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India comes out in support of Macron amid outrage across Muslim nations
09:18 AM, 29 Oct 2020 ThursdayIndia has issued a statement condemning the personal attacks against French President Emmanuel Macron over his stand on Islam and radicalism. The Ministry of External Affairs has come out in support of Macron and said the attacks are a violation of the basic standards of international discourse...
25 dead, scores missing after typhoon lashes Vietnam
08:51 AM, 29 Oct 2020 ThursdayVietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades...
Macron declares 2nd national lockdown in France
08:22 AM, 29 Oct 2020 ThursdayFrench President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown until at least the end of November. Mr Macron said that under the new measures, starting on Friday, people would only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons...
Ronaldo to miss Barcelona match
09:48 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayCristiano Ronaldo criticised the Covid-19 testing system as Juventus left him out of the squad for the Champions League game against Barcelona...
Provide loans to small businesses more sincerely, PM to pvt banks
09:38 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the private banks to be more sincere in providing loans at low interest to small business enterprises to offset the Covid-19 fallout...
Rizvi discharged home from hospital
09:30 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayBNP senior joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi returned home on Wednesday after receiving treatment for over two weeks at a private hospital for cardiac problems...
Khatija Rahman’s Farishton is a beautiful composition
08:26 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayMusic maestro AR Rahman’s daughter Khatija Rahman has made her singing debut with the single “Farishton.” The track was released online on Wednesday. Sung by Khatija, the song has been composed by Rahman. Munna Shaokath Ali has penned the lyrics...
Foodpanda evades Tk 3.50cr VAT
07:52 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayFoodpanda, a mobile food delivery marketplace, has evaded around Tk 3.40 crore Value Added Tax (VAT), alleges the VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of the National Board of Revenue...
Govt forming policy to safeguard poultry, dairy industries
07:15 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayFisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Wednesday said that the government is formulating a policy to safeguard the poultry and dairy industries of the country...
Islamophobia: Imran Khan writes letter to Muslim leaders
06:09 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wrote a letter to the leaders of the Muslim countries for a collective action to counter the growing trend of Islamophobia...
FIFA chief Infantino positive for Covid-19
05:32 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayFIFA president Gianni Infantino has contracted coronavirus, the world’s governing body announced on Tuesday...
Turkey wants enhanced ties with Bangladesh exceeding $2 bln trade
05:03 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayTurkey wants enhanced trade relations with Bangladesh to substantially push up the bilateral trade volume between the two countries, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Wednesday...
Turkey condemns French caricature featuring Erdogan
04:07 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayTop Turkish officials condemned a caricature scorning President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, calling it a “disgusting effort” to “spread its cultural racism and hatred”...
Bangladesh coronavirus deaths rise to 5861
03:34 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayBangladesh on Wednesday recorded 1,493 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4,03,079. Of the total patients, 3,19,733 recovered, with 1,610 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 13,357 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 22,96,321...
PM asks army to gain more strength to defend Bangladesh
02:27 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the army to gain greater strength to defend Bangladesh in case of any internal or external attack on the country though the nation doesn’t want war against any country...
Irfan Selim, Zahid put on 3-day remand
01:13 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayA Dhaka court has placed Irfan Selim, the suspended councilor of Ward no 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), and his bodyguard Mohammad Zahid in a case filed over the attack on a navy officer. Dhaka Third Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order on Wednesday...
Bangladesh-India restores air connectivity after seven months
12:45 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayThe air connectivity between the neighboring Bangladesh and India was restored today under “air bubble” arrangement after more than seven months of flight suspension for containment of COVID-19 pandemic. The first resumption flight between the two countries began as a US-Bangla airlines regular commercial flight...
Madhukhali Upazila chairman dies of Covid-19
12:23 PM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayMirza Maniruzzaman Bachchu, the chairman of Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur and also the president of upazila unit Awami League, died of Covid-19 early Wednesday. The Awami League leader breathed his last at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early this morning, said Faridpur Deputy Commissioner Atul Sarkar...
3 die after drinking toxic spirit
11:34 AM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayThree people reportedly died of toxic spirit consumption in Kushtia early Wednesday. The deceased are Anik Biswas, 21, of Boroailchara village of Kushtia sadar upazila, Ripon Kumar Ghosh of Khoksa upazila and Nitai Biswas, of Kantadah village of Mirpur upazila...
4 cases filed against Irfan, Zahid for possessing firearms, drugs
10:40 AM, 28 Oct 2020 WednesdayFour separate cases were filed against Irfan Selim, the suspended Councilor of Ward no 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), and his bodyguard Zahid under the Arms Act and Narcotics Control Act...