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Cyclone Nisarga to make landfall today, high alert in Mumbai
08:47 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThousands of people were evacuated in low lying areas of Maharastra and Gujarat ahead of Cyclone Nisarga that is expected to hit the Indian’s western coast on Wednesday afternoon...
India evacuates 100,000 as Mumbai awaits historic storm
08:34 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayAt least 100,000 people including coronavirus patients were being moved to safety as India’s west coast braced for a cyclone - the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in more than 70 years...
58 lost consciousness after Minneapolis officers put them in neck restraints
09:56 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayIn the years leading up to George Floyd's death with his neck beneath the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, at least 58 people lost consciousness after the city's officers put them in neck restraints, according to a CNN analysis of use of force data from the police department...
Reconsider bus fare hike: CAB to govt
09:37 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has urged the government to reconsider its decision to raise bus fare by 60 percent amid the coronavirus pandemic...
India's COVID-19 tally crosses two lakh
09:20 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus cases in India exceeded two lakh as the deadly virus kept rising fast. The country, so far, reported 5,600 fatalities from the pathogen, reports The Hindu...
Ebola: Congo declares new epidemic
08:30 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola epidemic Monday in the western city of Mbandaka, more than 1,000km (620 miles) away from an ongoing outbreak in the east...
76 including municipal councilor newly catch coronavirus in Cumilla
08:09 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus cases in Cumilla stood at 1,096 after 76 more people contracted the virus in the past 24 hours in the district...
Health insurance for all DU students
07:53 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Dhaka University authorities have decided to bring its all students under health insurance facilities...
ECNEC approves 10 projects involving Tk 16,276cr
06:38 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved 10 projects involving Taka 16,276.03 crore, including two projects related to emergency response and preparedness on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to strengthen the country’s health system...
Mostafa Kamal resigns as Kaler Kantho acting editor
06:04 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayNoted litterateur and journalist Mostafa Kamal has resigned as the acting editor of the Daily Kaler Kantho. He decided to step down in personal reason, he told Jago News on Tuesday...
Dealing with anxiety during the pandemic
05:05 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayI think everyone had mixed feelings during this Eid. It was a happy occasion mired by a pall of gloom on account of the continuing pandemic...
America’s protests won’t stop until police brutality does
04:41 PM, 02 Jun 2020 Tuesday“Stop Killing Us!” Three words, scrawled on a sign held by a 5-year-old black boy at a Tampa protest against police brutality. Messages don’t get any clearer than that. Yet to judge by the days of protests sweeping the country, this message still hasn’t gotten through...
Will be able to step forward defying all hurdles, says PM
03:52 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said COVID-19 has slowed economic advancement of the country to some extent but the nation will step forward defying all hurdles...
Bangladesh coronavirus deaths cross 700; cases over 50,000
02:47 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus related deaths in Bangladesh surpassed 700 and cases exceeded 50,000, with 37 people died from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, the country saw the biggest daily jump of 2911 COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 52,445...
ADB expands trade finance program to support Bangladesh private sector
02:15 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded the Trade Finance Program (TFP) to support private sector in Bangladesh by raising its financing limit to $755 million from $518 million at the end of last year...
Coronavirus: First death of Rohingya man reported in Bangladesh
01:35 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayA Rohingya man died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the isolation centre at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night. The deceased could not be identified immediately...
Cyclone Nisarga likely to make landfall near Mumbai tomorrow
12:51 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that tropical cyclone Nisarga has headed for the Maharashtra coast, and is going to make landfall on June 3 close to Mumbai...
Nasim tests positive for coronavirus, doing well
12:24 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayFormer health minister Mohammed Nasim, also a presidium member of the ruling Awami League, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and was admitted to Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka’s Shyamoli...
National Bank’s Tk 60 lakh recovered, 4 arrested
11:30 AM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayDetectives arrested four people with two foreign-made arms on Monday night in connection with missing of Tk 80 lakh which went missing from a microbus of National Bank Limited. They also recovered Tk 60 lakh from their possession...
Floyd death homicide, official post-mortem declares
10:33 AM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination...