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Bangladesh reports 22 more Covid deaths
05:08 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayTwenty four more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,756. During the period, 692 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,21,382, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Saturday...
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day today
03:51 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayThe historic Homecoming Day of the greatest Bangalee of all time Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed on Sunday across the country in a befitting manner...
Amitabh Bachchan clocks 45 million followers on Twitter
02:48 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayBollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday clocked 45 million followers on Twitter...
How a Bangladeshi woman scripted a success story in vermi venture
01:52 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayIn 2016, she started small -- out of the same premises she lives with her family -- more of an experiment than a business. Today, Nasrin Sultana, a resident of Jhikorgaccha upazila's Barbakpur village, is a successful woman entrepreneur who owns a vermicomposting unit...
Freedom ends when someone spreads falsehoods, hurt others: Joy
01:43 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said everyone has the right to freedom of speech, but that freedom ends when someone spreads falsehoods that end up hurting others...
Kim Jong-un pledges to expand North Korea’s nuclear arsenal
12:31 PM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the US is his country's "biggest enemy" and that he does not expect Washington to change its policy toward Pyongyang - whoever is president...
10 newborn babies die in major fire at hospital in India
10:05 AM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayTen newborns were killed in a massive fire at the Bhandara District General Hospital in Maharashtra. The fire broke out around 2 am at the Sick Newborn Care Unit of the hospital. Seven other infants who were admitted in the unit were however rescued...
Covid-19: UK sees highest daily toll of 1,325 deaths
09:21 AM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayA further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began...
Democrats plan lightning Trump impeachment, want him out now
08:51 AM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayWarnings flashing, Democrats in Congress laid plans Friday for swift impeachment of President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can’t add to the damage they say he’s inflicted or even ignite nuclear war in his final days in office...
Britain approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, eyes spring rollout
08:31 AM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayBritain’s medical regulator on Friday approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said, adding that it had agreed to purchase an additional 10 million doses as it eyed a spring rollout of the shot...
Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account
08:14 AM, 09 Jan 2021 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company says. Twitter said the decision was made "after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account"...
Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi jailed for terrorism financing
06:56 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in jail for terrorism financing...
Friend confesses to killing O-level student after rape
06:04 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA teenage boy has confessed to murdering his friend and an O-level student after rape in Kalabagan area of capital Dhaka. He gave his confessional statement on Friday after he was produced before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The court also ordered to send him to jail...
Bangladesh reports 16 more Covid deaths
04:44 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridaySixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,734. During the period, 785 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,20,690, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Friday...
Friend sued over death of schoolgirl after rape
03:27 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayPolice official Abul Hasan said detained Dihan told them that he took the victim to their flat at Dolphin Lane when other family members were outside. At one stage, he have had intercourse with the girl but after a while she became unconscious. And she has been rushed to Anwar Khan Medical College Hospital, he claimed to police, he added...
Japan asked to pay damages over wartime sexual slavery
01:17 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayJapan has denounced as “utterly unacceptable” a South Korean court ruling ordering it to pay damages to women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during the second world war...
Indonesia frees suspected mastermind Abu Bakar Bashir
12:49 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayA radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings was freed from prison early on Friday, Indonesian authorities said, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly 20 years after Indonesia’s worst terror attack...
Poorest countries can expect vaccines within weeks: WHO
12:22 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayThe world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization said Thursday...
Australia all out for 338 in third Test against India
12:18 PM, 08 Jan 2021 FridayIndia dismissed Australia for 338 in their first innings of the third Test on day two Friday, with Steve Smith last man out for 131...
Cricketers undergo corona test for Windies series
09:56 PM, 07 Jan 2021 ThursdayThe cricketers who were called up for the preliminary squad in the home series against West Indies underwent a Covid-19 test on Thursday, reports BSS...