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India’s coronavirus infections surge to 5.4 million
11:44 AM, 20 Sep 2020 SundayIndia’s coronavirus case tally surged to 5.4 million as it added 92,605 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed on Sunday. The country has posted the highest single-day caseload in the world since early August, and lags behind only the United States, which has 6.7 million cases in terms of total infections...
Johnson to levy 10,000 pound fine on COVID-19 rule-breakers
10:22 AM, 20 Sep 2020 SundayPeople in England who break new rules requiring them to self-isolate if they have been in contact with someone infected with COVID-19 will face a fine of up to 10,000 pounds ($12,914), Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday...
Trump vows to nominate woman as Ginsburg’s replacement
09:12 AM, 20 Sep 2020 SundayUS President Donald Trump has said he will next week nominate a woman to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, escalating a political row over her successor...
Airstrikes on Taliban base kill 12 civilians, Afghan officials says
08:44 AM, 20 Sep 2020 SundayAt least 12 civilians were killed and more than 10 others injured on Saturday in twin airstrikes on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz, a provincial official said. Defence ministry officials in Kabul, who said more than 40 Taliban fighters had been killed in the strikes...
Ex-Canada PM Turner dies
08:27 AM, 20 Sep 2020 SundayFormer Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks and led his Liberal Party to a massive electoral defeat in 1984, died on Saturday aged 91...
UNO Wahida transferred to Dhaka
09:59 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayThe government has attached injured Ghoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam to the public administration ministry...
Shura Committee takes charge of Hathazari Madrasa
09:16 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayThe Shura Committee (The policymaking body) on Saturday took charge of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Mainul Islam Hathazari following the resignation and death of its director general Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi...
TikTok files complaint against Trump administration
07:53 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayPopular video-sharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network, according to court documents filed late on Friday...
BNP for united movement to ‘protect democracy’
07:04 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayBNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said media freedom and democracy in Bangladesh ‘cannot be protected’ without a united movement...
China's feud with world is about to get nasty
06:32 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayChina's commerce ministry on Saturday issued rules on its proposed list of "unreliable entities," part of an intensifying rift with the United States, saying it will target foreign firms and individuals endangering China's sovereignty and security...
Scientists find SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Bangladesh wastewater
04:55 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayA team of scientists from Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) and North South University (NSU) has claimed to make the first and successful attempt to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses' genetic material in the sewage water...
Allama Shafi laid to eternal rest
04:25 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayHathazari Madrasa rector and chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi has been laid to rest at the madrasah graveyard. Earlier at 6:20pm on Sunday, Allama Shafi breathed his last at Asgar Ali Hospital at Gandaria in the old part of Dhaka. Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi, the director-general of Hathazari Madrasa, announced to resign from his madrasa post after a meeting of Majlis-e-Shura (policymaking body) on Thursday night.
McMillan unable to take up Bangladesh’s batting consultant role
04:15 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayFormer New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan revealed that he is unable to undertake the role of Bangladesh’s batting consultant due to a loss in the family...
Thousands rally in Thai capital against govt
03:45 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayThousands of protesters in Thailand’s capital demonstrated against the government of former coup leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Saturday, with many also demanding reforms to the powerful monarchy...
Coronavirus deaths in Bangladesh cross 4,900
03:18 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 4,913 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country recorded 32 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,567 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,47,372, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Mosque blast: 8 suspended employees of Titas arrested
01:50 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayMembers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested eight suspended employees of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in connection with explosion at Narayanganj mosque on September 4 that claimed 32 lives so far...
Ahmed Shafi’s death: Security beefed up in Chattogram
12:17 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdaySecurity has been tightened in four upazilas of Chattogram to avoid any untoward situation over the burial of Hathazari Madrasah rector and chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi...
BSF reaffirms to use non-lethal weapons on border
12:06 PM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayIndian Border Security Force (BSF) has reiterated its policy of using non-lethal weapons on the Bangladesh-India border. The BSF made the assurance in response to the concerns expressed by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on border deaths...
As Bangladesh’s relations with India weaken, ties with China strengthen
11:13 AM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdaySylhet, a city in north-eastern Bangladesh, is some 50km from the border with India. But when the government awarded a $250m contract in April to build a new airport terminal in the city...
TikTok and WeChat: US to ban app downloads in 48 hours
10:02 AM, 19 Sep 2020 SaturdayTikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal...