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UK records 210 more COVID-19 deaths, cases rise to 34,693
09:33 AM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayThe United Kingdom recorded 210 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, down from 570 the day before, while cases rose 1,968 to 34,693, the government said, citing partial data...
10 climbers killed in Iran, ship crew missing after snowfall and storms
08:57 AM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayAt least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and the seven crew members of a ship are also missing after storms in the Gulf...
Coronavirus: Cases of new variant appear worldwide
08:25 AM, 27 Dec 2020 SundayCases of the more contagious variant of Covid-19 first identified in the UK have been confirmed in several European countries as well as Canada and Japan. Infections linked to people who arrived from the UK were reported in Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and France...
Doa Mehfil of M A Hashem on 28th December
09:48 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayFounder Chairman of Partex, M. A. Hashem, breathed his last on December 24, 2020. He was 77...
Notorious cold war double agent dies
09:21 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe former British spy and Soviet Union double agent George Blake has died at the age of 98...
PM to inaugurate Biman’s new aircraft today
08:25 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ new Dash 8-400 aircraft on Sunday...
Nurul Islam Jihadi becomes Hefazat's acting secy gen
07:47 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayMawlana Nurul Islam Jihadi has been made acting secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh...
Gutsy India bounce back to skittle Australia in second Test
06:03 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayA resilient India bounced back from their embarrassing first Test exploits to bundle out Australia for just 195 and take a grip on the second Test in Melbourne after a riveting opening day on Saturday...
Pakistan threatens Google, Wikipedia over ‘sacrilegious content’
05:16 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayPakistan regulators on Friday decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for “disseminating sacrilegious content.”..
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 30 more deaths
04:17 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThirty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,428. During the period, 864 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,08,099. Of the total patients, 4,50,488 recovered, with 1,685 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
India arrests 75 in Kashmir after local elections
03:45 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe Indian government has arrested at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall political unrest after an alliance of Kashmir’s regional political parties won local elections, leaders and a police official said on Saturday...
New strain of Covid-19 detected in eight European countries
03:28 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe new strain of novel coronavirus, known as VOC-202012/01, has already been detected in eight European countries, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said...
Russia approves Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60
02:51 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayRussia on Saturday approved its main COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, for use by people over the age of 60, Russian news agencies cited the health ministry as saying...
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill
01:09 PM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayMillions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, protesting that it did not do enough to help everyday people...
China to become world’s No. 1 economy by 2028 due to Covid-19
10:58 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayChina will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the Covid-19 pandemic, a think tank said...
Actor Abdul Kader dies of cancer
09:07 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayPopular TV actor Abdul Kader has died of cancer while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital on Saturday morning. His son’s wife Jahida Islam Jemmy confirmed her father-in-law’s death to Jago News...
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince receives COVID-19 vaccine
08:49 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdaySaudi Arabian Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday...
Coronavirus: France finds first case of new variant
08:17 AM, 26 Dec 2020 SaturdayFrance has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK. The French health ministry said the person was a French citizen in the central town of Tours who had arrived from London on 19 December...
Pope urges coronavirus vaccine access for all
07:55 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayPope Francis has called on world leaders to ensure unfettered access to coronavirus vaccines for everyone...
Mamata Banerjee govt has destroyed West Bengal: Modi
07:34 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayPM Modi also wondered while there were agitations against the new farm laws, no protests were visible against West Bengal’s decision of not implementing PM-Kisan scheme...