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Govt's dependency on bank borrowing continues to rise
09:18 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe government's dependency on bank borrowing continued to increase in the beginning of current fiscal year to meet budget deficit...
Policy reforms underway to attract more FDI: Salman
08:11 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman on Saturday said the government is working on policy reforms, aiming to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI)...
Aminbazar waste-to-energy plant to be a gamechanger: Minister
08:05 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayBangladesh’s capital Dhaka, which generates some 6,000 tonnes of garbage every day, is expected to see a sea change in garbage disposal once the country’s first proposed waste-energy plant in Aminbazar goes into operation...
More than half of Spanish companies reopen
07:11 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayMore than half the companies in Spain which closed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic have reopened, according to government data released on Saturday, suggesting the economy is recovering slowly, reports Reuters...
Germans expect better EU-US relations if Biden wins
05:40 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe Forsa survey of 1,009 people found that 76% expected improved US-Europe relations under Biden's leadership and 15% do not expect any significant change. Only 3% expect a worsening in relations...
Khulna villages flooded as tidal surge damages embankments
04:55 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayLow-lying areas in Koyra and Paikgachha upazilas of Khulna district have been flooded by tidal surge, leaving thousands of people marooned...
Bangladesh reports 46 more Covid-19 deaths
03:43 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,907 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country recorded 46 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,265 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,92,625, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Most UN Security Council members oppose US bid for Iran sanctions
03:24 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, with 13 countries on the 15-member United Nations Security Council expressing their opposition and arguing that Washington's move is void given it is using a process agreed under a nuclear deal that it quit two years ago...
Panama suspends int'l flights for another month
03:07 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayPanama will suspend all international flights for another month from Aug. 22 due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Central American country’s civil aviation authorities said on Friday, reports Reuters...
5 intruders shot dead along India-Pak border in Punjab: BSF
02:40 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe Border Security Force shot dead five intruders along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab early Saturday, a senior BSF officer said...
3 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia for not having travel documents
02:12 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayMalaysian Police has arrested three Bangladeshi nationals at a roadblock at Jalan Napoh, Changlun, near Jitra for not having travel documents. A female private taxi driver was also arrested with them, reports the Star on Saturday...
Coronavirus: India reports 68,898 new cases, 945 deaths in a day
01:21 PM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayIndia's coronavirus case tally rose to 29,75,701 on Saturday as it registered a spike of 69,878 cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As many as 945 deaths were reported in the country, taking the toll to 55,794...
South Korea expands social distancing rules as coronavirus outbreak grows
11:50 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdaySouth Korea said tougher social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus will be rolled out nationwide starting Sunday as it battles a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital, Seoul...
Bus-private car collision kills 6
09:58 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdaySix people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car in Mymensingh on Saturday morning. The incident took place on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in front of Bhaluka Government Degree College around 9am. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
Sculptor Mrinal Haque passes away
09:29 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayRenowned sculptor Mrinal Haque has passed away at a hospital in the capital. He was 62. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital around 2am on Saturday, a source from the hospital confirmed his death to Jago News. He was suffering from various old-age complications including diabetes...
Bangladeshi migrant Rayhan returns home from Malaysia
09:03 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayBangladeshi migrant Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested after appearing in an Al Jazeera documentary, has been deported to Bangladesh from Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines 196 flight, carrying Rayhan, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 12:55am on Saturday...
Sevilla bag sixth Europa League trophy
08:47 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdaySpanish football club Sevilla was crowned 2020 UEFA Europa League champions Friday with a 3-2 win against Italy's Inter Milan...
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within 2 years: WHO head
08:23 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking in Geneva on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome...
Aug 21 was a ‘political plot’ to bury BNP leadership: Gayeshwar
06:21 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayBNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said the August-21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital was a ‘political weapon’ to bury BNP leadership and create a ground for the 1/11 political changeover in 2007...
UNHCR calls for lasting solutions of Rohingya crisis
05:28 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayUNHCR, the UN refugee agency, today called for renewed support and solutions for the displaced and stateless Rohingya communities both within and outside Myanmar...