January2021

Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond Jan. 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains on hospitals and health workers, politicians said at the weekend. Chancellor...

Renowned Bangladeshi novelist Rabeya Khatun has died this evening. She breathed her last at 6:00 pm at Gulshan residence in Dhaka. She was 86. Rabeya Khatun was born on December 27, 1935 in Munshiganj. Rabeya Khatun...

At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security sources said on Saturday. About 49 villagers were killed and 17...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were safe places and children should continue to attend where permitted....

Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record-smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $30,000 for the first time, with ever more traders and investors betting that it is on its way to becoming...

Tesla Inc on Saturday reported better-than-expected 2020 vehicle deliveries, driven by a steady rise in electric vehicle adoption, but narrowly missed its ambitious full-year goal during a punishing year for the global auto industry. The company...

Chinese authorities have given conditional approval for general public use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm. The move came a day after the firm said interim data showed its leading vaccine had a...

Veteran broadcaster Larry King, 87, has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles, according to US media. Sources close to his family told reporters and his former employer CNN...

Irish Eurovision singer and frontman of the rock band Bagatelle, Liam Reilly, has died aged 65. A family statement confirmed that Mr Reilly “passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home” on 1 January. Mr Reilly...