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3 Bangladeshis lynched in Assam
06:32 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThree Bangladeshi nationals, who had allegedly crossed the border in Assam’s Karimganj district illegally, to steal cows from villages adjoining the India-Bangladesh border were killed by a group of locals late on Saturday night, police said...
Class XI online admission process to begin on August 9
06:14 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe online admission process for Class XI (session 2020-2021) will begin on August 9. “The online admission activities for class XI (session 2020-2021) will start from August 9 and continue until September 15,” said a notification from the Ministry of Education...
Father jumps into water to save 10-year-old son ‘grabbed’ by shark
05:44 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayA father managed to save his 10-year-old son from a shark that pulled him off a boat, by jumping in the water and scaring the shark away, last Friday, July 17...
Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly 4 million people, 189 dead
05:15 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayNearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday...
Modi’s Twitter followers cross 60 million mark
04:46 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayPrime Minister Narendra Modi achieved yet another milestone when his Twitter handle crossed 60 million followers on Sunday...
TikTok considers London and other locations for headquarters
04:29 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayTikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London, a source familiar with the matter said, as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership...
RFL Plastics now RFL Houseware
03:50 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayRFL Plastics, a popular brand of household products, has been renamed as RFL Houseware. The name has been changed with a view to manufacturing new products as per the demand of the customers...
Bangladesh approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine trial
03:39 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayBangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved the phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese firm Sinovac. Doctor Mahmud-Uz-Zaman, Director of the BMRC, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Sunday. He said, China sought an approval for the third trial of a coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh...
37 more die from coronavirus, new cases 2,459
02:44 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe deaths tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 2,618 on Sunday with 37 new fatalities in the past 24 hours. The country's total number of coronavirus cases stood at 204,525 with 2,459 people newly caught the virus. Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, came up with the disclosure...
Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes amid coronavirus protests
02:17 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s graft trial resumed on Sunday after a two-month break amid mounting protests over his alleged corruption and handling of the coronavirus crisis...
Dr Tarek Alam: Unleashing the potential of Ivermectin
12:58 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayA highly respected physician and professor of medicine at Bangladesh Medical College (BMC) has been using a combination of two cheap, easily available drugs to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 with great success in reducing the viral load and restricting the severity of disease...
Humayun Ahmed’s death anniversary today
12:48 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe 8th death anniversary of eminent Bangladeshi writer, playwright, lyricist, academician and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed today...
War criminal Mueen-Uddin sues UK home secretary
12:18 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayChowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who was sentenced to death for his crimes against humanity during Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971, is suing UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 in libel damages, reports Daily Mail...
Twitter disables Trump tweet over copyright complaint
11:19 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayTwitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint, reports Reuters. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification...
Three of a family die from coronavirus
10:39 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThree members of a family in Haziganj upazila of Chandpur have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus. Deceased Abul Kashem Mia, 75, his son Abdul Awal, 48, and daughter Kamrunnahar, 50, were residents of Makimabad village in the upazila...
Olympic figure skater dies at 20
09:32 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayPairs figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, who was born in Russia but competed for Australia in the 2018 Olympics, has died at 20 in Moscow, the International Skating Union reported Saturday...
Syria launches elections amid war, economic woes
08:57 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayDamascus launches parliamentary elections across government-controlled areas of the country on Sunday, as President Bashar al-Assad marked 20 years in power amid a continuing war and deep economic woes, reports Al Jazeera...
UK asks Japan for Huawei alternatives
08:35 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, citing NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd as potential alternative suppliers, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday...
Record single-day rise in global coronavirus cases
08:21 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours - the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to WHO, this is the first time the number of new daily infections has surpassed a quarter of a million...
Onset of floods leads country into two-front war
08:14 AM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe Coronavirus pandemic and rapidly worsening flood situation in the country's northern and middle parts, have deepened people’s sufferings, while food and drinking water crisis left thousands in great dismay...