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Survivors fight for memory of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
04:52 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayAs they mark 75 years since their cities were destroyed in an instant, the ageing men and women who bore witness to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are struggling to remind the world of the horror of nuclear weapons...
Make investment environment more attractive: PM
03:51 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to work for making the investment environment in the country more attractive overcoming the problems caused by the Coronavirus pandemic...
39 more die from coronavirus in 24 hours
02:35 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,306 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,977 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 249,651, Prof Dr Baizid Khurshid Riaz, Director of National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, said during a press briefing on Thursday...
Ex-major Sinha killing: Ex-OC Pradeep arrested
02:22 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayFormer officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das has been arrested in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf. Police arrested him from Chattogram on Thursday, an official of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confirmed the arrested to Jago News...
ADB approves $3m grant to support Bangladesh against COVID-19
01:52 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional $3 million as grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh...
8 Covid-19 patients die in India hospital fire
01:18 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayEight coronavirus patients died in a huge fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital at Ahmedabad in Indian State Gujarat early Thursday morning...
Malaysia court places Rayhan on 14-day remand
12:33 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe Immigration Department of Malaysia has been granted a 14-day remand order against a Bangladeshi man held for investigations into a controversial Al Jazeera documentary, but his lawyers are to challenge the order...
Major Sinha killing: Arrest warrants issued against 9 cops
12:15 PM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayA court here issued warrants for the arrest of nine policemen including officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf. Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah issued the arrest warrants against them after taking the case into cognizance...
Canada providing humanitarian assistance in response to Beirut explosion
11:40 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayCanada’s Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne and its International Development Minister Karina Gould announced that the country is providing up to $5 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the tragic explosion that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday...
National mourning begins in Lebanon
11:21 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayBeirut, Lebanon's capital, is waking up on Thursday to three consecutive days of national mourning after a major explosion ripped through a port on Tuesday, killing at least 135 people and injuring about 5,000 people...
17 Bangladeshis arrested in India for ‘human trafficking’
10:56 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdaySouth Bengal Frontier of BSF on Wednesday (July 5) busted a human trafficking network which was involved in infiltrating people into the Indian territory from Bangladesh. A total of 18 people, including 17 Bangladeshis who were trying to infiltrate and one Indian tout - were nabbed by the BSF jawans...
Beirut explosion: Port officials under house arrest as rescue efforts continue
09:56 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayA number of Beirut port officials are being placed under house arrest pending an investigation into Tuesday's huge explosion, Lebanon's government says...
Facebook, Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation
08:56 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayFacebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus...
World Bank says ready to mobilize financing for Lebanon blast recovery
08:44 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe World Bank Group said on Wednesday it stands ready to assess Lebanon’s damage and needs after a devastating Beirut port explosion and will work to help mobilize public and private financing for reconstruction and recovery...
Mexico nears 50,000 coronavirus deaths, with 829 new fatalities
08:33 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayMexico’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 6,139 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 829 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths...
Beirut explosion death toll rises to 135, around 5000 injured
08:22 AM, 06 Aug 2020 ThursdayDeath toll in Tuesday’s huge blast that ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut has risen to 135, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, reports Anadolu Agency. Nearly 5,000 victims were injured and dozens of them are still missing, Hamad Hassan said...
Lebanon declares 2-week state of emergency in Beirut
09:29 PM, 05 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe Lebanese government has declared a two-week state of emergency, effectively giving the military full powers in the capital...
Rayhan from Al Jazeera documentary to be deported to Bangladesh
08:39 PM, 05 Aug 2020 WednesdayBangladeshi Md Rayhan Kabir will be deported once the Malaysian Attorney General's Chambers has completed looking into the investigation papers of the case, says the country’s Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud...
Bill Gates urges US to help poorer countries get Covid-19 vaccines
08:06 PM, 05 Aug 2020 WednesdayMicrosoft Corp founder and philanthropist Bill Gates urged the United States to take a more global approach in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, saying while the nation leads in research, "we've only taken care of ourselves" in producing and procuring a vaccine...
Up to 300,000 left homeless by Beirut blast: Governor
06:58 PM, 05 Aug 2020 WednesdayA huge blast in Beirut has left 300,000 people homeless and caused damage across half of the city estimated to cost more than US$3 billion (S$4.1 billion), its governor told AFP on Wednesday (Aug 5)...