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US gives full approval for remdesivir Covid drug
11:14 AM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayUS regulators have given full approval for the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat Covid-19 patients in hospitals. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Veklury, the drug's brand name, cut the recovery time on average by five days during clinical trials, reports BBC.
BCB President's Cup final rescheduled for Sunday
09:48 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe final of the BCB President’s Cup between Mahmudullah XI and Najmul XI, originally scheduled for Friday, has been shifted to Sunday due to inclement weather...
Rohingyas must return to Myanmar: Dhaka to int'l community
08:31 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees brought the international community together and pledged to do everything possible for supporting Rohingyas and host communities...
Journalism apologises for Fati remarks
08:24 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayA Spanish journalist has apologised after comparing Barcelona's Ansu Fati to a black street vendor in their 5-1 Champions League win over Ferencvaros...
American Airlines posts third straight quarterly loss
06:41 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayAmerican Airlines Group Inc reported a third straight quarterly loss on Thursday, hurt by a slump in travel globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Oxford vaccine trial continues amid death report
06:27 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe University of Oxford says the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil will continue following reports of a participant’s death...
Jago News gets registration certificate
05:19 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayCountry's leading online news portal jagonews24.com has received its registration certificate from the government. Surath Kumar Sarker, principal information officer of Press Information Department, handed over the certificate to the portal's acting editor Mohiuddin Sarker at the Secretariat on Thursday...
Why action against Google is not enough
04:47 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe US Justice Department’s latest move to sue Google for allegations that its search and advertising functions violate federal antitrust laws is unsurprisingly making headlines...
Bangladesh sees 24 more deaths, 1696 fresh cases
03:53 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday recorded 1,696 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 3,94,827. As of Thursday, the epidemic infected 41,544,238 people and killed 1,137,229 across the globe, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
Obama returns to campaign trial for Biden
03:41 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBarack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday to deliver a scathing – and occasionally humorous – condemnation of his successor while envisioning an America led by his former vice-president, Joe Biden...
Vision and Vigo Electronics hold dealers’ conference
02:37 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayVision and Vigo, popular electronics brands of RFL group, held its dealers’ conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Monday...
Bring drivers under dope test: PM
02:18 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to bring drivers under a dope testing system to know whether they use drugs. “We need to know whether those who’re driving [vehicles] use drugs. They need to undergo dope tests. This test of every driver is absolutely essential. You’ve to do that,” she said while addressing a discussion...
Death warrant issued for war criminal Kaiser
01:31 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued a death warrant for former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammad Kaiser who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh. Saeed Aymed, Registrar of the tribunal, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday...
Bangladesh’s roads remain perilous; 37,170 killed in 5 years
01:00 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayRoad accidents in Bangladesh is still one of the leading causes of deaths as 37,170 people were killed in 26,902 accidents across the country in the last five years...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial Brazil volunteer dies
11:21 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBrazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue...
US Election 2020: Trump and Obama lock horns in rival rallies
11:01 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayUS President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have directed blistering barbs at each other during rival rallies...
Durga Puja begins
10:14 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayDurga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, began on Thursday with Maha Sashthi puja at temples across the country maintaining health guidelines set by the government due to Covid-I9 pandemic...
Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions
09:22 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayPope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue...
Spain passes one million Covid-19 cases
08:36 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdaySpain has recorded more than one million coronavirus cases, becoming the first western European country to pass that landmark figure. On Wednesday the country reported 16,973 infections and 156 deaths in the previous 24 hours...
FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information
08:15 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayUS national security officials have reported Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters. The emails appeared to come from a far-right pro-Trump group and were meant to "incite unrest", National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said...