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Former England batsman Edrich dies
05:17 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayFormer England batsman John Edrich has died at the age of 83...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 20 more deaths
04:44 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayTwenty more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,398. During the period, 1,163 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 5,07,265. Of the total patients, 4,48,803 recovered, with 2,113 made recovery in the last 24 hours...
UK, EU reach post-Brexit trade pact
03:15 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayThe United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations. The breakthrough averts a much-feared "no-deal" scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines...
Photojournalist Kajol walks free from jail
03:01 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayAfter a long nine-month, photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol on Friday got release from prison. He, also editor of Daily Pakkhokal, walked free from Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, around 11am. Wife Julia Ferdousi and son Monoram Palak received him at the jail gate...
Christmas Day today
02:00 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayToday is the Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader...
Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination
01:11 PM, 25 Dec 2020 FridayA Mexican nurse became the first person in Latin America to receive a coronavirus jab when her country began its vaccination programme on Thursday, reports BBC. Mexico has received an initial shipment of 3,000 doses of the US-German Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine...
Five ministries get new secretaries
05:21 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe government has promoted five additional secretaries to the rank of secretary. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday...
Coronavirus: 19 die, 1234 infected, 2345 recover in 24 hours
04:23 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,378 as 19 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1234 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 506,102, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Thursday...
New COVID-19 strain found in Bangladesh, says BCSIR
02:30 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayBangladesh has found existence of the new coronavirus strain similar to that of the United Kingdom. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) today confirmed the matter. BCSIR said that genome sequencing was carried on five different samples of coronavirus...
PM asks army to uphold country’s dignity in global arena
02:10 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the army personnel to prepare themselves in such way so that they can uphold the country’s dignity in the global arena...
Six Bangladeshi cricketers to play T10 League in UAE
12:52 PM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdaySix Bangladeshi cricketers to feature in the upcoming edition of Abu Dhabi T10 League in the UAE. The players’ draft of this event took place last night...
New, more infectious coronavirus strain from South Africa found in UK
11:54 AM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayA new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday...
Millions of US vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt
11:39 AM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayMillions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt. As of Wednesday morning, only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given...
Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner
11:17 AM, 24 Dec 2020 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump has pardoned former campaign manager Paul Manafort, ex-adviser Roger Stone and the father of Mr Trump's son-in-law. Manafort was convicted in 2018 in an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election...
Pfizer, US strike 100 million COVID-19 vaccine deal with 70 million due by June
09:17 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe U.S. government will pay Pfizer Inc nearly $2 billion for 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to bolster its supply as the country grapples with a nationwide spike in infections...
PM seeks Turkey’s involvement in ensuring Rohingya repatriation
07:23 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought Turkey’s involvement in ensuring the return of forcibly-displaced Myanmar citizens from Bangladesh to their homeland. Sheikh Hasina made the request when visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met her at her official residence Ganobhaban...
Bangladesh-India relationship is bonded with bracelet of blood: Quader
06:08 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that Bangladesh-India relationship is bonded with the bracelet of blood and it successfully passed the test of time...
29 Bangladeshis returning from Pakistan
05:12 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayTwenty-nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were released from Malir and Karachi jails in Sindh province of Pakistan, will be brought back home on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry took the initiative to bring them back...
Coronavirus: 30 die, 1367 infected, 2416 recover in 24 hours
04:06 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,359 as 30 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1367 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 504,868. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
3 police officers shot dead in remote French village
03:40 PM, 23 Dec 2020 WednesdayThree police officers have been shot dead and a fourth wounded in a remote village in France. The officers were said to have been responding to a report of domestic violence at a house in Puy-de-Dome when the attacker began shooting at them, and then set fire to the building, reports Sky News.