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Vietnam bans wildlife trade to curb risk of pandemics
12:50 PM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayVietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive to ban the Southeast Asian country’s wildlife trade with immediate effect in order to reduce the risk of new pandemics, a government statement said, reports Reuters...
Two 'drug traders' killed in Diabari 'gunfight'
12:10 PM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayTwo suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion in capital Dhaka's Diabari area early Friday...
‘Extremely personal’ documents to be unsealed
11:42 AM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayAn extensive collection of “extremely personal” documents in civil litigation against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell can be unsealed, a Manhattan federal court judge ruled on Thursday...
US COVID-19 cases reach 4 million
11:15 AM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayThe number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed the 4-million mark on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University...
Trumps scraps party convention in virus 'flare-up'
11:11 AM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayPresident Donald Trump has cancelled the Republican party convention in Florida, citing the coronavirus "flare-up" as US cases passed four million. "It's not the right time for that," he said, adding that he would still give a convention speech in a different form, reports BBC...
China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
11:08 AM, 24 Jul 2020 FridayChina has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, the latest in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries, reports BBC...
“We will never eradicate this virus”
09:41 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayInfectious disease expert Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says it’s very likely that the world will never be rid of coronavirus...
Shakib's mother also tests positive for Covid-19
09:12 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayAfter her husband, Shirin Reza, mother of Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, has also tested positive for COVID-19...
New Bogra-1, Jashore-6 MPs take oath
08:40 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe two newly elected members of parliament (MPs) — Begum Sahadara Mannan from Bogra-1constituency and Md Shahin Chaklader from Jashore-6 — of the Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad took oath at the Parliament Complex on Thursday...
Dhaka signs deal with Tokyo to construct, renovate 21 bridges
08:36 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe authorities of Bangladesh and Japan today inked an agreement over the construction and renovation of 21 small and large bridges in the western region of Bangladesh with the Japanese government’s aid...
Gender inequality increases in media during pandemic
08:22 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayA survey published by International Federation of Journalists showed that gender inequalities in newsrooms have increased during the coronavirus pandemic...
Apple, Nike urged to cut 'Uighur ties'
07:56 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayCorporate giants including Nike face growing calls to cut ties with suppliers alleged to be using "forced labour" from China's Uighur people...
PA blames Israel for coronavirus cases in West Bank
07:04 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of deliberately spreading the coronavirus in the Palestinian territories as the number of active cases has begun to climb again...
Prof Khurshid Alam new DGHS chief
06:35 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe government has appointed prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam as the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services. Health Service Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday...
China's coronavirus vaccine could be ready by year-end
06:23 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayA coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) could be ready for public use by the end of this year, state media reported on Wednesday, ahead of a previous expectation it may become available in 2021...
China's embassy in Washington receives bomb threats
06:10 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayBomb and death threats have been made against the Chinese embassy in Washington, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday, blaming the US government...
Street partying fuels fears of coronavirus resurgence
05:52 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayOn Saturday night in Astoria, in Queens, it was almost as if coronavirus had never hit New York City...
Housing also for those losing homes in natural calamities: PM
05:22 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government will arrange housing for those losing their homes in flood and riverbank erosion alongside rehabilitating the landless and homeless people across the country...
Dr Azad's contract with govt cancelled
05:03 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe government has cancelled contractual appointment of prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad as director general of the Directorate General of Health Services. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. The contract was cancelled two days after Dr Azad resigned as DG of health directorate on Tuesday...
China harboring fugitive scientist at US consulate
04:12 PM, 23 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe federal prosecutors are seeking a Chinese scientist accused of visa fraud who they say is hiding out in China's consulate in San Francisco, reports CNN...