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Cuba lifts Havana lockdown as coronavirus cases fall
09:15 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayCuba said on Wednesday it was lifting a curfew and partial lockdown in Havana, in place since Sept. 1. to contain a second wave of the new coronavirus...
Russia offers to host Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
08:48 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdayRussia has offered to host talks on ending the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh...
US election 2020: Debate pulled in 65 million TV viewers
08:25 AM, 01 Oct 2020 ThursdaySome 65 million people tuned in to the first debate between US President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden. The TV viewership for Tuesday's clash was lower than the 2016 debates, but final streaming counts are pending. The 2016 showdown between Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton broke TV records...
Biden campaign calls China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims “genocide”
05:14 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayThe campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in a statement that the Chinese government’s oppression of Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang is “genocide,” and called on Donald Trump to take action...
Educational institutions closure to be extended: Dipu Moni
05:03 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayWith no improvement of the coronavirus situation in sight, the government has decided to extend the closure of educational institutions to prevent the spread of the virus, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said...
Coronavirus: 32 die, 1436 infected, 1789 recover in 24 hours
03:58 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,251 as 32 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,436 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 363,479, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday...
AL picks Joy for Sirajganj-1, Habib for Dhaka-18 by elections
03:51 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayAwami League today nominated Tanvir Shakil Joy and Mohammad Habib Hasan as the party candidates for the upcoming by-polls to Sirajganj-1 and Dhaka-18 constituencies respectively as the Election Commission (EC) has fixed the date for the by polls on November 12...
UK vaccine to be available to Bangladesh: Dickson
02:39 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayBritish High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Wednesday said the Oxford vaccine would be available to Bangladesh once it is produced and ready for use...
Rifat murder: Minni, 5 others get death
01:56 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayA Barguna court has sentenced six people including Aysha Siddika Minni to death and acquitted four others in Rifat Sharif murder case. Barguna District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman passed the order on Wednesday afternoon. Advocate Bhuban Chandra Halder, Public Prosecutor of the court, confirmed the information to Jago News...
MC College gang rape: Another accused put on remand
01:36 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayMahfuzur Rahman Masum, an accused in Sylhet MC College gang rape case, was placed on a five-day remand on Wednesday by a Sylhet court...
All 32 accused acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case
01:07 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayIn the Babri Masjid demolition case, a special CBI court on Wednesday said the demolition was not pre-planned and ruled out the conspiracy theories in the December 1992 incident in which the Mughal era monument was razed to ground by a mob of kar sevaks...
Bangladesh, US sign agreement for flight operations
12:18 PM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayBangladesh and the United States have formally signed an agreement for flight operations between the two countries. Tanveer Ahmed, Public Relations Officer of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Wednesday...
Disney to ‘axe 28,000 employees’ as coronavirus decimates its theme parks
11:59 AM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayDisney is set to axe around 28,000 staff as the coronavirus pandemics stops visitors going to its theme parks, it has been reported...
Babri Masjid demolition case verdict today
11:34 AM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdayA special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will deliver its verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case on Wednesday, almost three decades after the 16th century structure was razed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town...
Barguna Rifat Sharif killing verdict today
11:25 AM, 30 Sep 2020 WednesdaySecurity has been beefed up in Barguna town ahead of the verdict in Rifat Sharif murder case today. Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the court premises while a number of check-post were set up at different points. The movement of pedestrians around the court is also being restricted...
Iran’s new coronavirus cases exceed 450,000: Health Ministry
05:39 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayIran’s confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed the 450,000 threshold on Tuesday with 3,677 infections identified in the last 24 hours, a health ministry spokeswoman told state TV, as the Islamic Republic’s death toll spiked to 25,986...
‘We must prioritise a green Covid recovery’: PM
05:03 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed climate change and pandemics as common threats to mankind, saying that these should unite all in working towards a common solution that ensures a cleaner, greener and safer world...
Coronavirus: 26 die, 1488 infected, 1625 recover in 24 hours
04:16 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,219 as 26 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 1,488 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 362,043. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Tuesday...
BNP’s politics is in deep crisis: Quader
03:27 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayAwami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP’s politics is in deep crisis now as the party is getting isolated from the people day by day after failing in elections, by-elections and movements...
After USA, Canada and Japan anti-China protests erupt at downtown Paris
02:59 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayAnti-China protests are growing across the world. After the USA, Canada, Japan, Bangladesh and Nepal, France has witnessed protests against China's atrocities...