January2021
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India Biotech seeks permission for vaccine trial in Bangladesh
Jan 21, 2021India Biotech has applied for permission to test the vaccine experimentally in Bangladesh. The company has recently received emergency permission for their vaccine in India. The British news agency Reuters reported on Thursday (January 21st) quoting... -
Tahsan became UN refugee agency’s goodwill ambassador
Jan 21, 2021Popular artist and actor Tahsan Khan has become the goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He was the first goodwill ambassador of the organization from Bangladesh. This information was given in... -
Beximco Pharma to acquire a majority stake in Sanofi Bangladesh Limited
Jan 21, 2021Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited today announces that it has signed an agreement (binding commitment) to acquire a majority shareholding (54.6 percent) in Sanofi Bangladesh Limited (Sanofi Bangladesh), a concern of the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi with global... -
Bangladesh return to international cricket with the victory against West Indies
Jan 21, 2021Bangladesh marked their return to international cricket after more than a 10-month halt due to coronavirus pandemic with a convincing six-wicket victory over West Indies in the first of the three-ODIs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium... -
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States
Jan 21, 2021Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. That marks the end of Republican President Donald Trump’s tumultuous four-year term at the White House. At a glittering ceremony... -
Biden to roll back Trump policies, remake US role in climate crisis
Jan 21, 2021US President Joe Biden committed the US to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, blocked an oil pipeline project and froze Arctic drilling in a raft of executive orders signed hours after taking office Wednesday. But for... -
Don’t panic, you’ll get vaccine, says WHO
Jan 21, 2021Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO’s assistant director-general Mariangela Simao said the UN health agency was... -
Gifted Corona virus vaccine covishield arrives in Dhaka from Mumbai
Jan 21, 2021A vaccine called covishield, gifted by India, has arrived in Dhaka. Health Minister Zahid Malek confirmed the issue to journalists at a function in Dhaka. Earlier, India had said that it would gift 20 lakh doses...
