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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...
HC orders to display Bangabandhu’s portrait in parliament
08:12 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered authorities concerned to display portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the session-room of the National Parliament...
ECNEC approves road widening project to boost Bangladesh-India trade
07:21 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe approval came from the 5th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY21) held virtually with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair...
Brazil approves human trials for potential Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
07:15 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayBrazil’s health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday said it had approved human clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen, reports Reuters...
Court asks to seize Samrat's immovable property
06:14 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayA court in Dhaka on Tuesday asked the government to seize the immovable property of the expelled Juba League leader, Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat...
Real Sociedad sign David Silva from Man City
05:37 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayWith Spain’s national team, Silva won the 2010 World Cup, as well as the 2008 and 2012 European Championships...
Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights
04:58 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayFantasy gaming platform Dream11 on Tuesday won the IPL title sponsorship rights with a bid of Rs 222 crore, replacing Chinese mobile phone company Vivo for a four and a half month deal...
Pakistan Taliban reunites with two splinter groups
04:26 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe Pakistan Taliban has brought two splinter groups back into its fold, it announced in a statement, days after the army said nationwide operations against armed groups had brought "hard-earned success"...
Bangladesh reports 46 more coronavirus deaths
03:39 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe deaths related to the novel coronavirus reached 3,740 in Bangladesh on Tuesday as the country recorded 46 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 3,200 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 2,82,344, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release...
China says firmly opposes US suppression of Huawei
03:15 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayChina said on Tuesday it firmly opposes U.S. suppression of Huawei Technologies Co, after the Trump administration announced it would further tighten restrictions on the company...
Pranab Mukherjee’s vital parameters stable, still on ventilator support
02:59 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayFormer President of India Pranab Mukherjee continues to be on ventilator support after undergoing a brain surgery at Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital on August 10...
Indian FS Shringla in city carrying Modi’s message
01:24 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayIndian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday carrying a message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shringla will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence and hand over the message he is carrying from Prime Minister Modi, a senior official told UNB...
Sinha murder: 3 APBn men arrested
01:06 PM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayRapid Action Battatlion (RAB) has arrested three members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) in connection with the murder case of retired army major Sinha Mohammnad Rashed Khan. RAB sought a 10-day remand after producing them before the court of Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday...
Country’s first female photographer Sayeeda Khanam dies
11:44 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdaySayeeda Khanam, the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh, passed away in the capital early Tuesday. She was 83. The photographer who had been suffering from old age complications breathed her last at her residence in Banani of the capital around 3am...
Moulvibazar Zila Parishad chairman Azizur dies of COVID-19
11:36 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayMoulvibazar Zila Parishad chairman Azizur Rahman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in the capital in the wee hours of Tuesday. Freedom fighter Azizur breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at about 2:30am...
WHO says people in 20s, 30s, 40s increasingly driving pandemic
10:34 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe spread of the coronavirus is being increasingly driven by people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s and many are not aware that they have been infected, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for the Western Pacific said on Tuesday...