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Turkish TV preacher jailed for 1,000 years over sex crimes
02:17 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayA Turkish court on Monday sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to more than 1,000 years in jail for sex crimes...
Biden receives 2nd dose of coronavirus vaccine on camera
01:00 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayJoe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect's incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines...
Serum Institute to sell AstraZeneca vaccine to Bangladesh at $4/dose
12:41 PM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdaySerum Institute of India will sell the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh at $4 a dose, three sources with knowledge of the mater told Reuters...
Moderna thinks its vaccine will protect against the coronavirus for at least a year
11:52 AM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayBiotechnology company Moderna believes its vaccine should protect people against Covid-19 for at least a year, a top official told investors Monday...
3 killed in Rangamati bailey bridge collapse
11:36 AM, 12 Jan 2021 TuesdayThree people were killed as a stone-laden truck plunged into a ditch on Rangamati-Khagrachhari road at Kutubchhari area in Rangamati sadar upazila following collapse of a bailey bridge early Tuesday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Road communication from Rangamati to Khagrachhari was suspended after the accident...
Oxford vaccine to cost Rs 200 per dose in India
05:53 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayThe Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) will be priced at ₹ 200 a vial after a price agreement was arrived at with the government, sources have said...
Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli blessed with baby girl
05:02 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayIndia cricket captain Virat Kohli and wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma were blessed with a baby girl in Mumbai on Monday afternoon...
Coronavirus: 22 die, 849 infected, 917 recover in 24 hours
04:29 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,803 as 22 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 849 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 523,302, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
AL’s long stay in power helped accelerate dev: PM Hasina
03:53 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said it has been possible for the Awami League government to make Bangladesh a role model of development in the world since it is there in state power for a long time...
Taposh filed 2 cases against Khokon
03:10 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayDhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today filed two cases against former Mayor Sayeed Khokon for allegedly defaming him through his recent remarks. The two cases were filed at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Monday...
HSC results to be published by 28 January
02:28 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayThe results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations-2020 will be published by 28 January. Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam on Monday announced it after a meeting at the Secretariat. Earlier, the Cabinet approved a draft amendment of the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance...
25 domestic terrorism cases opened as result of assault on US Capitol: Lawmaker
01:27 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayAt least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened as a result of Wednesday’s deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told a Democratic lawmaker on Sunday...
China sees biggest daily COVID-19 case rise in over 5 months
12:31 PM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayMainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise...
Trump impeachment: Democrats prepare to act over Capitol riot
11:38 AM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has shared with lawmakers plans to remove President Donald Trump from office before starting an impeachment process...
Fire at Gazipur colony leaves 4 dead
11:20 AM, 11 Jan 2021 MondayFour people were burned to death in a fire at a colony in Palli Bidyut area in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district early Monday. Kabirul Alam, Station officer of Kaliakoir Fire Service and Control Room, said the fire broke out at the colony around 5:45 am and spread soon, leaving four people dead and an identified number of people injured...
Anti-independence quarters now failed: PM
09:25 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the vested quarters who tried to foil Bangladesh's independence have now failed. The Prime Minister said this while virtually addressing a discussion marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Freedom fighter status of 52 more cancelled
07:35 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayMore than seven months after the publication of the new list of freedom fighters, the government has cancelled the freedom fighter certificates of 52 people...
Judgement in Kakrail mother-son murder trial Jan 17
07:03 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayA Dhaka court today set January 17 to pronounce judgement in a case lodged over murder of a woman and her son in capital’s Kakrail area in 2017...
Mamata announces free COVID vaccine for West Bengal
05:50 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayIndian state of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced free coronavirus vaccine for people of West Bengal. The announcement from the Chief Minister comes ahead of the state assembly election, which is scheduled to be held in coming months...
Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail in a graft case in Ctg
04:56 PM, 10 Jan 2021 SundayA Chattogram court today denied bail to former Teknaf thana officer-in-charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das in a graft case filed in connection with amassing wealth from unknown sources...