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Coronavirus: 24 die, 1193 infected, 1495 recover in 24 hours
03:31 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,524 as 24 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,193 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 378,266. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday...
Bollywood’s ‘Shahenshah’ turns 78
03:23 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayMegastar Amitabh Bachchan, the 'Shahenshah' of Bollywood, turns a year older today. Big B is celebrating his 78th birthday on Sunday (October 11) and wishes are pouring in for him from all corners of the world...
Othoba.com offers special discount for 10-10 Festival
03:00 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe 10-10 mega online shopping festival has started on popular e-commerce site othoba.com. Centering the festival, othoba.com is giving special discounts on various products and free home delivery services to its customers...
Govt building army to face 21st century’s geopolitical, military challenges: PM
02:41 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe premier joined the function from her official Ganabhaban residence here through a video conference while the concerned army officials got connected from the Savar Cantonment...
4.8km of Padma Bridge now visible
02:32 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayNearly five kilometres of the Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 32nd span on Sunday...
Two additional attorney generals step down
01:50 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayTwo additional attorney generals- Murad Reza and Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir- have resigned showing personal reasons...
Language movement veteran Mirza Mazharul dies of Covid-19
01:40 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayLaguage movement veteran Professor Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus...
No discussion over India's military role in Afghanistan during talks
01:04 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayAbdullah Abdullah, Chairman, High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan on Saturday said he did not discuss the military role of India in Afghanistan during talks with Indian leadership over Afghan peace process...
No uniform view on HSC cancellation among students, parents
12:37 PM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayMehedi, an aspirant of Ideal School and College, on the contrary said this is the norm this year as Covid-19 pandemic is still a viable threat for everyone...
Many reported dead in Thailand bus-train collision
11:35 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayAt least 17 passengers were killed and more than dozen injured on Sunday when a bus collided with a train in Thailand, officials said...
Train hits bus, kills 3
10:28 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThree people died and at least 15 others received injuries as a train hit a bus in Fatehpur Rail Crossing area in Feni on Sunday...
Trump appears at first public event since diagnosis
09:24 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayUS President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self on Saturday as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his doctor said he was no longer a transmission risk, reports Reuters...
Germany claim first Nations League win
08:53 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayGermany claimed a first Nations League win with victory over Ukraine in a game where around 20,000 fans were allowed to attend Kyiv's Olympic Stadium...
Both education and life must be saved
08:37 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThe current world is going through a special situation in terms of education. About one billion students in the world are not able to go to educational institutions...
Eggs, stones tossed at Fakhrul’s Uttara house
08:20 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayA group of supporters of BNP leader M Kofiluddin Ahmed on Saturday threw eggs and stones towards the house of party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the capital’s Uttara area, reports UNB...
The socio-political factors that ‘influence sex offenders’
08:15 AM, 11 Oct 2020 SundayThey advocated for the formation of a high-profile national committee, comprising police, Rab, and members of the administration, judiciary and civil society, to contain the serious social menace and sexual violence of any kind by breaking the existing culture of impunity...
Mehidy Hasan becomes father of a baby boy
09:22 PM, 10 Oct 2020 SaturdayBangladesh national team all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has become the father of a baby boy. He and his wife were blessed with the newborn baby on Saturday in a Dhaka hospital...
Africa 'needs $1.2tn' to recover pandemic losses
08:54 PM, 10 Oct 2020 SaturdayThe economic damage as well as the health costs caused by coronavirus has left Africa needing $1.2tn (£920bn) over the next three years, the International Monetary Fund has said, reports BBC...
Students won't get form fill-up fee back
07:30 PM, 10 Oct 2020 Saturday"There is no chance to give form fill-up fee back because all preparations of examination were completed with the money students gave on the account of filling form," the coordinating board president prof Md Ziaul Haque told Jago News...
Anti-rape protests continue in city for 5th day
06:22 PM, 10 Oct 2020 SaturdayActivists of different organisations, including those working on women’s rights, staged demonstrations on the road in front of the Jatiya Sangsad on Saturday, protesting the growing incidents of rape and demanding the toughest punishment for rapists, reports UNB...