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Pompeo to meet Armenian, Azeri ministers over Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
03:00 PM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayAzerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces clashed in several areas of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, hours before talks were due to start in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave for over a quarter of a century, reports Reuters...
‘Black Day’ observed in several cities across world
02:24 PM, 23 Oct 2020 FridaySeveral protest rallies and placard marches were held in the demonstration against the barbaric acts perpetrated by the Pakistan armed forces...
Local warning signal 4 for maritime ports; tidal surge forecast
01:04 PM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayIn a special bulletin in the morning, the Met Office said a deep depression has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It was located in the northwest Bay and adjoining area and moved northeastwards over the same area..
Trump, Biden row over Covid, climate, racism
11:55 AM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden clashed over Covid and race while trading corruption charges, in their final live TV debate. On the pandemic, Mr Biden would not rule out more lockdowns, while Mr Trump insisted it was time to reopen the US, reports BBC...
Huawei 'forging forward' despite Trump sanctions
11:49 AM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayChinese phone maker Huawei said it was doing its best "to survive and forge forward" despite US sanctions...
US gives full approval for remdesivir Covid drug
11:14 AM, 23 Oct 2020 FridayUS regulators have given full approval for the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat Covid-19 patients in hospitals. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Veklury, the drug's brand name, cut the recovery time on average by five days during clinical trials, reports BBC.
BCB President's Cup final rescheduled for Sunday
09:48 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe final of the BCB President’s Cup between Mahmudullah XI and Najmul XI, originally scheduled for Friday, has been shifted to Sunday due to inclement weather...
Rohingyas must return to Myanmar: Dhaka to int'l community
08:31 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees brought the international community together and pledged to do everything possible for supporting Rohingyas and host communities...
Journalism apologises for Fati remarks
08:24 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayA Spanish journalist has apologised after comparing Barcelona's Ansu Fati to a black street vendor in their 5-1 Champions League win over Ferencvaros...
American Airlines posts third straight quarterly loss
06:41 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayAmerican Airlines Group Inc reported a third straight quarterly loss on Thursday, hurt by a slump in travel globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Oxford vaccine trial continues amid death report
06:27 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe University of Oxford says the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil will continue following reports of a participant’s death...
Jago News gets registration certificate
05:19 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayCountry's leading online news portal jagonews24.com has received its registration certificate from the government. Surath Kumar Sarker, principal information officer of Press Information Department, handed over the certificate to the portal's acting editor Mohiuddin Sarker at the Secretariat on Thursday...
Why action against Google is not enough
04:47 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe US Justice Department’s latest move to sue Google for allegations that its search and advertising functions violate federal antitrust laws is unsurprisingly making headlines...
Bangladesh sees 24 more deaths, 1696 fresh cases
03:53 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday recorded 1,696 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 3,94,827. As of Thursday, the epidemic infected 41,544,238 people and killed 1,137,229 across the globe, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
Obama returns to campaign trial for Biden
03:41 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBarack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday to deliver a scathing – and occasionally humorous – condemnation of his successor while envisioning an America led by his former vice-president, Joe Biden...
Vision and Vigo Electronics hold dealers’ conference
02:37 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayVision and Vigo, popular electronics brands of RFL group, held its dealers’ conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Monday...
Bring drivers under dope test: PM
02:18 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to bring drivers under a dope testing system to know whether they use drugs. “We need to know whether those who’re driving [vehicles] use drugs. They need to undergo dope tests. This test of every driver is absolutely essential. You’ve to do that,” she said while addressing a discussion...
Death warrant issued for war criminal Kaiser
01:31 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued a death warrant for former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammad Kaiser who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh. Saeed Aymed, Registrar of the tribunal, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday...
Bangladesh’s roads remain perilous; 37,170 killed in 5 years
01:00 PM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayRoad accidents in Bangladesh is still one of the leading causes of deaths as 37,170 people were killed in 26,902 accidents across the country in the last five years...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial Brazil volunteer dies
11:21 AM, 22 Oct 2020 ThursdayBrazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue...