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SC cancels all its vacations this year
01:46 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe Supreme Court has decided to cancel its vacations for the rest of this year after August 6...
Zafrullah sued for allegedly defaming Hindu religion
01:11 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayA case has been filed against Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Hindu religion and its god Ram. A journalist named Biplob Partha filed the case at the court of Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Salem Mohammad Noman on Wednesday...
Flood claims 4 more lives
12:31 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayFour people have died in 24 hours until Tuesday pushing the death toll to 226 in flood that set in during the last week of June. A daily bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed that three people died in Manikganj and one in Kishoreganj during the ongoing flood - already the longest-lasting since 1998 in the preceding 24 hours...
Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
12:10 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayAustralia should make any coronavirus vaccine compulsory for its 25 million citizens bar medical exemptions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday, wading into a heated ethical debate...
Coronavirus vaccine: Australia secures access to Oxford-AstraZeneca trial
10:31 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayAustralia says it has secured access to a promising coronavirus vaccine and will be able to offer free doses to its entire population of 25 million people...
Dollar under pressure as economic uncertainties linger
09:19 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe dollar struggled to recoup heavy overnight losses on Wednesday after it slipped to 27-month low the previous session as uncertainties about an economic recovery and the U.S. fiscal stimulus package weighed...
Brazil coronavirus cases top 3.4 million, death toll nears 110,000
08:54 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayBrazil reported 47,784 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,352 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden for US president
08:44 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayFormer U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter argued on Tuesday that Joe Biden has the experience and integrity to restore a pandemic-devastated America, as Democrats formally nominated Biden for president at their national convention...
Mali’s president resigns and dissolves parliament
08:29 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayMali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power," he added...
Israel's Mossad chief visits UAE for security talks
10:06 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayIsrael's Mossad spy agency chief Yossi Cohen visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for security talks, Emirati state media reported on Tuesday, days after the two countries agreed to establish diplomatic ties...
Hezbollah member found guilty over killing Rafik Hariri
09:50 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayA senior member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been convicted of helping orchestrate the 2005 assassination of the country’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, after a five-year international trial in the Hague...
Barcelona sack sporting director Eric Abidal
09:33 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayEric Abidal has left his role as Barcelona’s sporting director with immediate effect, the club have confirmed...
Driver, who ran over mountaineer Reshma with microbus, held
09:14 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayPolice on Tuesday seized the microbus that ran over mountaineer Reshma Begum Ratna, and arrested its driver from capital Dhaka's Ibrahimpur area...
HC orders to display Bangabandhu’s portrait in parliament
08:12 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered authorities concerned to display portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the session-room of the National Parliament...
ECNEC approves road widening project to boost Bangladesh-India trade
07:21 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe approval came from the 5th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY21) held virtually with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair...
Brazil approves human trials for potential Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
07:15 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayBrazil’s health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday said it had approved human clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen, reports Reuters...
Court asks to seize Samrat's immovable property
06:14 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday asked the government to seize the immovable property of the expelled Juba League leader, Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat...
Real Sociedad sign David Silva from Man City
05:37 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayWith Spain’s national team, Silva won the 2010 World Cup, as well as the 2008 and 2012 European Championships...
Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights
04:58 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayFantasy gaming platform Dream11 on Tuesday won the IPL title sponsorship rights with a bid of Rs 222 crore, replacing Chinese mobile phone company Vivo for a four and a half month deal...
Pakistan Taliban reunites with two splinter groups
04:26 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe Pakistan Taliban has brought two splinter groups back into its fold, it announced in a statement, days after the army said nationwide operations against armed groups had brought "hard-earned success"...