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Rocket attacks in Kabul kills 1
02:37 PM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayAt least one person was killed and two were injured on Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul as ten rockets hit various parts on the city, officials said...
British, Turkish envoys impressed by artworks featuring PM Hasina
12:53 PM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayBritish High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson and Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan on Saturday highly appreciated the artists for capturing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s life and achievements...
US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic
11:50 AM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans...
GSK, Sanofi say COVID-19 shot won’t be ready until late 2021
09:30 AM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayDrugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi said Friday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine won’t be ready until late next year because they need to improve the shot’s effectiveness in older people...
Jamuna loses battle to illegal sand mining in Sirajganj
09:14 AM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayIllegal and unabated sand extraction is causing serious erosion on a six-kilometre stretch on the bank of Jamuna River in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur Upazila. Residents of 10 villages are facing untimely erosion as the river gobbles up their homes, properties and agricultural land...
US SC rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election
08:46 AM, 12 Dec 2020 SaturdayThe US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, sought to invalidate results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin...
Oxford vaccine is safe, but questions remain over efficacy
02:57 PM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayFull interim analysis of the safety and efficacy of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine – developed in partnership with AstraZeneca – has been published in the Lancet. This paper represents the most comprehensive set of results from any of the phase 3 trials of COVID-19 vaccines to date...
Suspected JMB member arrested in India
02:48 PM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayThe Special Task Force (STF) unit of the Kolkata Police has arrested a suspected operative of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from West Bengal's Birbhum district, a senior officer said on Friday...
Fire destroys four-storey city building
12:36 PM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayA four-storey building in Chawkbazar area of capital Dhaka has been destroyed in a massive fire...
Biden, Harris named Time's person of the year
11:28 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayJoe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine’s person – or persons – of the year for 2020...
Israel, Morocco agree to normalise relations
11:21 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayIsrael and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months...
The vaccine pioneer the world forgot
10:12 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayIn the spring of 1894, Waldemar Haffkine travelled to Calcutta in the Indian state of Bengal in search of cholera. Spring was cholera season in the city, and Haffkine was hopeful...
Griezmann cuts Huawei ties over Uighur persecution
09:38 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayBarcelona footballer and French national team member Antoine Griezmann has announced he is cutting ties with Chinese technology giant Huawei over the continuing persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang province...
DU to hold honours, master’s final exams from Dec 26
08:53 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayDhaka University (DU) has decided to hold final exams of last semester of honours and masters from December 26 to avoid session jam...
Soumya guides Chattogram to sixth win
08:47 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayGazi Group Chattogram beat Fortune Barishal by seven wickets in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium riding on an impressive batting performance by Soumya Sarkar...
US drug experts recommend Pfizer vaccine approval
08:43 AM, 11 Dec 2020 FridayMedical experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recommended emergency approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The decision comes after a 23-member panel met to determine whether the drug's benefits outweigh the risks...
Afghan journalist shot dead along with her driver
09:22 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayA female journalist has been shot dead in eastern Afghanistan, the latest victim of a spate of assassinations across the country...
Indian farmers threaten to block railway tracks
08:22 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayAs the ongoing Indian farmers’ protest entered day 15, agitating farmers on Thursday threatened to intensify protest by blocking railway tracks...
Anti-sculpture speech: Defamation complaint against Khaleda, Tarique dismissed
07:27 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayA Dhaka court on Thursday threw out a defamation complaint against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman accusing them of instigating Islamists leaders to deliver anti-sculpture speeches...
IBBL Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting held
06:53 PM, 10 Dec 2020 ThursdayA meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 10 December 2020, Thursday at virtual Platform, a press release said...