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Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 41 more deaths
04:52 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,822 in Bangladesh on Thursday as the country recorded 41 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,868 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,87,959, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Fake Covid-19 certificates: Trial starts against Sabrina, Arif
04:18 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayA court in Dhaka on Thursday framed charges against JKG Health Care's chairman Dr Sabrina Chowdhury and its chief executive officer Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a case filed for allegedly issuing fake Covid-19 certificates...
HC rejects Shipra’s plea seeking action against cops
03:43 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition seeking action against two policemen who had posted Shipra Rani Devnath’s personal photos on Facebook with provocative comments. An HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam rejected the petition saying ‘not placed’ before the court...
Coronavirus-hit Qantas reports £1bn annual loss
03:29 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayQantas has reported an annual loss of almost A$2bn (£1bn) as it deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic...
Sinha murder: 7 accused sent to jail after remand
03:03 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayA Cox’s Bazar court has sent seven accused to jail as police produced them before the court in a case filed over the murder of retired army major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan in Teknaf. The court of Cox’s Bazar senior judicial magistrate Tamanna Farah ordered to send them to jail on Thursday...
UN features Bangladeshi architect Rizvi as ‘Real Life Hero’
02:06 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe United Nations has featured Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan as ‘Real Life Hero’ on its website, to appreciate his contribution in building a safe space for Rohingya women refugees...
Gmail, Google Drive hit by outage
01:47 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayHaving trouble accessing your Gmail, Google Drive, or Google Meet? You’re not alone. Thousands of users, mostly in India, parts of the U.S., Australia, Japan, and Malaysia are reporting that they are unable to access the aforementioned Google services, reports TechCrunch...
NID card not mandatory for train journey
01:28 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe Railways ministry has cancelled its previous decision of carrying the National Identity (NID) card mandatorily during the train journey. Besides, maximum four train tickets for a family could be purchased by showing one NID card. Md Shariful Alam, Senior Information Officer of the Railway ministry, confirmed the new decision to Jago News...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned’
12:34 PM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayRussian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter...
Kamala Harris accepts historic vice-presidential nomination
11:47 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayKamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice-president on Wednesday night in an uplifting speech that pointed to the historic nature of her candidacy while also attacking Donald Trump for the “lives and livelihoods” lost during the pandemic...
India reports record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases
11:04 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayIndia saw another huge spike in the number of new coronavirus disease cases in the last 24 hours. According to Union health ministry update, the country recorded 69,652 fresh cases which pushed the tally to above 2.8 million (28,36,925 to be exact). The number of active cases in the country are 6,86,395...
Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle facial recognition lawsuit
09:57 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayFacebook Inc won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent...
India to withdraw 10,000 paramilitary personnel from J&K
09:24 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayThe Home Ministry of India has ordered the immediate withdrawal of 100 companies or around 10,000 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel from Jammu and Kashmir...
Gunjan Saxena: India female pilot’s war biopic flies into a row
09:09 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayA Bollywood film inspired by the life of India's first female pilot to fly in combat has been accused of showing the air force in a negative light, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi...
DNC 2020: Obama blasts Trump’s ‘reality show’ presidency
08:51 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayBarack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the US presidency like "one more reality show", in a withering speech to the Democratic convention. The former US president said his Republican successor "hasn't grown into the job because he can't"...
45 migrants killed when boat capsizes off coast of Libya: UN
08:36 AM, 20 Aug 2020 ThursdayA boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya and at least 45 people drowned or were missing and presumed dead, the UN said Wednesday...
It will take time to get back shape: Abu Jayed
09:28 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayBangladesh right-arm pacer Abu Jayed Rahi says he has been trying to get the shape of his bowling back after the long gap. The pacer has been practising as a part of his individual training for the last two weeks...
Bangladeshis stranded in Abu Dhabi Airport get entry permission
09:19 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayTwenty-nine Bangladeshi citizen, stranded at the Abu Dhabi International Airport since their arrival, were allowed to enter the UAE on Wednesday...
Germany, France push for WHO reform talks in Sept
08:41 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayGermany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-standing financial and legal weaknesses at the UN agency, an internal document seen by Reuters shows...
Palestinians in Gaza rally against Israel-UAE deal
07:17 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayHundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip rallied against the United States-brokered deal to normalise ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates...