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India reports over 18,000 daily Covid-19 cases for first time
10:43 AM, 27 Jun 2020 SaturdayIndia registered its worst single-day increase in Covid-19 cases, recording more than 18,000 cases of the coronavirus disease to push the country’s tally to 508,953, the Union health ministry data showed on Saturday...
Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens
09:03 AM, 27 Jun 2020 SaturdayFacebook has said it will start to label potentially harmful posts that it leaves up because of their news value...
New US coronavirus cases hit 45,242 for biggest one-day increase of pandemic
08:46 AM, 27 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe United States recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million...
3 die in attempted murder of Mexico City police chief
08:31 AM, 27 Jun 2020 SaturdayAt least three people have been killed after assassins disguised as road workers launched an early morning attack on Mexico City’s police chief on the capital’s most famous street. Omar García Harfuch was reportedly driving to work through the tree-lined Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood...
Fire breaks out at city market
10:05 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayA market in capital Dhaka's New Market area caught fire on Friday evening. The incident took place at Zahan Mansion, said Rozina Akter, an official at the headquarters of Fire Service and Civil Defense...
China targeting non-English-speaking journalists
09:34 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayChina is attempting to use journalists from non-English speaking countries to promote its policies beyond its borders in a concerted new push for influence, a report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has found...
WHO to deliver 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine by 2021
08:36 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayBy the end of 2021, the World Health Organization plans to deliver about 2 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine to people across the globe, WHO officials announced during a virtual media briefing on Friday...
Bangladesh Bank's advisor dies of Covid-19
07:37 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayAllah Malik Kazemi, an advisor of Bangladesh Bank, has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus...
Mercantile Bank's vice-chairman dies of Covid-19
06:49 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayMercantile Bank Limited's vice-chairman Mohammad Selim has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
Sanofi planning to cut up to 1,680 jobs in Europe
06:02 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridaySanofi said on Friday it is planning to slash up to 1,680 jobs in Europe, confirming what two sources familiar with the matter had previously told Reuters...
Third official of Janata Bank dies of Covid-19
04:50 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayAn official of state-owned Janata Bank Ltd has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus...
Coronavirus grabs headlines, but S. China Sea will be Asean’s focus
04:00 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayAsean leaders gathering on Friday will publicly play up their plans for post-coronavirus recovery efforts, but behind closed doors much of their focus will be on disputes over the South China Sea, analysts believe...
Sahara Khatun shifted to ICU again
03:25 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayAwami League's presidium member and former Home Minister Sahara Khatun was shifted to Intensive Care Unit again on Friday morning following deterioration of her condition...
Huawei loses out as Singapore telecom operators choose 5G providers
03:16 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridaySingapore’s communication minister on Thursday said the government never excluded any company from being vendors for the nationwide roll-out of high-speed 5G technology, and is satisfied with the outcome of its telecom operators’ selection...
40 more die from coronavirus in 24-hr
02:36 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayThe number of coronavirus cases has reached 130,474 as 3,868 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 40 more people died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,661. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this during the daily health bulletin through online on Friday...
US sets one-day record for COVID-19 cases
01:30 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayThe governor of Texas temporarily halted the state’s reopening on Thursday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day increase in cases...
World recognises Dhaka’s efforts to end human trafficking: FM
01:14 PM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayBangladesh has vowed to end human trafficking through joint efforts saying the world has recognised Bangladesh's efforts taken so far to stop trafficking in persons. "We have long way to go. We will surely win. Build up strong public opinion (against trafficking and traffickers)," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abul Momen said on Friday...
Bangladeshis deposit Tk 5,427cr in Swiss banks
11:45 AM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayThe deposits by Bangladeshi citizens in Swiss banks stood at Tk 5,427 crore or 603 million Swiss francs in 2019. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) came up with the data in its annual report titled “Banks in Switzerland 2019” released on Thursday...
Che Guevara’s birthplace put up for sale
10:34 AM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayThe birthplace of the 20th Century leftist revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been put up for sale in the Argentine city of Rosario...
Another policeman dies of coronavirus
09:58 AM, 26 Jun 2020 FridayOne more member of Bangladesh Police has died from coronavirus. Touhidul Islam, 43, constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Traffic), breathed his last at Rajarbag Central Police Hospital on Thursday night. Dr Monwar Hasanat, superintendent of the hospital, confirmed the death to Jago News...