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R2P organizes online workshop on “dialogue for peace”
02:15 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayVoluntary and research organization R2P (Right to Peace) successfully organized an online workshop titled “dialogue for peace” on Friday.
MC College gang-rape: 3 others put on 5-day remand
01:53 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayA Sylhet court on Tuesday placed three other accused on a 5-day remand each in a case filed in connection with Friday’s gang-rape in MC College. Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate court no-2 passed the order when police produced them before the court seeking a seven-day remand, said Khokon Kumar Dutta...
Amnesty International to halt India operations
01:33 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayAmnesty International says it has been forced to halt its India operations due to "reprisals" from the government...
Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath South Pole on Mars
12:40 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayA network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect of tiny, swimming Martian life...
Bangladeshis among 113 migrants detained in Slovenia
12:03 PM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdaySlovenian police said Monday they had apprehended over hundred migrants in a single evening after they crossed the country’s border with Croatia. Most of the migrants are from Pakistan and Bangladesh and would likely be returned to Croatia, according to police...
India’s daily Covid-19 case count drops to 70,589; recoveries increase to over 82%
11:39 AM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdayIndia registered a drop in the number of new coronavirus disease cases on Tuesday. According to Union health ministry, the number of new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours is 70,589 - the country has been recording over 80,000 cases...
WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states
11:21 AM, 29 Sep 2020 TuesdaySome 120 million rapid tests for COVID-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, the World Health Organisation announced Monday - if it could find the money. The WHO said that the $600 million scheme would enable low- and middle-income countries to close the dramatic gap in testing for the new coronavirus...
Kenya extends Covid curfew for two months
09:57 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayKenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta extended for two months on Monday a nationwide curfew intended to curb the coronavirus, but relaxed the starting time by two hours until 11 p.m, reports Reuters...
Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder
09:21 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayTurkish prosecutors have filed a second indictment against six Saudi suspects over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s state news agency...
BCB won’t allow Shakib and others to play LPL
09:09 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon hinted that Shakib Al Hasan and other Bangladeshi players won’t be allowed to play the Lankan Premier League (LPL) as the players would have to take part in the country’s domestic cricket...
Submit report on expat workers to cabinet: PM
08:46 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the foreign minister to submit a complete report before the next cabinet meeting on measures to send back Bangladeshi expatriate workers to their workplace and explore new job markets for them...
PM Hasina’s 74th birthday celebrated
08:37 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayThe 74th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Bangladesh Awami League, was celebrated across the country in a befitting manner...
Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka postponed
07:33 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayBangladesh’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka for three-match Test series was postponed due to the indifference regarding quarantine period issue between the two boards...
Azerbaijan denies Turkey sent it fighters from Syria
07:02 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayAzerbaijan has rejected a statement by an Armenian official saying Turkey had sent fighters from Syria to support Azerbaijani forces amid intensifying fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region...
Uber granted 18-month London license
05:52 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayUber has won a legal bid to restore its London operating licence which was taken away over safety concerns, after a judge ruled on Monday that the company was a fit and proper operator, reports Reuters...
Japan issues suicide warning after death of Miss Sherlock actress
05:37 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayFollowing the death of a popular actress on Sunday, Japan’s government is urging people to seek help if they are struggling to cope...
PM vows to do something better more for countrymen
04:53 PM, 28 Sep 2020 Monday“It’s very tough to work for the country after returning home with losing father, mother, brothers and thus everything. Despite the fact, I am thinking about one thing that I would have to do something better more for the country and its people before leaving (the state power) for whom my father had very much love,” she said...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 32 more deaths
04:45 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus stood at 5,193 in Bangladesh on Monday, with 32 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 1,407 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,60,555, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Japan to gradually lift COVID travel alerts from October
04:24 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayJapan plans to gradually lift overseas travel alerts in October in a bid to spur the removal of entry restrictions implemented in other countries, Nikkei has learned...
Armenian, Azeri forces battle again, 21 killed
03:38 PM, 28 Sep 2020 MondayAt least 21 people were killed on Monday in a second day of heavy clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh that reportedly involved air power, missiles and heavy armour, reports Reuters...