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PM mourns death of Bir Uttam CR Dutta
12:48 PM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of one of the sector commanders during Liberation War Maj Gen (Rtd) Chitta Ranjan Dutta popularly known as CR Dutta, Bir Uttam...
TikTok files lawsuit against Trump administration's executive order
12:39 PM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayVideo-sharing social networking company TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over Trump's Aug. 6 executive order banning any U.S. transactions with TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance, starting in 45 days...
Hong Kong reports ‘first case’ of virus reinfection
11:23 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayHong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout...
Bir Uttam C R Dutta dies in US
10:22 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayBir Uttam Maj Gen (retd) Chitta Ranjan Dutta, also known as C R Dutta, has passed away. He was 93. Dutta, also a sector commander of Bangladesh liberation war, breathed his last at a hospital in Florida of United States at 9:30am on Tuesday (Bangladesh local time). Rana Dasgupta, General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, confirmed the death to Jago News. Dutta was also the founding president of the council...
Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election
09:18 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayAspiring politician Abdul Rasheed was born in Myanmar and is one of the very few members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to have Myanmar citizenship...
Rohingyas await justice, safe return 3 years on: HRW
09:00 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe Myanmar government has failed to ensure that nearly one million Rohingya refugees can safely return home three years since fleeing the Myanmar military’s crimes against humanity and possible genocide, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday...
Usain Bolt says he’s self-quarantining after COVID-19 test
08:40 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdaySprint legend Usain Bolt said Monday he is self-quarantining after undergoing a COVID-19 test amid reports he was positive for the deadly coronavirus...
RNC 2020: Trump warns Republican convention of ‘rigged election’
08:26 AM, 25 Aug 2020 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump has warned his fellow Republicans their opponents may "steal" November's election, as his party anointed him as their candidate. "They're using Covid to defraud the American people," Mr Trump told delegates on the first day of the party convention in North Carolina...
Bangladesh wants to begin initial transfer of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char
05:20 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayBangladesh wants to start the initial transfer of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char Island after monsoon through conducting a "go-and-see" visit programme first...
PM recalls Ivy Rahman’s contributions to all democratic movements
04:29 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Awami League leader Ivy Rahman on her 16th martydrom anniversary, recalling her outstanding contributions to country’s all democratic movements...
Coronavirus: 42 die, 2485 infected, 3784 recover in 24 hours
03:37 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,983 as 42 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,485 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 297,083. Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Monday...
Sonia Gandhi offers to resign as Congress president
03:24 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondaySonia Gandhi has offered to resign as the Congress interim president. At the crucial Congress Working Committee, which met on Monday, Sonia Gandhi asked the committee to initiate the process for selecting a new party chief...
Govt decides to give approval for coronavirus antigen test
02:58 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayThe government has decided to give approval for coronavirus antigen test. Health Minister Zahid Malique on Monday said this after receiving the health protective materials from the representatives of Taiwan at the conference room of the ministry. The minister also said, the government is not giving the approval for coronavirus antibody test...
9 killed after 2 blasts rip through southern Philippines
01:19 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayTwo powerful explosions ripped through heavily populated areas of a southern Philippine island on Monday, killing at least nine people in a known stronghold of the extremist group Abu Sayyaf...
Writ filed seeking probe into deaths of 84 elephants in Ctg
12:30 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) seeking an investigation into the deaths of 84 elephants in Chattogram in last 19 years. Supreme Court lawyer Monoj Kumar Bhowmik filed the petition with the concerned department of the HC on Monday...
Kim Jong-un ‘in coma, sister Kim Yo-jong taking charge’
12:08 PM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayNorth Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is reportedly in a coma, with his younger sister set to take the reins in Pyongyang...
India’s coronavirus cases surge to 3.1 million
11:52 AM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayIndia reported 61,408 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload past 3.1 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. India crossed the 3 million cases milestone on Sunday, 17 days after it crossed the 2 million mark. It is the worst-affected country in Asia, and third behind Brazil and the United States globally...
Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
11:39 AM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayPresident Donald Trump on Sunday announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma - a move he called “a breakthrough,” one of his top health officials called “promising” and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated...
Sentencing of New Zealand mosque shooter begins
11:25 AM, 24 Aug 2020 MondayThe sentencing of a gunman who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's worst mass shooting got underway on Monday under tight security. Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant appeared before the Christchurch High Court handcuffed and dressed in gray prison clothes...
Belarusian protesters pack capital, army issues warning
09:37 PM, 23 Aug 2020 SundayTens of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of Minsk on Sunday as the army waded into Belarus’ political crisis, warning that it, not the police, would respond to any opposition unrest near the city’s national memorials...