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Oct 22, 1947 should be observed as 'Resistance Day'
07:38 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayGilgit-Baltistan leader and activist Sajjad Raja on Saturday recalled the invasion of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan on October 22, 1947 and said the day should be observed as 'Resistance Day'...
Will the world’s first ‘travel bubble’ actually work?
07:18 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayRival financial hubs Hong Kong and Singapore are set to become the first regions in the world to open a reciprocal “air travel bubble,” after ministers from both governments announced a preliminary agreement Thursday...
Modi stresses safety in festival season
07:02 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayAddressing the nation over Covid-19 crisis, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the lockdown may have been lifted in the country but warned saying that the “virus is still out there”...
How fast will Apple’s new 5G iPhones be?
06:39 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayApple this week unveiled its first iPhones compatible with 5G wireless networks that, theoretically, offer download speeds 10 to 100 times as fast as current 4G LTE. But don’t count on actually getting such zippy service...
Israel, UAE agree visa-free travel for nationals
06:14 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayIsrael and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Monday to reciprocal visa-free travel, making Emirati citizens the first in the Arab world to not require Israeli entry permits...
Pak ISI finds its inspiration in IS tactics, preps to rain drone bombs in J&K
05:53 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayPakistan’s Army has started training terror groups in the use of explosive-laden drones to carry out attacks on targets in Jammu and Kashmir, a move inspired by Islamic State fighters who have used commercially-available drones or quadcopters to target forces in Iraq and Syria for years...
Sinopharm says may be able to make over one billion coronavirus vaccine doses in 2021
04:50 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayChina National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), one of several Chinese firms developing coronavirus vaccines, said it may have the capacity to produce more than 1 billion doses in 2021, Chairman Liu Jingzhen said on Tuesday, reports Reuters...
Nasa, Nokia to install 4G on lunar surface
04:12 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayWith competition among Earth’s telecoms providers as fierce as ever, equipment maker Nokia has announced its expansion into a new market, winning a deal to install the first cellular network on the moon...
Bangladesh witnesses 18 more deaths, 1380 fresh cases
03:44 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayBangladesh on Tuesday recorded 1,380 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 3,91,586. Of the total patients, 3,07,741 recovered, with 1,582 made recovery in the last 24 hours. The daily count came from test of 13,611 samples in the past day. As of today, the number of total sample test stood at 21,92,325...
MP Nixon gets 8-week anticipatory bail
02:56 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayThe High Court has granted an anticipatory bail for 8 weeks to Faridpur 4 MP Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury in a case filed by the Election Commission. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Md Jakir Hossen and Justice KM Jahid Sarwar Kajal passed the order on Tuesday. Earlier on October 18, Nixon filed an anticipatory bail petition with the HC...
Charges framed against DIG Mizan, 3 others
02:38 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayA Dhaka court has framed the charges against four accused, including suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth. Judge Asifuzzaman of Dhaka’s Special Judges Court-6 passed the order on Tuesday...
Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case on Nov 24
02:04 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayA court here today set November 24 to hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others...
Charges to be framed against Samrat in 2 cases on Nov 30
01:23 PM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayA Dhaka court has fixed November 30 to frame the charges against expelled Jubo League’s Dhaka South unit president Ismail Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the Arms Act and Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh passed the order on Tuesday...
UCB to cooperate with BSEC for the development of Capital Market
11:30 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayAnisuzzaman Chowdhury Ronny, Chairman, Executive Committee of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) recently attended at a courtesy meeting with Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Chairman, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
Covid-19 impacts journos negatively worldwide: ICFJ study
10:43 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayAlongside jobholders in different sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted many journalists and newsrooms in one way or another across the globe according to a recent study by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)...
France teacher attack: 4 school students held over beheading
09:35 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayFour school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils...
Thailand protests: Authorities move to ban Telegram messaging app
09:22 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayThai authorities are reported to have ordered internet providers to block the Telegram messaging app, which has been used by anti-government protesters...
US election 2020: Trump and Biden feud over debate topics
09:09 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden are feuding over plans for their final TV debate. The Republican president's campaign accused organisers of this week's showdown of helping the Democrat by leaving out foreign policy as a topic...
Argentina exceeds 1 million Covid-19 cases
08:41 AM, 20 Oct 2020 TuesdayArgentina has become the fifth country in the world to exceed one million coronavirus cases, its health ministry said on Monday, making it the smallest nation by far to reach the grim milestone after infections accelerated in recent weeks. There were 1,002,662 confirmed cases of the virus in the South American country...
Wear masks to avoid Covid’s second surge: PM
05:30 PM, 19 Oct 2020 MondayIn the wake of Covid-19 resurge in many European and American countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged all to follow health guidelines and use face-masks in public places and gatherings, aiming to prevent the possible second wave of the pandemic in Bangladesh...