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Police fire rubber bullets, tear gas to disperse peaceful protest near White House
08:41 AM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayPolice fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse peaceful demonstrators near the White House on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed a massive show of force to end violent protests...
Lightning kills 6 in 4 districts
09:54 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondaySix people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in four northern districts on Monday...
Remove China Apps crosses a million downloads
08:23 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayRemove China Apps, which promises to help remove Chinese-origin apps from your phone, has crossed one million downloads on the Google Play Store within 10 days of its launch, amid the India-China border dispute...
China halts some US farm imports, threatening trade deal
07:58 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayChinese government officials told major state-run agricultural companies to pause purchases of some American farm goods including soybeans as Beijing evaluates the ongoing escalation of tensions with the US over Hong Kong...
Health Ministry's PRO contracts coronavirus
07:13 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe public relations officer of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maidul Islam Pradhan, has contracted the novel coronavirus. Maidul self confirmed this to Jago News on Monday afternoon...
Armenia's PM contracts coronavirus
06:19 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe Armenian Prime Minister has contracted the coronavirus, his press officer told CNN...
Bus services resume as restriction ends; Passengers low
05:58 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayMovement of long-route buses and other vehicles resumed on highways on Monday morning after about two months’ suspension to combat the spread of the COVID-19 disease, reports UNB...
Coronavirus cases in police force exceed 5000
04:45 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayBangladesh police members are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at alarming rate, with 5,129 caught the disease as of Monday...
S Africa loosens lockdown in economic recovery effort
04:32 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondaySouth Africa sought to revive its stuttering economy on Monday with the partial lifting of a coronavirus lockdown, letting people out for work, worship or shopping...
Cabinet Division's deputy secretary catch coronavirus
03:40 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayMohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, deputy secretary (Field Administration Wing) of the Cabinet Division, his wife contracted the novel coronavirus...
Philippines capital comes back to life although virus threat lingers
03:19 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayMillions of people returned to work in the Philippine capital on Monday as one of the world’s strictest and longest coronavirus lockdowns was eased to help resuscitate an economy that has been battered by the closure..
22 more die from COVID-19; 2381 new cases
02:44 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 49,534 as 2,381 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 22 more people died from the disease, taking the number of deceased to 672...
Domestic flight operations resume after 2-month suspension
02:19 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayDomestic flights operation resumed on Monday on Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Syedpur routes on a limited scale after more than two months of suspension amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
Key accused in human trafficking to Libya arrested
02:05 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayRapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 has arrested one of the masterminds of the human trafficking ring, in connection with the killings of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya. Kamal Hossain, 55, was arrested from Shahjadpur area in the capital’s Gulshan on Monday morning...
New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
12:00 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday...
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
11:27 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd...
26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya: Case filed in Bhairab, 1 arrested
10:34 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayA case has been filed with Bhairab Police Station in Kishoreganj over the killings of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya. Mobarak Hossen, elder brother of deceased Saddam Hossen, filed the case against seven to eight people on Sunday noon...
Trump taken to underground bunker during White House protests
09:21 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayAs protesters gathered outside the White House Friday night in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump was briefly taken to the underground bunker for a period of time, according to a White House official and a law enforcement source...
Armed bandits kill at least 18 in Nigeria’s Katsina state
09:00 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayArmed bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina killed at least 18 people, including a local official, and stole thousands of livestock on Sunday, two witnesses and a police spokesman told Reuters...
Wajid Khan of music composer duo Sajid-Wajid dies
08:23 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayIndian singer-composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid, popular for their work on superstar Salman Khan's films such as "Wanted", "Dabangg" and "Ek Tha Tiger", died in early hours of Monday in a city hospital due to complications arising from a kidney infection...