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Decision over Hajj likely after June 15: State Minister
10:34 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayState Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation by June 15...
Twitter, Facebook disable Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint
09:21 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayTwitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints...
Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa Abdelmalek Droukdel killed: France
08:52 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayFrance says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali...
Coronavirus: WHO advises to wear masks in public areas
08:31 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide "a barrier for potentially infectious droplets"...
1,300 civilians killed in DRC violence
09:53 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayUN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday some of the killings and displacement "may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes"...
Pandemic poses enormous risk to around 1.2mn people in Cox’s Bazar: IOM
08:57 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe coronavirus pandemic poses an enormous risk to around 1.2 million people in Cox’s Bazar including over 860,000 Rohingyas, said International Organization for Migration (IOM)...
DC Moniruzzman wins battle against coronavirus
07:47 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayMunshiganj deputy commissioner Md Moniruzzaman Talukder has won his battle against coronavirus. He tested negative for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, on Friday, civil surgeon Dr Abul Kalam Azad confirmed...
US protests will bring new coronavirus outbreaks
06:30 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayIn a little over a week, Americans have gone from taking their first hesitant steps outside again to marching in tightly packed crowds in cities all over the country...
Dhaka North AL leader dies from coronavirus
05:18 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayA local leader of Dhaka North Awami League has died from coronavirus in a city hospital. Deceased Azizur Rahman Bachchu, 70, was former vice president of the AL unit-
Girls 'tricked into FGM' with COVID-19 vaccine
04:58 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayEgyptian authorities will prosecute the father of three girls who they say were tricked into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) and the doctor who performed the illegal surgery...
Ctg MP, 10 family members contract coronavirus
04:34 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayMd Mostafizur Rahman, a parliament member from Chattogram- 16 (Banskhali) constituency, and his 10 family members have been infected with coronavirus...
Singapore heading for record unemployment in 2020
03:56 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridaySingapore’s finance minister said its unemployment rate could rise to a record of over 100,000 in 2020 due to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic...
Qatar boycott 3 yrs on: 'Everyone loses'
03:35 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThree full years after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt abruptly boycotted the small neighboring Gulf state of Qatar, the diplomatic crisis continues to stymy regional cooperation without a clear end in sight...
Bangladesh’s Land Ministry wins 2020 UN Public Service Award for “E-Mutation”
03:16 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe Ministry of Land of Bangladesh has been awarded by the United Nations the prestigious ‘United Nations Public Service Award’ for 2020...
Coronavirus cases pass 60,000 as death toll reaches 811
02:46 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 811 as 30 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,828 more tested positive for coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 60,391...
Dr Zafrullah’s condition worsens slightly
02:28 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe condition of coronavirus infected Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has worsened slightly...
Nasim undergoes successful surgery after stroke
02:07 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayAiling ex-Health and Family Welfare Minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim underwent a successful surgery on Friday after suffering a stroke, said Awami League office secretary Barrister Biplab Barua...
Trump shares letter that calls peaceful protesters ‘terrorists’
12:55 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayPresident Donald Trump on Thursday shared a letter on Twitter that referred to the peaceful protesters who were forcibly dispersed from a park near the White House on Monday evening as "terrorists."
Nasim’s health deteriorates
11:48 AM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe health condition of former health minister Mohammed Nasim is deteriorating as he has been suffering from coronavirus. He is currently undergoing treatment at Intensive Care Unit of Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the capital. He was admitted to the hospital on June 1...
Another doctor dies from coronavirus
10:51 AM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayProfessor S A M Golam Kibria, former chairman of Urology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has died from coronavirus. He breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at 12:45am on Friday...