Decision on China vaccine after consulting advisory body: Minister

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday said the government will take decision to use Chinese vaccines for coronavirus after consulting the National Technical Advisory Committee. “The government is also monitoring the effectiveness of vaccines by various countries and will take the best decision for the country," he said...

Flood situation worsens in Kurigram, Natore, Sherpur

The overall flood situation in Kurigram, Natore and Sherpur districts have deteriorated further due to the rise of river water, cutting off road communications at places and leaving thousands of people marooned and hungry, reports UNB...

Must needed food support during pandemic: A teacher’s view

Farmers to get Tk 26,000cr bank loan

The banks will disburse loan around Tk 26,292 crore among the farmers during current fiscal year 2020-21 in fighting financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic...

Najib Razak ordered to pay $400M tax bill

A Malaysian court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to settle 1.69 billion ringgit ($397.41 million) in unpaid taxes over seven years while he was still in office, according to a report by national newswire Bernama...

US orders closure of China's consulate in Houston

The United States has ordered the closure of China's consulate in the city of Houston, a move Beijing called "an unprecedented escalation" that will sabotage relations between the world's two biggest economies...

Benapole custom not releasing goods thru’ digital certificate

Many goods are stranded at Benapole Custom House, the country’s largest land port, as it didn’t accept the digitally signed copies of the Certificate of Origin (Entrepreneur Certificate) issued under the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)...

Cargo plane catches fire at Shanghai airport

A Boeing 777 cargo plane of the Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, the airport said. The fire was spotted at around 3:56 p.m. and has been put out, reports Xinhua...

First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered

The first active leak of methane from the sea floor in Antarctica has been revealed by scientists...

Use modern methods to save local fishes from extinction: PM

“The Prime Minister has asked the people to protect the native species of fish from extinction coming out of the traditional fish farming methods by adopting advanced and modern systems,” said PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim...

Saima Wazed made CVF ‘Thematic Ambassador’

Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism, has been chosen as a “Thematic Ambassador” by Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) under the thematic domain of ‘Vulnerability’...

42 more die from coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,751 as 42 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,744 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 213,254. Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said while presenting the daily health bulletin on Wednesday...

Saudi king chairs cabinet meeting from hospital, in stable condition

Saudi King Salman held a cabinet meeting via video call from hospital in the capital Riyadh on Tuesday, a day after the 84-year-old monarch was admitted with what state media said was inflammation of the gall bladder...

Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better

President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the “nasty horrible’” coronavirus will get worse in the U.S. before it gets better, but he also tried to paint a rosy picture of efforts to conquer the disease that has claimed more than 140,000 American lives in just five months...

3 simple acts can stop Covid-19 outbreaks, study finds

If people washed their hands regularly, wore masks, and kept their social distance from each other, these three simple behaviors could stop most all of the Covid-19 pandemic, even without a vaccine or additional treatments, according to a new study...

Suu Kyi to run again in November election

Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will be a candidate in this November’s general election, a spokesman for her National League for Democracy party said Tuesday...

9 Colombian military personnel die following helicopter accident

At least nine members of Colombia’s military died on Tuesday when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying them in operations against FARC guerrilla dissidents in the Andean country’s Guaviare province was involved in an accident, the army reported...

Afghan girl kills 2 Taliban militants in fightback

A teenage Afghan girl has been hailed on social media for her "heroism" after fighting back last week against Taliban militants who killed her parents...

US records over 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day

U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,000 on Tuesday, the biggest single-day increase since early June, according to a Reuters tally. After weeks of declining fatalities, there were more than 5,200 U.S. COVID-19 deaths in the week ended July 19, up 5% from the previous seven days, a Reuters analysis found...

Prominent Pak journo 'goes missing' in Islamabad

Rights groups have demanded information on the whereabouts of a prominent Pakistani journalist, known for his criticism of the country's powerful military, after he reportedly disappeared on Tuesday...