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Trump flown to hospital after Covid-19 positive test
08:34 AM, 03 Oct 2020 SaturdayA feverish US President Donald Trump has been flown to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. The White House said the president was "fatigued but in good spirits" and was taken to hospital as a precaution. Mr Trump received an experimental drug cocktail injection at the White House after he and First Lady Melania Trump both tested...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia says ready to work towards ceasefire
04:47 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayArmenia has said it is prepared to work with international mediators to reach a ceasefire with Azerbaijan as the two rivals fight over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, where fierce clashes spilled into a sixth day...
Kurigram flood situation improves
04:11 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayThe overall flood situation in Kurigram has improved as the water level in many rivers including Brahmmaputra is receding...
An ode to a benevolent warrior
04:08 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayA man with such potential and greatness but still a man of modesty..
Bangladesh reports 33 more Covid-19 deaths
03:36 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,605 in Bangladesh on Friday, with 33 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,396 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,66,383, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Plug loopholes to tackle illicit trade in Covid times, economists tell govt
03:06 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayExpressing concern over the rising illicit trade in Bangladesh in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,economists have exhorted the government to take adequate steps to tackle the menace...
Finance Minister off to UAE for medical checkup
02:53 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal left Dhaka for UAE for medical checkup on Friday...
'Abdul Samad's IPL debut a proud moment for J&K'
02:14 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayAdvisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan has complimented Abdul Samad for his debut in Indian Premier League (IPL) and termed the occasion as a proud moment for the entire Jammu and Kashmi, reports India Blooms...
Nearly 20,000 Covid-19 cases among Amazon workers
12:51 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayAmazon said that more than 19,816 of its frontline workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 since March, reports BBC...
EU warns Turkey of sanctions over 'provocations'
12:34 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayThe EU says it could impose sanctions on Turkey over "provocations and pressures" in a row with Greece over energy resources and maritime borders...
Trump, Melania test positive for coronavirus
11:41 AM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now in quarantine. The president, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, announced the news in a tweet. "We will get through this together," he wrote...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Deadly fighting spills into fifth day
09:13 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayHeavy shelling between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has been reported around the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as fighting raged for a fifth day, with both sides refusing to back down and heed international calls for talks...
Iran considering onion export to Bangladesh
08:59 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayIran will consider exporting onion to Bangladesh with due importance as the price of the vegetable used in most cuisines in the subcontinent including Bangladesh is comparatively low in the Asian country...
Rahul Gandhi arrested on way to meet Indian rape victim's family
08:40 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayIndian police have detained two key leaders of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka, after preventing them from visiting a northern village where a teenager from India’s lowest caste was allegedly gang-raped last month, reports The Guardian...
No cricketers return positive in corona test
06:44 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayAll of the cricketers and support staff returned negative in the recent COVID-19 test, conducted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)...
Sightsavers calls on govt to vote for building equal UN
05:46 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdaySightsavers was joined by eight grassroots organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) for this cause...
HC orders Green Line to give crash victim Tk 20 lakh more
05:30 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered Green Line Paribahan authorities to give Taka 20 lakh more as compensation to Russel Sarker, whose left leg was severed after getting crushed by one of the buses of the company in the capital...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees 21 more deaths
04:33 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,272 in Bangladesh on Thursday, with 21 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,508 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,64,987, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Pakistan to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province: A move to please China?
03:51 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayGilgit-Baltistan (GB), which is part of the disputed territory of Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, is on its way to become the fifth province of Pakistan. The announcement was first made by the country's federal minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Ali Amin Gandapur...
Nagad brings down cash-out charge to Tk 9.99
03:08 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayFor the first time in the country Nagad, the mobile financial arm of the Postal Department, has brought down the cash-out charge to Tk 9.99 per Tk 1,000, the lowest rate ever in the country’s burgeoning mobile financial service segment...