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Sculptor Mrinal Haque passes away
09:29 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayRenowned sculptor Mrinal Haque has passed away at a hospital in the capital. He was 62. He breathed his last at Evercare Hospital around 2am on Saturday, a source from the hospital confirmed his death to Jago News. He was suffering from various old-age complications including diabetes...
Bangladeshi migrant Rayhan returns home from Malaysia
09:03 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayBangladeshi migrant Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested after appearing in an Al Jazeera documentary, has been deported to Bangladesh from Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines 196 flight, carrying Rayhan, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 12:55am on Saturday...
Sevilla bag sixth Europa League trophy
08:47 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdaySpanish football club Sevilla was crowned 2020 UEFA Europa League champions Friday with a 3-2 win against Italy's Inter Milan...
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within 2 years: WHO head
08:23 AM, 22 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking in Geneva on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome...
Aug 21 was a ‘political plot’ to bury BNP leadership: Gayeshwar
06:21 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayBNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said the August-21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital was a ‘political weapon’ to bury BNP leadership and create a ground for the 1/11 political changeover in 2007...
UNHCR calls for lasting solutions of Rohingya crisis
05:28 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayUNHCR, the UN refugee agency, today called for renewed support and solutions for the displaced and stateless Rohingya communities both within and outside Myanmar...
Four of a family killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw
05:05 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayFour members of a family were killed in a fatal road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail on Friday afternoon...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 2,401 more cases, 39 deaths
04:07 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,861 in Bangladesh on Friday as the country recorded 39 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,401 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,90,360, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Over 2000 health workers catch Covid-19 in capital
03:17 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayThe number of the health workers caught the novel coronavirus has surpassed 2000 in capital Dhaka...
Messi tells Koeman he sees future away from Barca
02:42 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayLionel Messi has reportedly informed new Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman that he has doubts over his future at the Camp Nou...
Aug 21 attack was not possible without BNP-Jamaat govt’s patronage: PM
12:19 PM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said it was not possible to carry out an attack like that of August 21, 2004 had there been no direct patronage from the then BNP-Jamaat government...
US demands restoration of UN sanctions against Iran
10:43 AM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayThe administration of US President Donald Trump has formally notified the United Nations that it wants all UN sanctions on Iran restored, claiming significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move that drew swift rejections from countries that remain part of the agreement...
India coronavirus cases surge to 2.9 million
10:34 AM, 21 Aug 2020 FridayDeaths in the same period jumped by 983, with the total now at 54,849. India is the worst-hit country in Asia, and third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total cases of the coronavirus...
38 cricketers to undergo Covid-19 test thrice before SL tour
09:59 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayAll of the 38 players, who will be in the preliminary squad for the Sri Lanka bound national team must undergo COVID-19 test thrice before heading to the Island nation, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports BSS...
16th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attacks today
09:50 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe 16th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004 will be observed on Friday with heavy hearts, reports BSS...
Polish minister contracts coronavirus
08:45 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayA Polish minister has tested positive for COVID-19, a government spokesman said without providing details...
Alibaba posts 124 per cent gain in quarterly profit
07:43 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayE-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding said it is closely monitoring the latest shift in US government policies towards Chinese companies, after the company posted a 124 per cent increase in profit and strong domestic retail sales in the June quarter...
Poland's foreign minister quits amid Belarus crisis
06:41 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayPoland’s Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has resigned, the ministry said on Thursday, the second ministerial resignation in a week as Poland tries to play a leading role in the EU response to a political crisis in neighbouring in Belarus, reports Reuters...
Promote small investors: PM to BEZA
05:58 PM, 20 Aug 2020 Thursday“It (BEZA) will have to work in a way so that foreign investment comes on one hand and local people can invest on the other, or we can promote small investors. That means we need to attract and promote our young generation,” she said while addressing the 7th meeting of the BEZA Governing Board, reports UNB...
No Israel deal without Palestinian peace: Saudi
05:02 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdaySaudi Arabia says it will not follow the UAE in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until it has signed an internationally-recognised peace accord with the Palestinians. The UAE last week normalised relations with Israel, in a US-brokered accord that raised the prospect of similar deals with other Arab states - including Saudi Arabia...