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1st ship anchored at Matarbari deep sea port
06:29 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe Panama flag carrying ship ‘MV Venus Triumph’ anchored successfully at Matarbari deep sea port in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar today for the first time...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 30 more deaths
05:41 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThirty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,509. During the period, 1,181 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,11,265. Of the total patients, 4,54,563 recovered, with 1,245 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
HC dismisses bail plea of JKG’s Sabrina
04:52 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) today dismissed a bail plea of JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case lodged over issuing fake coronavirus (Covid-19) test reports...
AL empowered people bringing back continuation of democracy: PM
04:38 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Awami League (AL) has empowered people bringing back continuation of democracy by ending the conspiracy and military dictatorship that has reached country’s development into momentum...
Family of jailed Saudi activist to appeal sentencing
04:00 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe family of prominent human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul will appeal her prison sentence but expressed little hope in the Saudi judicial system, calling the trial a “sham” and “politically motivated”...
India thrash Australia to level series
03:30 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndia beat Australia by eight wickets with a day to spare in the second Test in Melbourne to level the series...
1804 more Rohingyas reach Bhasan Char from Ctg
02:08 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayThe second batch of 1804 Rohingyas reached Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali from city’s Patenga Boat Club under the supervision of the Bangladesh Navy today 24 days after the first group went there...
Mild to moderate cold wave may continue
01:35 PM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayA mild to moderate cold wave has been sweeping over Khulna division and the regions of Madaripur, Gopalgonj, Srimangal, Rajshahi, Ishurdi, Badalgachi, Dinajpur, Teaulia, Rajarhat, Barishal and Khepupara for the past week and it may continue at some places...
India finds 6 cases of new coronavirus variant in UK arrivals
11:41 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndia has found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks infected with a more infectious strain of the coronavirus that has prompted a wave of panic and border closures around the world...
Britain reports record daily number of new coronavirus cases, topping 40,000
10:27 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayBritain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates...
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine
10:08 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdaySpain is to set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said...
‘Enormous damage’ to US security agencies by Trump: Biden
08:25 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayAgencies critical to US security have suffered "enormous damage" at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said. Mr Biden said his team was not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defense, as it makes its transition to power...
India lifts ban on onion exports as prices plunge
08:19 AM, 29 Dec 2020 TuesdayIndia decided on Monday to lift a ban on onion exports from Jan. 1, as prices have fallen sharply in the last few weeks on expectations of a big crop. Exports of all varieties of onion will be allowed, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a notification...
14-day mandatory quarantine for UK returnees: Cabinet
05:42 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayThe Cabinet today decided to enforce 14-day mandatory quarantine for the UK returnees in the wake of transmission of a new variant of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the regular cabinet meeting joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban...
Coronavirus: 27 die, 932 infected, 1327 recover in 24 hours
04:47 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,479 as 27 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 932 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 510,080, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Indictment hearing in Sayedee’s fund embezzlement case Jan 11
03:58 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayA court here today set January 11 to hold hearing on charge framing in a case against six including convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami’s Naib Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee for embezzling funds of Islamic Foundation (IF)...
Quader for more int’l pressure on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
03:41 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today called upon the international community to take more effective strategies for mounting enhanced pressure on Myanmar to take back its Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh...
Best Buy opens another outlet in Savar
03:02 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayBest Buy has opened another new retail outlet in Savar. RN Paul, Managing Director of RFL Group, inaugurated the outlet at Bank Town of Savar recently...
Covid: South Africa passes 1 million infections as cases surge
01:39 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondaySouth Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected...
Russian fishing trawler sinks in Barents Sea, 17 feared dead
01:21 PM, 28 Dec 2020 MondayA fishing trawler sank in the northern Barents Sea on Monday, the emergencies ministry said, and 17 people were feared dead off the coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago...