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Millions return to work and school in France
05:43 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayAmid strict health protocols schools and offices opened in France on Tuesday after months of restrictions to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Inner Mongolia protests at plans to bring Mandarin-only lessons
05:12 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThousands of ethnic Mongolians have protested across northern China in opposition to Beijing plans to replace the Mongolian language with Chinese in some school subjects...
ECNEC okays Tk 3,586cr project to upgrade Sylhet-Tamabil highway
04:49 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe project will also pave the way for boosting Bangladesh’s export-import as well as trade and commerce with the South and East Asian countries, especially with India’s Asam and Tripura, Mannan said...
Maersk to cut jobs in major reorganization
04:08 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayMaersk will cut jobs in a major shake-up that will affect a third of the shipping giant’s staff as it seeks to integrate its seaborne container and in-land logistics businesses, it said on Tuesday, reports Reuters...
Coronavirus death toll rises to 4316
03:44 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 4,316 in Bangladesh on Tuesday as the country recorded 35 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,950 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,14,946, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Saudi king sacks defence officials
03:37 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayA royal decree said Saudi King Salman had relieved Prince Fahad bin Turki of his role as commander of joint forces in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen...
BNP pays homage to Zia on founding anniversary
02:38 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayBNP on Tuesday paid homage to its founder Ziaur Rahman marking its 42nd founding anniversary...
Bir Uttam CR Dutta’s cremation held
02:31 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe cremation of Chitta Ranjan Dutta, Bir Uttam, widely known as CR Dutta, commander of sector number four during the Liberation War, was held in the capital on Tuesday. His body was taken to Sabujbagh crematorium where Bangladesh Army presented him a gun salute before his cremation...
Bangladesh establishes diplomatic ties with Saint Kitts and Nevis
01:33 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayBangladesh has established diplomatic relationship with Saint Kitts and Nevis, an island country in the West Indies...
Asia’s factories shaking off COVID gloom, China shines
12:22 PM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayAsian factories continued to shake off the coronavirus-induced gloom in August as more bright signs in China raised hopes of a firmer recovery in global demand, reducing pressure on policymakers to take more radical steps to avert a deeper recession...
BNP’s 42nd founding anniversary today
10:49 AM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayBNP is celebrating to celebrate its 42nd founding anniversary across the country on Tuesday in a low-key manner due to the coronavirus prevalence...
Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar’s 2020 election
09:35 AM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayFacebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar’s 2020 election scheduled for November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violence, and preventing the spread of misinformation...
Bangladesh declares one day mourning in honour of Pranab Mukherjee
09:23 AM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe government has announced one day National Mourning on Wednesday in honour of the memory of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee...
Trump defends supporters accused in deadly clashes
08:42 AM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump has defended supporters of his for their alleged roles in recent deadly street clashes..
Funeral of ex-Indian President Pranab to be held today
08:16 AM, 01 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe last rites of former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee is set to be conducted on Tuesday and his body will be laid in state at his official residence here in the national capital to enable people to pay their last homage...
Pranab Mukherjee passes away
08:40 PM, 31 Aug 2020 MondayPrime Minister Narendra Modi said Mukherjee left an indelible mark on India’s development trajectory. “India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee. A scholar par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired across the political spectrum and by all sections of society,” PM Modi tweeted...
Radio, TV channels, newspapers to require registrations for news portals
05:47 PM, 31 Aug 2020 MondayThe licensed television and radio channels would have to get registered for operating their online news portals while the newspapers would have to go through the same procedure...
PDP chairman Qureshi dies
05:13 PM, 31 Aug 2020 MondayNoted journalist, one of the organizers of Liberation War and Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Dr Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi has passed away...
1 killed, several hurt in two UAE restaurant blasts
04:39 PM, 31 Aug 2020 MondayOne person was killed and several people were injured on Monday in two separate explosions in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi and its tourism hub Dubai, the police and local media said...
Coronavirus: 33 die, 2174 infected, 2980 recover in 24 hours
03:56 PM, 31 Aug 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 4,281 as 33 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,174 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 312,996, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday...