, 26 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week on behalf of the British drugmaker, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday...
Italian PM Conte will resign amid pandemic and political turmoil
11:57 AM, 26 Jan 2021 TuesdayItalian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign on Tuesday morning, his office said in a statement on Monday, heightening political turmoil in the country as it battles Covid-19...
China reports decline in new COVID-19 cases
10:21 AM, 26 Jan 2021 TuesdayChina reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections as the number of cases in two of the provinces particularly hard hit by the latest coronavirus wave fell to single digits, official data showed on Tuesday...
Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
09:35 AM, 26 Jan 2021 TuesdayHouse Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president...
Coronavirus: EU to tighten vaccine exports amid row with AstraZeneca
08:25 AM, 26 Jan 2021 TuesdayThe EU has warned it will tighten rules on exports of Covid vaccines, amid a row with AstraZeneca over a cut in planned supplies to the 27-member bloc. Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said the EU "will take any action required to protect its citizens"...
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics
05:30 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayJapan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo Olympics, even though it has locked in the biggest quantity of vaccines in Asia, according to a London-based forecaster...
COVID-19: 18 die, 602 infected, 566 recover in 24 hours
04:25 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,041 as 18 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 602 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 532,401. Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday...
Bangladesh set 298-run target against West Indies
03:41 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayBangladesh set a 298-run target against West Indies in the final ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Dhaka on Monday...
Chinese and Indian troops ‘in new border clash’
02:46 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayChinese and Indian troops have reportedly clashed again in a disputed border area, with injuries on both sides, Indian media reports say. The incident took place in north Sikkim last Wednesday. India's army said there had been a "minor" incident that had been "resolved".
HM Ershad acquitted in Manzur murder case
01:34 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayFormer Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad and Major General (retd) Abdul Latif were acquitted in a case filed over the murder of Major General (retd) Abul Manzur. First Additional District and Sessions Judge of Dhaka Dilara Alo Chandana acquitted them as they died already after accepting the supplementary charge sheet in the case...
Mexico’s president says he’s tested positive for COVID-19
12:35 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico’s president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country’s pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said on his official Twitter account...
50 lakh doses of Oxford vaccine touch down in Dhaka
12:02 PM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayThe first consignment containing five million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine purchased by Bangladesh from licensed manufacturers Serum Institute of India under the brand name Covishield has arrived safely in Dhaka...
West Indies win toss, send Bangladesh to bat first
11:34 AM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayWest Indies won the toss and elected to field first in the final ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Dhaka on Monday. Bangladesh so far won the first two matches with ease-beating the visitors by a six-wicket and seven-wicket margin at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka...
Nepal PM Oli expelled from ruling Communist Party
11:18 AM, 25 Jan 2021 MondayNepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was removed from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) after a Central Committee Meeting of the party's splinter group on Sunday. "His membership has been revoked," the spokesperson for the splinter group, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, confirmed to news agency ANI...
Schools across Africa shutdown
09:41 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayAs a second wave of coronavirus spreads through parts of Africa, countries across the continent are shutting down schools to control the spread of the virus...
Ozil completes Fenerbahce move
08:50 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayMesut Ozil has signed for Fenerbahce on a free transfer to close the book on his eight-year spell at Arsenal...
US defense secretary seeks military sexual assault reports
08:19 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayIn his first directive since taking office, US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn’t...
US carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions
07:09 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayA US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the US military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington, reports Reuters...
Verdict in publisher Dipan murder case on Feb 10
05:35 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayA tribunal in Dhaka fixed February 10 to deliver its verdict in a case filed over the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni's former publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan. Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal Judge Md Mujibur Rahman set the verdict delivery date after conclusion of arguments of the prosecution and defendants...
JS passes Intermediate and Secondary Education Amendment Bill-2021
05:06 PM, 24 Jan 2021 SundayEducation Minister Dr Dipu Moni moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair...