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Saudi Arabia limits Hajj pilgrims to 1,000
10:10 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayHajj pilgrim numbers could be limited to less or more than 1,000 to protect public health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Saudi authorities...
Top US health official Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ new US surge
09:40 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayAmerica's top infectious disease expert has told lawmakers that the US is seeing a "disturbing surge" in coronavirus infections in some states...
64 Bangladeshis detained in North Macedonia
08:59 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayPolice in North Macedonia say 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country’s border with Greece. The driver evaded arrest during the inspection late Monday near Strumica in the country’s southeast. In a statement Tuesday, police gave no other details about the migrants...
Seven areas in 4 more dists declared as red zones
10:07 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe government has declared general holidays in seven areas of four more districts marking those as red zones in an effort to limit the coronavirus spread...
Judge in Brazil orders president to wear mask in public
09:40 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayBrazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered by a federal judge in Brasilia — the country's capital — to wear a face mask in public or face a fine, reports CNN...
Over 600 Ansar members catch coronavirus
09:16 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayA total of 604 members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) have been infected with coronavirus, with nine more caught the disease in the past 24 hours...
Coronavirus cases in police force cross 9000
08:26 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus infections in police force stood at 9,398 as of Tuesday, the highest number of such cases in a single profession..
Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19
07:49 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayWorld number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test positive for Covid-19...
Trump’s decision to pull US out of WHO will boost China’s influence
07:25 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayTrump’s decision to pull US out of WHO will boost China’s influence...
Safoora Zargar, pregnant anti-CAA protester, gets bail
06:09 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayA court in India has granted bail to Safoora Zargar, a 27-year-old student activist who was jailed in April in a case related to the religious violence in capital New Delhi earlier this year...
2.5-month-old Tamim recovers from Covid-19
05:29 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayTwo-and-a-half-month-old Tamim, who tested positive for COVID-19, has made recovery. He was taken at home on Tuesday after being discharged from Barguna General Hospital after long 10 days' treatment...
AL will always work for people’s welfare: PM
04:12 PM, 23 Jun 2020 Tuesday“It is our commitment to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that we would always work for the welfare of the people,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said while joining an unscheduled discussion in parliament marking the 71st founding anniversary of the Awami League...
Houthis launch missile, drone attack in Saudi
04:03 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayYemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched a large missile and drone attack deep in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that struck the defence ministry and a military base in Riyadh, but the kingdom said it blocked the assault..
BMA chief Mostofa Jalal catches Covid-19
03:35 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayPresident of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin has been hospitalized after contracting the novel coronavirus. Confirming the matter on Tuesday, BMA secretary general Dr Md Ihteshamul Haque Chowdhury said, "He (Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin) is now well."..
Bangladesh coronavirus cases stand at 119,198, deaths 1,545
02:37 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayBangladesh recorded 3,412 more coronavirus cases and 43 the virus deaths in the past 24 hours. With this, the number of total infections and fatalities stood at 1,545 respectively, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Indian, Chinese military agree to disengage in disputed border
02:05 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayIndian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to disengage troops from a heavily disputed stretch of their border where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead, an Indian government source said on Tuesday, reports Reuters...
Bill placed to allow courts to hold virtual trial proceedings
01:28 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayA Bill was introduced in Parliament on Tuesday to empower courts to run trial proceedings through videoconferences and other digital means using the information technology. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM rezaul Karim, in absence of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq, placed...
Bills placed in JS to set up universities in Chandpur, Habiganj
01:04 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayTwo bills were placed in Parliament on Tuesday for setting up a science and technology university in Chandpur and an agriculture one in Habiganj. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni placed the Bills in the House and both were sent to the respective parliamentary standing committees for further scrutiny...
BNP MP Harun attends JS session wearing “Mujib Coat”
12:50 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayBNP lawmaker from Chapainawabganj-3 constituency Harunur Rashid today attended the budget session at Jatiya Sangsad wearing a “Muib Coat”, a distinctive, black sleeveless jacket named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who wore it when addressing political rallies...
Global coronavirus cases top 9 million
11:38 AM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayGlobal coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia said it would allow a "very limited" number of pilgrims to the haj next month. France took its biggest step yet back to normality by allowing millions of children to return to school...