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Drums to fight locusts in Jharkhand
09:38 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayTraditional musical instruments like dhols and nagaras (drums) have suddenly shot into prominence in Jharkhand’s fight against the possible invasion by desert locusts...
Suspected killer of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya killed in drone strike
09:28 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayWarlord Haftar’s militiaman Khaled Al-Mishai, who was allegedly responsible for the killing of 26 Bangladeshis and four African migrants in Mizda town, was killed in a drone strike by the Libyan Air Force...
PRAN starts collecting 5,000 metric tons of mung bean from farmers
09:22 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayLocal business conglomerate, PRAN has started collecting mung bean from its contractual farmers in different districts directly maintaining necessary safety...
Nearly 250 media workers catch coronavirus
07:50 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe media workers in Bangladesh like elsewhere in the globe are being infected with the coronavirus significantly as they have to continue professional duties amid the disease' fast outbreak...
India blast claims 5 lives, injures 50
07:30 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayAt least five workers died and around 50 suffered severe burn in a blast in Gujarat of India on Wednesday...
2106 police win battle against coronavirus
06:40 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayAmong 5,507 coronavirus-infected police members in Bangladesh, 2106 have won their battle against the disease. The deadly claimed 16 lives in the force as of Wednesday, said the sources in police headquarters...
Impassioned rallies, mostly peaceful, continue across US
06:22 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayFor an eighth day and night, tens of thousands of people staged peaceful protests and impassioned marches across the United States, while the widespread destruction and looting that had followed demonstrations in recent days was largely absent...
Rohingya Repatriation: EU urged to exert more pressure on Myanmar
05:56 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayBangladesh has urged the European Union (EU) countries to exert more pressure on Myanmar so that it takes Rohingyas back, easing burden on Bangladesh and its economy. "The situation has become untenable for us,” said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen...
Covid-19 hospital at Bashundhara starts operation
05:26 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayInternational Convention City Bashundhara-turned coronavirus hospital, Dhaka has started its operation, said DGHS additional director general prof Dr Nasima Sultana...
Opinion: US racism part of everyday life
04:48 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe wave of protests in American cities after the death of George Floyd shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite the two-term presidency of Barack Obama, the US is still shaped by racism, says Miodrag Soric...
After the pandemic: 1.7m unknown viruses likely to infect humans
03:29 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayA leading scientist has warned that animals harbour almost two million viruses with the potential to infect humans. Dr Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, told Sky News that we must learn the lessons of the coronavirus pandemic and stop the next outbreak at source...
More than 50 BB staff catch coronavirus
03:19 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayMore than 50 staff of Bangladesh Bank have, so far, contracted the novel coronavirus, creating fear of operation disruption if the infections continue. Besides the already infected employees, over 100 ones of the central bank showed symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus cases reach 55,140; 37 more die
02:44 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 55,140 as 2,695 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 37 more people died from the disease, taking the number of deceased to 746...
11 pairs of passenger trains resume operation
02:21 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayEleven pairs of intercity trains resumed operations from Wednesday, Bangladesh Railway said...
Coronavirus: 452 deaths, 39,386 new cases in May
02:10 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases and the death toll has been rising since mid-April in the country but it was in May when the situation worsened. Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18...
Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall in Maharashtra, Mumbai receives rains
01:50 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayCyclone Nisarga made landfall between Murud and Revdanda in Maharashtra’s Raigad district as authorities evacuated thousands of people from the coastal areas in the state and in Gujarat, officials said...
4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Bangladesh-India border
11:42 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayEarthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Bangladesh-India border region at 07:10 am today, said National Center for Seismology of India. The earthquake's epicenter was 82km Southwest of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya...
Customs officer dies from coronavirus
11:32 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayRevenue officer (Superintendent) of Chattogram Customs House Jasim Uddin Majumdar died from coronavirus early Wednesday...
Brazil toll tops 30,000 as Italy reopens borders
10:28 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayBrazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through Latin America, while Italy -- at one point the hardest-hit country -- prepared to reopen its borders in time for the European summer...
Most Americans sympathize with protests, disapprove of Trump’s response
09:12 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayA majority of Americans sympathize with nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody and disapprove of President Donald Trump’s response to the unrest...