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Railway adding 24 local, commuter trains by Sept 16
02:33 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayBangladesh Railway has announced that it will add 24 more local and commuter trains to its fleet between September 10 and 16...
Marble quarry collapse in remote Pakistan kills 17
02:08 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayA collapse at a marble quarry in a remote area of Pakistan on Monday has killed at least 17 people, and 11 others are missing, police said, adding that the terrain may have been unstable due to the use of heavy explosives used to break apart the stone...
Gazipur City Corporation to be modernised, Bill passed
01:50 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayA bill titled 'Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha Bill 2020' was passed in Parliament on Tuesday to turn the fast-growing Gazipur city into a planned, livable and environment-friendly urban area. State Minister for Public Works and Housing Sharif Ahmed moved the Bill and it was passed by voice vote...
Coronavirus: Wales-made ventilator trialed in Bangladesh
01:37 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayA new Covid-19 ventilator - designed and built in Carmarthenshire - is being trialed on patients in Bangladesh. Initial results from clinical trials in Dhaka have been described as "very encouraging". Consultant anesthetist Dr Rhys Thomas and engineer Maurice Clarke from Ammanford built the Emergency Covid-19 C-PAP device...
Bir Shreshtha Mostafa Kamal’s mother dies
12:55 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayMaleka Begum, mother of Bir Shreshtha Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, died at her house in Moutupi village of Alinagar union in Bhola Sadar upazila. She was 96...
Suu Kyi vows victory in election as campaign starts despite virus surge
12:37 PM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her re-election bid on Tuesday ahead of polls set for November, vowing victory at a scaled-down ceremony in the capital after her original plans were scuppered by a surge in coronavirus cases...
Khashoggi murder: Saudi court overturns 5 death sentences
11:42 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayA Saudi court has overturned five death sentences over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants for between seven and 20 years, state media reported...
India records highest coronavirus deaths in more than a month
11:12 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayIndia recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed...
China accuses Indian troops of firing warning shots in border dispute
10:19 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayChina accused Indian troops of violating a bilateral agreement and firing warning shots in the air during a confrontation with Chinese personnel on the disputed border on Monday, amid renewed tensions...
Coronavirus: Rise in UK cases a great concern, Van Tam says
09:53 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe latest "big change" in coronavirus infections across the UK is of "great concern", England's deputy chief medical officer has warned...
Mbappe tests positive for coronavirus
09:39 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayFrench football star Kylian Mbappe has tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Monday...
Upazila chairman among 4 killed in road accident
08:31 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayFour people, including Nazmul Islam Kajal, chairman of Jessore Bagharpara Upazila Parishad, were killed in a head-on collision between a Pajero jeep and speeding truck in Madhabpur upazila here around 4:30pm today...
Facebook: Sabhanaz appointed as country manager of Bangladesh
08:25 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe authorities of Facebook (FB) has appointed Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, a Bangladeshi writer and computational social scientist as the country manager of Bangladesh...
Titas suspends 8 officials over blast in N’ganj mosque
08:20 AM, 08 Sep 2020 TuesdayState Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Monday said 8 officers and employees of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited were temporarily dismissed. “All illegal gas lines would have to be removed within the next two months,” he said while discussing the activities of gas distribution companies...
Belarus opposition leader Kolesnikova ‘detained’
04:51 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayUnidentified masked men have detained a leading opposition figure in Belarus, according to local media...
Coronavirus: 37 die, 1592 infected, 3298 recover in 24 hours
04:05 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 4,516 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,202 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 327,359. Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Monday...
N’ganj mosque blast: Writ seeks damages for victims
03:47 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayA writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking Tk 50 lakh in compensation for each family of the victims who died and suffered injuries in Narayanganj mosque blast. Supreme Court lawyer Mar-e-um Khondaker submitted the writ petition in the form of public interest litigation to the HC...
Death toll from N’ganj mosque AC blast reaches 26
02:40 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayThe death toll in air conditioner (AC) explosion at a Narayanganj mosque reached 26 after one more died from burn injuries while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery till 10am today, an official said...
How to watch Netflix without paying for subscription
02:11 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayNetflix is the world’s largest subscription streaming service despite its subscription fees being high when compared to other streaming apps like Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, and others. However, Netflix does offer a huge library of movies, TV shows and documentaries across different languages...
Sinha murder: Probe body submits report to Home Minister
01:23 PM, 07 Sep 2020 MondayA committee formed by the Home Ministry to probe into the murder of retired Major Sinha has submitted its report with thirteen recommendations to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Chief of the committee and Chittagong’s Additional Divisional Commissioner Md Mizanur Rahman handed over the report...