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Germany pledges 3 billion euros for poor countries
10:01 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayGermany pledged 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) at a meeting of G20 finance ministers to help the world’s poorest countries, the finance ministry said on Saturday, reports Reuters...
9 cricketers to join BCB’s individual training programme
09:36 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayIndividual training programme of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in COVID-19 situations is set to start from Sunday. A total of nine cricketers will join this programme...
Investigators dig out more evidence of Shahed’s fraudulence
09:22 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayPolice today said Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim was found to have kept mark of his evil skills in education and several other sectors apart from health as he was now being quizzed in remand primarily on charges of issuing fake Covid-19 test reports in exchange of money...
ICT Ministry partners with Facebook to launch Covid-19 awareness campaign in Bangladesh
08:49 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayIn this crisis of Covid-19, Facebook, from the beginning, has extended its unrelenting support to the people of Bangladesh...
39 US states implement some type of mask requirement
08:33 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayLocal and state leaders have responded to the guidance to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of the virus with both support and opposition...
Hundreds of Thais protest demanding govt resignation
08:05 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayHundreds of Thais protested on Saturday evening, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, defying a coronavirus ban on big gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup, reports Reuters...
Cement-laden vessel sinks in Meghna
07:40 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayA cement-laden vessel capsized in the Meghna River in Hizla upazila of Barishal on Saturday afternoon.
Shaheen Iqbal made Navy chief
06:15 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayRear Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal will lead Bangladesh Navy as the government has appointed him as new chief of the force...
US has ‘lost its mind, morals and credibility’
05:55 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayChina’s foreign minister told his Russian counterpart on Friday that the United States has “lost its mind, morals and credibility”, while saying Beijing and Moscow should work together on issues of global importance, like Covid-19 and regional security...
Indonesia overtakes China in coronavirus cases
05:45 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayIndonesia overtook China on Saturday as the country with the most confirmed coronavirus cases in East Asia with 84,882 infections, and authorities said the actual infection rate could be higher due to undetected cases...
Quader calls for bringing back patients’ confidence in hospitals
05:25 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday called upon the authorities concerned to bring back the patients’ confidence in hospitals ensuring proper health environment during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis...
US civil rights pioneer John Lewis dies
05:21 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayUS lawmaker John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the US House of Representatives, has died, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday...
Saudi hosts G20 talks on coronavirus recovery, debt crisis
04:50 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayG20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing calls to widen debt relief for crisis-hit poor countries...
Several other hospitals like Regent run on expired license
04:31 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayNot only scam hit-Regent Hospital, but several other hospitals are running on expired license, the health directorate has found evidences...
US to see 1.57 lakh Covid deaths by Aug 8
03:26 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayAn ensemble forecast published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now projects more than 157,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States by August 8...
85 babies catch Covid-19 in a US county
03:17 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayCorpus Christi Nueces County Director of Public Health Annette Rodriguez said Friday that 85 babies under the age of one have tested positive for Covid-19 there...
Covid-19: New studies give information what drugs help, hurt
03:04 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayFresh studies by British researchers give more information about what medicines do or don’t work in COVID-19 treatment...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 2 lakh
02:37 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has passed 2 lakh as 2,709 more tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases now stands at 202,066. Besides, thirty-four more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,581...
Neo JMB women’s wing member put on 4-day remand
01:28 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayA Dhaka court has placed Ayesha Jannat Mohona alias Jannatul Tasnim or Pragya Debnath, an Indian citizen and a member of women’s wing of banned militant group Neo Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), on a four-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act...
Water Resources state minister recovers from Covid-19
01:09 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayState Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk has recovered from coronavirus. The state minister returned to his residence in Baridhara from Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday morning after he received negative Covid-19 report on Friday evening...