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Trump says he feels ‘powerful’ after COVID recovery
08:45 AM, 13 Oct 2020 TuesdayPresident Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Monday for the first time since he announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, touting his management of the pandemic as opinion polls showed him losing more ground to Democratic rival Joe Biden...
Rohingya issue to dominate agenda during US official’s visit: FM
05:22 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayBangladesh will raise the Rohingya issue during a US high official’s Dhaka visit and seek stronger global support, especially from the United States, for the quick repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar...
Nobel Prize in economics goes to Milgrom and Wilson
04:08 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayTwo American economists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for economic sciences on Monday for their work to improve how auctions work...
Coronavirus: 31 die, 1472 infected, 1531 recover in 24 hours
03:52 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,555 as 31 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,472 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 379, 738. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...
Arms case: Papia, her husband jailed for 20 years
02:31 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayA Dhaka court has sentenced expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to 20 years in jail in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh passed the order on Monday...
China to test entire city of Qingdao after COVID-19 cases emerge
02:25 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayAuthorities in China’s Qingdao said on Monday they would test the city’s entire population of more than nine million people for COVID-19 during the next five days, after new cases appeared linked to a hospital treating people who had been confirmed with the disease after returning from overseas...
Maldives considers scrapping Free Trade Agreement with China
01:44 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayMaldives, which has been steadily restricting its ties with China, may scrap its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Beijing to safeguard trade relations with other countries including India...
DNCC mayor, wife test positive for Covid-19
12:31 PM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayDhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam and his wife Dr. Shaila Shagufta Islam have been infected with Covid-19. As they were feeling unwell, their samples were given for corona test on Sunday morning, said MM Maun, public relations officer of DNCC...
Cabinet gives nod to death penalty for rape
11:59 AM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayThe cabinet today gave approval a draft law to ensure death penalty for rapists. President Abdul Hamid will issue an ordinance in this regard on Tuesday. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Haque confirmed the matter to Jago News on Monday...
Trump says he is recovered from COVID-19
11:46 AM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayU.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID-19 and was not an infection risk for others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House...
Covid virus ‘survives for 28 days’ in lab conditions
11:33 AM, 12 Oct 2020 MondayThe virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say. The findings from Australia's national science agency suggest SARS-Cov-2 can survive for far longer than thought...
No BPL this year
10:10 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20, which was scheduled to start in December, will not be held this year...
Floods kill 17 people in central Vietnam, next storm due soon
09:26 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayAt least 17 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam’s central provinces in the past week and 13 are still missing, state media said on Sunday as the country braced for another tropical storm...
Anti-rape protests rage for 6th day in city
08:39 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayProtests against the growing incidents of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women are continuing in different parts of the city for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday...
India cases cross 7 million as experts warn of complacency
08:03 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayIndia’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in...
Gas explosion flattens building, kills 2 in southwest Iran
06:46 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayAn explosion caused by leaking gas flattened a building in southwest Iran on Sunday, killing at least two people, state broadcaster IRIB reported...
9 die, 34 injured in Armenian attack on civilians in Azerbaijan
05:24 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe death toll in an Armenian missile attack on Azerbaijan’s Ganja city, that happened after the agreed ceasefire, rose to 9 with 34 injured on Sunday...
China concerned for delay in repatriation of Rohingyas
04:48 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayChinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has expressed concern for not starting the repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State...
Ananta Jalil’s ‘lesson’ for rapists descends into victim-blaming
04:32 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayAmid countrywide protests over the growing incidents of rape and violence against women and girls, actor Ananta Jalil has blamed revealing dresses worn by women for inviting 'unwanted sexual advances'...
Covid: Trump ‘no longer a transmission risk to others’
03:53 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayUS President Donald Trump is no longer a Covid transmission risk to others, the White House physician has said...