India records over 75,000 fresh coronavirus cases for 3rd consecutive day

India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 34-lakh mark with a spike of 76,472 new infections in the last 24 hours...

China’s Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said. As many as 2,842 educational institutions across the city are set to open their doors to almost 1.4 million students...

Black Panther star Boseman dies of cancer

US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for his role in Black Panther, has died of cancer, his family say. The 43-year-old died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his side...

President, PM mourn death of noted journalist Rahat Khan

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed their profound shock and sorrow at the death of country’s eminent journalist, novelist and former editor of The Daily Ittefaq Rahat Khan...

Journalist Rahat Khan passes away

Veteran journalist and litterateur Rahat Khan died of old age complications at his Eskatan Garden residence in the city on Friday night. He breathed his last at 8:30pm, family sources said. He was 79. The noted journalist was suffering from kidney ailments, diabetes and other complications...

Silva signs one-year deal for Chelsea

Brazil centre-back Thiago Silva has signed for Chelsea on a one-year deal, with the option of another, reports BBC...

Coca-Cola to cut jobs in restructuring

Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) said on Friday it would reduce its global workforce as part of a company-wide restructuring, reports Reuters...

"Realizing Digital Nation "during pandemic Covid-19

Israel lists first commercial passenger flight to UAE

Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel’s first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalise relations...

BB to probe Evaly financial transactions, e-commerce activities

Head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Abu Hena Razee Hasan informed reporters about BB’s move. He said the bank accounts of Evaly and its top executives were frozen after seeing media reports about the e-commerce firm’s “illegal activities,” reports UNB...

Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 47 more deaths, fresh cases 2,211

The deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 4,174 in Bangladesh on Friday as the country recorded 47 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,211 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,06,794, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...

Singapore battles record dengue outbreak

From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue...

Japanese PM Abe resigns over worsening health

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned because of ill-health, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday, as Abe prepared to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon in which he was expected to address concerns about his health after two recent hospital visits...

Bartomeu willing to resign if Messi agrees to stay

Josep Maria Bartomeu is willing to resign as Barcelona president if Lionel Messi changes his mind and decides to stay at the Camp Nou...

Trump warns Biden will 'demolish American dreamv

US President Donald Trump has warned his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will "demolish" the American dream if he wins the White House in November. Speaking on the final night of the Republican convention, the president depicted his opponent as "the destroyer of American greatness," reports BBC...

Evaly, its chairman, MD's bank accounts frozen

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of the central bank has directed the banks concerned to freeze accounts of Evaly, its two top officials after allegations of cheating surfaced against the e-commerce platform...

Google, Apple to roll out 'phase two' of contact-tracing system

Apple and Google are preparing to roll out “phase two” of their Covid-19 contact-tracing system, allowing users to receive notifications about their exposure to infectious people without needing to install a specific app...

Paul Pogba tests positive for Covid-19

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for Covid-19, news agency AFP reported on Thursday. The midfielder was part of the French squad, which will take on Sweden and Croatia in the UEFA Nations League on September 5 and 8...

China fires 'aircraft-carrier killer' missile in warning to US

China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an "aircraft-carrier killer", into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels...

Bangladesh approves phase-3 trial of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said the government has approved final or phase-3 human trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine by China’s private Sinovac Biotech Ltd, which appeared to be a forerunner in a global race for developing inoculates against coronavirus...