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Sri Lanka orders closures to contain virus
03:04 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridaySri Lankan health authorities were working Friday to contain a growing cluster of new coronavirus infections, ordering the closure of bars, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs and spas...
Prof belonging to Ahmadi community shot dead in Pakistan
02:46 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridayA professor belonging to the Ahmadiya community was shot dead in a targeted attack in Peshawar on Monday, allegedly over his religious beliefs, police and officials said...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 36.4 mn
12:52 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridayThe confirmed Covid-19 cases passed 36.4 million globally as of Friday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU)...
Anisur Rahman Milon hospitalized
12:42 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridayPopular actor Anisur Rahman Milon has been hospitalized after he fell sick. Milon was taken to Square Hospital in capital Dhaka early Friday after he felt breathing problem, his younger brother Sumon told Jago News...
Trump ready to return to public life, says doctor
12:09 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to public engagements this weekend, his physician has said. The president had responded "extremely well" to medication and had "remained stable," said Dr Sean Conley, reports BBC...
Messi penalty gives Argentina winning start over Ecuador
12:06 PM, 09 Oct 2020 FridayArgentina got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to the perfect start on Thursday when Lionel Messi's penalty gave them a 1-0 win over Ecuador at home, reports ESPN...
AM Amin Uddin becomes 16th attorney general
08:03 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe government has appointed senior lawyer AM Amin Uddin as attorney general. The Supreme Court Bar Association President, Amin Uddin, became the country's 16th attorney general. Dr Md Rezaul Karim, public relations officer of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, confirmed this...
Nigerian, South Korean women to vie for WTO leadership
07:46 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayFormer Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee are the final candidates to head the World Trade Organization, ensuring the 25-year-old WTO will have its first female leader, reports Reuters...
Protests against rape continue across Bangladesh
07:30 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayAccording to reports reaching the UNB news, people in different parts of the country took to the streets and raised their voices demanding that rapists be given stringent punishment. The public fury mounted in recent days after the recent gang-rape incident at Sylhet MC College and housewife’s molestation in Begumganj of Noakhali district...
UK parliament committee says Huawei colludes with the Chinese state
07:04 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe British parliament’s defence committee said on Thursday that it had found clear evidence that telecoms giant Huawei had colluded with the Chinese state and said Britain may need to remove all Huawei equipment earlier than planned, reports Reuters...
Cardi B apologises for promoting Armenia fundraiser
06:17 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayCardi B has apologised after facing criticism for promoting a fundraiser for Armenia, reports Sky News...
American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel Literature Prize
05:15 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”..
Germany, Western allies call for acceptance of Uygurs as refugees
04:39 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayIn a United Nations speech on Tuesday supported by 38 other countries, Germany criticised China’s human rights record and called on the world to accept persecuted Uygur Muslims as refugees...
Bangladesh reports 20 more coronavirus deaths
04:17 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,460 in Bangladesh on Thursday, with 20 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,441 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,74,592, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
WB projects 1.6 pc GDP growth for Bangladesh in 2020-21
03:12 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayBangladesh's GDP growth will be 1.6 percent in the running 2020-21 fiscal, World Bank on Thursday forecast in its twice-a-year-regional update. It also said that Bangladesh's GDP growth is estimated to be two percent in the 2019-20 fiscal...
District hospitals to be ready to tackle Covid’s 2nd wave: PM
02:24 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is getting all the district hospitals ready with ICUs and oxygen supplies to provide healthcare services to people in the case of Covid-19 pandemic in the upcoming winter...
What we as men can do to make the women around us feel safe
01:51 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayImagine yourself in a country where everyday, in the news you see Bengalis like yourself beaten up, left lacerated in the streets and in some cases murdered. How would you feel?
PM opens Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram road in Kishoreganj
12:31 PM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday formally inaugurated the eye-catching Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram all-weather road in Kishoreganj for traffic using the digital platform...
COVID-19: Italy to extends state of emergency until Jan 31
11:44 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayStrict anti-COVID-19 measures including the mandatory use of face masks everywhere will be reintroduced in Italy, starting on Thursday, in an effort to curb a rising trend in infections registered in the latest weeks...
Officer charged in George Floyd’s death released on bond
11:18 AM, 08 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd was released from jail after posting a $1 million bond on Wednesday...