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Koeman named new Barcelona head coach
07:04 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayRonald Koeman has been named the new head coach of Barcelona two days after the club sacked Quique Setien, reports BBC...
41 more die of Covid-19; fresh cases 2747
05:05 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,781 in Bangladesh on Wednesday as the country recorded 41 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,747 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,85,091, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
Bangladesh always a priority for India: Shringla on Covid vaccine
04:42 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayIndian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday said India is now at an advanced stage of developing COVID-19 vaccine saying friends, partners and neighbours will get priority once it is developed. "For us, Bangladesh is always a priority," he told reporters after a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Masud Bin Momen...
Millions of women lose contraceptives, abortions in Covid-19
04:06 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayMillions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll says India with its abrupt, months-long lockdown has been hit especially hard, reports AP...
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discreet talks
03:38 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdaySecret talks and quiet ties — that’s what paved the way for last week’s deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize relations...
IO testifies in graft case against DIG Mizan, Basir
02:41 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe investigation officer (IO) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafilya today testified in the graft case against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir, as the first witness...
Govt reduces coronavirus testing fee
02:05 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe government has reduced the fee for testing coronavirus. Health Minister Zahid Maleque said in a press briefing at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Patients will have to pay Tk100 instead of Tk200 per test at hospital and Tk 300 per test will be taken if samples are given from home, which was previously Tk 500, said the minister...
SC cancels all its vacations this year
01:46 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe Supreme Court has decided to cancel its vacations for the rest of this year after August 6...
Zafrullah sued for allegedly defaming Hindu religion
01:11 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayA case has been filed against Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Hindu religion and its god Ram. A journalist named Biplob Partha filed the case at the court of Chattogram Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Salem Mohammad Noman on Wednesday...
Flood claims 4 more lives
12:31 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayFour people have died in 24 hours until Tuesday pushing the death toll to 226 in flood that set in during the last week of June. A daily bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed that three people died in Manikganj and one in Kishoreganj during the ongoing flood - already the longest-lasting since 1998 in the preceding 24 hours...
Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
12:10 PM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayAustralia should make any coronavirus vaccine compulsory for its 25 million citizens bar medical exemptions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday, wading into a heated ethical debate...
Coronavirus vaccine: Australia secures access to Oxford-AstraZeneca trial
10:31 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayAustralia says it has secured access to a promising coronavirus vaccine and will be able to offer free doses to its entire population of 25 million people...
Dollar under pressure as economic uncertainties linger
09:19 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayThe dollar struggled to recoup heavy overnight losses on Wednesday after it slipped to 27-month low the previous session as uncertainties about an economic recovery and the U.S. fiscal stimulus package weighed...
Brazil coronavirus cases top 3.4 million, death toll nears 110,000
08:54 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayBrazil reported 47,784 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,352 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden for US president
08:44 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayFormer U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter argued on Tuesday that Joe Biden has the experience and integrity to restore a pandemic-devastated America, as Democrats formally nominated Biden for president at their national convention...
Mali’s president resigns and dissolves parliament
08:29 AM, 19 Aug 2020 WednesdayMali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power," he added...
Israel's Mossad chief visits UAE for security talks
10:06 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayIsrael's Mossad spy agency chief Yossi Cohen visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for security talks, Emirati state media reported on Tuesday, days after the two countries agreed to establish diplomatic ties...
Hezbollah member found guilty over killing Rafik Hariri
09:50 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayA senior member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been convicted of helping orchestrate the 2005 assassination of the country’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, after a five-year international trial in the Hague...
Barcelona sack sporting director Eric Abidal
09:33 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayEric Abidal has left his role as Barcelona’s sporting director with immediate effect, the club have confirmed...
Driver, who ran over mountaineer Reshma with microbus, held
09:14 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayPolice on Tuesday seized the microbus that ran over mountaineer Reshma Begum Ratna, and arrested its driver from capital Dhaka's Ibrahimpur area...