Online desk ; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain, pending a US appeal of the decision to block his extradition to face charges for leaking secret…
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Amnesty calls on Israel to give Palestinians coronavirus vaccine
Online desk ; Amnesty International on Wednesday (Jan 6) called on Israel to provide coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying the Jewish state was obligated…
Indonesia to start vaccinations Jan 13
Online Desk : Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination programme on Jan 13, the country’s health minister said on Tuesday, as the world’s fourth most populous country battles the worst…
India to export COVID vaccines ‘within weeks’
Online Desk : India will begin exporting locally-made coronavirus vaccines within a fortnight of their launch, a foreign ministry official has told the BBC. The official dismissed reports that India would ban…
Saudi Arabia, allies restore full ties with Qatar
Online desk : The Saudi foreign minister has said that Saudi Arabia and its three Arab allies agreed to restore full ties with Qatar. His remarks came after Gulf leaders signed a…
In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia official to change results
Online desk : US President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the southern state, according to a recording of the hour-long call…
Alarm as S Korea sees more deaths than births
Online Desk ; South Korea recorded more deaths than births in 2020 for the first time ever, raising fresh alarm in the country which already has the world’s lowest birth rate. Only…
Oxford COVID vaccine to cost Tk 425 per dose
Online Desk ; The coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK’s University of Oxford and drugmaker AstraZeneca will cost Bangladesh $5 or about Tk 425 per dose, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said….
Suspected Islamists kill ‘around 79 people’ in Niger attacks
Online Desk : Suspected Islamist militants have attacked two villages in Niger, killing around 79 people, according to Reuters news agency. Around 49 were killed and 17 injured in the village of…
India approves two COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use
Online desk : The head of India’s drugs regulator said on Sunday he had given final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and…
India holds vaccine drills ahead of mass inoculation drive
Online desk ; India on Saturday staged nationwide drills to start one of the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes as the drug regulator prepared to approve the first vaccine, reports AFP. A…
Prayers allowed on Prophet Mosque roof in Saudi Arabia
Online Desk : Saudi authorities have allowed worshippers to perform prayers on the roof of the Prophet Mosque in the holy city of Medina, according to a report published in the Gulf…