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Canada reports zero Covid-19 deaths
09:42 AM, 12 Sep 2020 SaturdayCanada reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March 15, according to public health agency data released late on Friday...
Afghan peace talks with Taliban begin
08:30 AM, 12 Sep 2020 SaturdayThe first peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are due to begin in the Gulf state of Qatar on Saturday, after months of delay, reports BBC. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the meeting "historic" as he flew to Doha for the opening ceremony...
Bahrain 'makes peace' with Israel, says Trump
08:20 AM, 12 Sep 2020 SaturdayIsrael and the Gulf state of Bahrain have reached a landmark deal to fully normalise their relations, US President Donald Trump has announced...
China will give 110,000 free vaccine does to Bangladesh
05:42 PM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayThe Philippines will have quick access to a Chinese coronavirus vaccine. Latin American and Caribbean nations will receive $1 billion in loans to buy the medicine. Bangladesh will get over 100,000 free doses from a Chinese company...
Coronavirus death tally climbs to 4,668
03:49 PM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 4,668 in Bangladesh on Friday as the country recorded 34 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours...
Attack on UNO Wahida: Ghoraghat OC withdrawn
03:36 PM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayAmirul Islam, the officer-in-charge of Ghoraghat Police Station, was withdrawn for negligence of duty on Friday, nine days after an attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam and her father Omar Ali...
TikTok owner plans to spend billions in Singapore after US ban
03:20 PM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayThe Beijing-based company is looking to spend several billion dollars and add hundreds of jobs over the next three years in the city-state, where it has applied for a licence to operate a digital bank, said the sources, who asked not to be identified because of confidentiality...
500,000 evacuated from Oregon as fires engulf US West Coast
02:17 PM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayDozens of extreme, wind-driven fires burned through forests and towns on the West Coast of the United States on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, forcing half a million to evacuate in Oregon alone, and destroying hundreds of homes, authorities said...
No extension of TikTok deadline, says Trump
11:46 AM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayPresident Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular short-video app TikTok’s US assets would not be extended, reports Reuters...
Both sides agree to disengage
11:23 AM, 11 Sep 2020 FridayAfter two-and-half hours of bilateral talks between Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the two sides reached a five-point agreement to disengage and de-escalate the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)...
EU threatens legal action over Brexit bill
09:46 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayThe EU has threatened the UK with legal action if it does not ditch a bill to override key parts of the Brexit divorce deal "by the end of the month". In a statement following emergency talks between the two sides, the EU said the bill "seriously damaged trust between the EU and the UK"...
Akshay drinks cow urine every day
08:24 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayBear Grylls recently joined Akshay Kumar and his Bell Bottom co-star Huma Qureshi for an Instagram Live session. During the chat, Akshay and Bear spoke about shooting for the Into the Wild special episode at Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve, surviving in the wild and if they plan to work together again...
Palestinian FM urges Arab states to dismiss Israel-UAE deal
07:44 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayThe Palestinian foreign minister has called on Arab states to dismiss a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalise relations, describing the agreement scheduled to be finalised next week as “an earthquake”...
N’ganj mosque blast: Death toll rises to 31
06:42 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayTwo more people, who sustained burn injuries in a blast at a mosque in Narayanganj, died on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, bringing death toll from the incident to 31...
Large fire erupts in Beirut port area
06:01 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayA store of oil and tyres at Beirut port burst into flames on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of injuries, a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area of the Lebanese capital, reports Reuters...
JS passes Habiganj Agriculture University Bill, 2020
05:05 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayHabiganj Agriculture University Bill, 2020 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad here today in line with the government policy to establish a university in every district to ensure ease of higher education...
Govt spares none involved in crimes: PM
04:48 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday told the parliament that her government does not spare anyone involved in crimes in a bid to stop the legacy of extra-judicial killings initiated by military dictator Ziaur Rahman and institutionalized by her wife Khaleda Zia...
China vaccine frontrunner says shots are safe
04:07 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayChina National Biotec Group Co. said none of the recipients of its two coronavirus shots has reported an obvious adverse reaction or infection, as the Chinese vaccine front-runner presses ahead with testing after AstraZeneca Plc suspended its trial...
Coronavirus death toll stands at 4,634
03:34 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 4,634 in Bangladesh on Thursday as the country recorded 41 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,892 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,32,970, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Plasma therapy ineffective in reducing Covid-19 death: Research
02:36 PM, 10 Sep 2020 ThursdayIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy did not help in reducing death due to COVID-19...