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I hear your anger, but won’t accept violence: Macron to Muslims
09:01 AM, 01 Nov 2020 SundayFrench President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he respected Muslims who were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad but that was no excuse for violence, as his officials ramped up security after a knife attack in a French church that killed three people this week...
Early voting in US election tops 90 million
08:40 AM, 01 Nov 2020 SundayMore than 90 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Saturday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest participation rate in over a century...
Johnson announces 4-week lockdown in England
08:27 AM, 01 Nov 2020 SundayA second national lockdown will be imposed across England from midnight on Thursday with all nonessential shops, restaurants, pubs and leisure facilities to close for at least four weeks, Boris Johnson has said...
Hazard scores as Real win to go top
10:00 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayEden Hazard scored his first goal for more than a year as Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga with an emphatic win over Huesca, reports BBC...
Bangladesh 8th in remittance receiving
09:41 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayWorld Bank has projected that Bangladesh will witness increased remittance inflow and will secure eighth position in the world in terms of inward remittance flow in 2020...
James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery dies
09:26 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdaySir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said...
Bangladesh, Nigeria want to explore trade and investment potential
09:01 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayMunshi joined the event digitally from Bangladesh while the Nigerian Minister was present in person at the High Commission. Md. Shameem Ahsan, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria, made welcome remarks...
Housewife 'burned alive' in Tangail
07:55 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayA housewife has been set ablaze allegedly by her in-laws in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail district...
Armenia, Azerbaijan trade fresh accusations of Karabakh attacks
06:30 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayArmenia and Azerbaijan once more accused each other of bombing residential areas on Saturday, in defiance of a pact to avoid the deliberate targeting of civilians in and around the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, reports Reuters...
Judge postpones Trump’s TikTok ban in suit brought by users
05:58 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayA federal judge has postponed President Donald Trump’s threatened shutdown of the popular short-form video app TikTok, siding with a Pennsylvania comedian and two other TikTok creators who say Trump’s order hampers their free speech, reports AP...
Bangladesh coronavirus: Fresh cases 1320, new deaths 18
05:11 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayBangladesh on Saturday recorded 1,320 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,07,684. Of the total patients, 3,24,145 recovered, with 1,442 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 11,532 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 23,36,262...
Indonesia warns against Macron's remarks
05:03 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayIndonesian president Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned what he called “terrorist” attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had “insulted Islam” and “hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere.”...
River rage: Unabated erosion gives villagers sleepless nights
02:38 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayResidents of Koshabandar village in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon district are living in constant fear of their homes being swallowed by the Tangon river, which is causing extensive erosion of its embankments...
PM vows to wipe out poverty through united efforts
02:00 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday vowed to eradicate poverty from the country through united efforts of all. "If we all work together, there will be no poverty in the country," she said while addressing a programme virtually titled 'Gift of house to the homeless people in Mujib Barsho'...
State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus
01:31 PM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayEven as a new surge of coronavirus infections sweeps the U.S., officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to slow the spread, with pleas from health experts running up against political calculation and public fatigue...
India records 48,268 new coronavirus cases
11:41 AM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayIndia’s coronavirus caseload stood at 8.1 million on Saturday, with 48,268 new cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed...
Driver rams car into gate of Mecca’s Grand Mosque
10:15 AM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayA driver rammed his car into the outer-perimeter gate of the Grand Mosque in Mecca late on Friday in an incident that did not cause any casualties, local media reported. Videos posted on social media showed the car plowing through plastic barricades in the outer courtyard of the mosque...
US hits record of 94,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
09:56 AM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayThe US hit a record number of new coronavirus cases on Friday (Oct 30) for the second day in a row, topping 94,000 infections in 24 hours, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University...
J&J plans to test its COVID-19 vaccine in ages 12-18 soon
09:31 AM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayJohnson & Johnson plans to start testing its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in youths aged 12 to 18 as soon as possible, and the company’s previous experience with the same technology in a vaccine successfully used in children could give it a leg up with regulators...
Powerful earthquake jolts Turkey and Greece, killing 23
08:49 AM, 31 Oct 2020 SaturdayAt least 23 people were killed in Turkey and Greece when a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon, sending buildings crashing down and triggering what authorities have called a "mini tsunami." Officials said 21 people were killed in coastal areas in Turkey's west, while two teenagers -- a boy and a girl -- died on the Greek...