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'Abdul Samad's IPL debut a proud moment for J&K'
02:14 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayAdvisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan has complimented Abdul Samad for his debut in Indian Premier League (IPL) and termed the occasion as a proud moment for the entire Jammu and Kashmi, reports India Blooms...
Nearly 20,000 Covid-19 cases among Amazon workers
12:51 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayAmazon said that more than 19,816 of its frontline workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 since March, reports BBC...
EU warns Turkey of sanctions over 'provocations'
12:34 PM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayThe EU says it could impose sanctions on Turkey over "provocations and pressures" in a row with Greece over energy resources and maritime borders...
Trump, Melania test positive for coronavirus
11:41 AM, 02 Oct 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now in quarantine. The president, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, announced the news in a tweet. "We will get through this together," he wrote...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Deadly fighting spills into fifth day
09:13 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayHeavy shelling between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has been reported around the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as fighting raged for a fifth day, with both sides refusing to back down and heed international calls for talks...
Iran considering onion export to Bangladesh
08:59 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayIran will consider exporting onion to Bangladesh with due importance as the price of the vegetable used in most cuisines in the subcontinent including Bangladesh is comparatively low in the Asian country...
Rahul Gandhi arrested on way to meet Indian rape victim's family
08:40 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayIndian police have detained two key leaders of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka, after preventing them from visiting a northern village where a teenager from India’s lowest caste was allegedly gang-raped last month, reports The Guardian...
No cricketers return positive in corona test
06:44 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayAll of the cricketers and support staff returned negative in the recent COVID-19 test, conducted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)...
Sightsavers calls on govt to vote for building equal UN
05:46 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdaySightsavers was joined by eight grassroots organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) for this cause...
HC orders Green Line to give crash victim Tk 20 lakh more
05:30 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered Green Line Paribahan authorities to give Taka 20 lakh more as compensation to Russel Sarker, whose left leg was severed after getting crushed by one of the buses of the company in the capital...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees 21 more deaths
04:33 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,272 in Bangladesh on Thursday, with 21 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,508 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,64,987, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Pakistan to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province: A move to please China?
03:51 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayGilgit-Baltistan (GB), which is part of the disputed territory of Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, is on its way to become the fifth province of Pakistan. The announcement was first made by the country's federal minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Ali Amin Gandapur...
Nagad brings down cash-out charge to Tk 9.99
03:08 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayFor the first time in the country Nagad, the mobile financial arm of the Postal Department, has brought down the cash-out charge to Tk 9.99 per Tk 1,000, the lowest rate ever in the country’s burgeoning mobile financial service segment...
Educational institutions to remain closed till Oct 31
02:25 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe government has extended closure of all educational institutions till October 31, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus. A press release signed by Abul Khayer, public relations officer of primary and mass education ministry, confirmed the matter on Thursday...
UNO Wahida discharged from hospital
01:34 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayGhoraghat UNO Wahida Khanam, who was critically injured in an attack, was discharged from the National Institute of National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital (NINH) on Thursday after almost a month of treatment...
Court accepts charge sheet against Prothom Alo editor
12:54 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayA Dhaka court has accepted the charge sheet against Prothom Alo’s editor Matiur Rahman and nine others in a case filed over the death of ninth grader student of Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC) Nayeemul Abrar...
Italy considers extending COVID-19 emergency until Jan 31
12:02 PM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayItaly is considering extending until Jan. 31 next year its state of emergency over the COVID-19 crisis, two national newspapers said on Thursday...
Pope rejects US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meeting
11:22 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe Vatican has denied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an audience with Pope Francis. The Holy See said the Pontiff does not receive politicians during an election period...
Moderna chief says its vaccine won’t be ready before US election
10:09 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayThe chief executive of Moderna Therapeutics, one of the companies developing a coronavirus vaccine, dealt a blow to Donald Trump’s hopes of having a jab ready before the US presidential election...
Focus on ‘future sustainability’ while making investment: PM
09:48 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for focusing on “future sustainability” while making investment as she placed a four-point proposal to save the planet from the adverse impact of climate change...