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AM Amin Uddin becomes 16th attorney general
08:03 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe government has appointed senior lawyer AM Amin Uddin as attorney general. The Supreme Court Bar Association President, Amin Uddin, became the country's 16th attorney general. Dr Md Rezaul Karim, public relations officer of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, confirmed this...
Nigerian, South Korean women to vie for WTO leadership
07:46 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayFormer Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee are the final candidates to head the World Trade Organization, ensuring the 25-year-old WTO will have its first female leader, reports Reuters...
Protests against rape continue across Bangladesh
07:30 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayAccording to reports reaching the UNB news, people in different parts of the country took to the streets and raised their voices demanding that rapists be given stringent punishment. The public fury mounted in recent days after the recent gang-rape incident at Sylhet MC College and housewife’s molestation in Begumganj of Noakhali district...
UK parliament committee says Huawei colludes with the Chinese state
07:04 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe British parliament’s defence committee said on Thursday that it had found clear evidence that telecoms giant Huawei had colluded with the Chinese state and said Britain may need to remove all Huawei equipment earlier than planned, reports Reuters...
Cardi B apologises for promoting Armenia fundraiser
06:17 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayCardi B has apologised after facing criticism for promoting a fundraiser for Armenia, reports Sky News...
American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel Literature Prize
05:15 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”..
Germany, Western allies call for acceptance of Uygurs as refugees
04:39 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayIn a United Nations speech on Tuesday supported by 38 other countries, Germany criticised China’s human rights record and called on the world to accept persecuted Uygur Muslims as refugees...
Bangladesh reports 20 more coronavirus deaths
04:17 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,460 in Bangladesh on Thursday, with 20 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,441 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,74,592, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
WB projects 1.6 pc GDP growth for Bangladesh in 2020-21
03:12 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayBangladesh's GDP growth will be 1.6 percent in the running 2020-21 fiscal, World Bank on Thursday forecast in its twice-a-year-regional update. It also said that Bangladesh's GDP growth is estimated to be two percent in the 2019-20 fiscal...
District hospitals to be ready to tackle Covid’s 2nd wave: PM
02:24 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is getting all the district hospitals ready with ICUs and oxygen supplies to provide healthcare services to people in the case of Covid-19 pandemic in the upcoming winter...
What we as men can do to make the women around us feel safe
01:51 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayImagine yourself in a country where everyday, in the news you see Bengalis like yourself beaten up, left lacerated in the streets and in some cases murdered. How would you feel?
PM opens Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram road in Kishoreganj
12:31 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday formally inaugurated the eye-catching Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram all-weather road in Kishoreganj for traffic using the digital platform...
COVID-19: Italy to extends state of emergency until Jan 31
11:44 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayStrict anti-COVID-19 measures including the mandatory use of face masks everywhere will be reintroduced in Italy, starting on Thursday, in an effort to curb a rising trend in infections registered in the latest weeks...
Officer charged in George Floyd’s death released on bond
11:18 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd was released from jail after posting a $1 million bond on Wednesday...
Chinese national stabbed dead in Pirojpur
09:39 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayA Chinese national was stabbed to death by a mugger near the construction site of the 8th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge over Kocha river of Sadar upazila in Pirojpur district on Wednesday evening...
Trump says catching COVID-19 was a ‘blessing from God’
09:25 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayPresident Trump released a new video from the White House on Wednesday in which he said that his contraction of COVID-19 was a “blessing from God,” and he credited an experimental antibody treatment for his apparent recovery from the disease that has so far killed more than 211,000 Americans...
Japan to remove travel ban for 12 countries next month: Media
08:46 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayJapan is planning to remove a ban on overseas travel to China and 11 other countries next month, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday...
Tensions escalate at Rohingya camps after violence
08:35 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayTensions heightened at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps following a fierce clash at Ukhiya camp on Tuesday that left four people dead. Another Rohingya teenage boy, who sustained a bullet in a gunfight on Wednesday, died at a hospital in Cox’s Bazar district...
Brazil’s coronavirus cases pass 5 million
08:17 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayConfirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil have passed five million, with deaths in the country approaching 150,000, officials say. Brazil's health ministry reported 31,553 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total infections to 5,000,694. The country is the third worst hit for infections, after the US and India...
Act fast to save planet: PM to global leaders
09:45 PM, 07 Oct 2020 Wednesday"In our war against nature, we’ll only lose. All our actions manifest that we’re consciously destroying the very support systems that are keeping us alive. So, the time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said...