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8 of a family killed in Mymensingh road accident
09:52 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayEight members of a family were killed in a road accident in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. One child, five women and two men are among the deceased. Pannat, Deputy Director of Mymensingh Fire Service, confirmed the incident to Jago News...
China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang
09:23 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayA Uighur fashion model who filmed himself handcuffed to a bed in an epidemic prevention centre in Xinjiang has been lawfully detained, Chinese officials insist...
Canada finance minister quits amid charity probe
09:08 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayCanada's finance minister has said he will resign after conflict-of-interest allegations involving WE Charity. Bill Morneau has faced pressure to step down after it was revealed he did not repay travel costs covered by WE while on overseas trips to see its work...
Barcelona sack manager Quique Setien after Bayern thrashing
08:29 AM, 18 Aug 2020 TuesdayBarcelona have sacked manager Quique Setien, three days after his side's humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League...
Feels good to be back to playing cricket: Tamim
05:44 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayBangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said he is happy to be back to the field although only for practice after a long gap of five months...
‘Hottest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C
04:44 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayWhat could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth - 130F (54.4C) - has been reached in Death Valley National Park in California...
Coronavirus: 37 die, 2595 infected, 1641 recover in 24 hours
03:25 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,694 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,595 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 279,144. Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Monday noon...
PM donates Tk 1cr to Buddhist community
03:13 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has donated Tk 1 crore to the Buddhist community for celebrating their second largest festival - Probarona Purnima - in a befitting manner...
Sylhet coronavirus cases reach 9,369
02:16 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayWith detection of 70 new coronavirus patients, the number of confirmed cases rose to 9,369 in the Sylhet division on Monday...
China grants country’s first COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino
01:12 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayChina’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator. It is the first COVID-19 vaccine patent granted by China, state-owned newspaper People’s Daily reported on Sunday...
Cross-border travel between Singapore and Malaysia kicks off
12:58 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayFactory operator Nurul Hidayah Norezan was among dozens of Malaysians who made their way across the Causeway to Singapore on Monday (Aug 17), as the two countries' cross-border travel arrangements kick in...
10 die with coronavirus symptoms at CMCH in 24 hours
12:28 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayTen more people died with coronavirus symptoms at Cumilla Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) in the last 24 hours. Of them, seven are male and three are female. Dr Md Mujibur Rahman, Director of the hospital, confirmed the deaths to Jago News...
Saudi appoints 10 women to senior roles in holy mosques
12:05 PM, 17 Aug 2020 MondaySaudi Arabia has appointed 10 women to senior roles at Islam's two holiest sites, authorities said Sunday, as the conservative petro-state seeks to boost female employment...
New Zealand’s Ardern postpones election as coronavirus flares up
11:43 AM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayNew Zealand’s prime minister postponed the country’s general election on Monday by a month to Oct. 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak. Jacinda Ardern bowed to pressure to delay the polls after some parties complained they could not campaign...
India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000
11:28 AM, 17 Aug 2020 MondayCoronavirus cases in India on Monday crossed 26 lakh mark after a spike of 57,982 new cases in the last 24 hours. The death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 mark with 941 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 tally in India now stands at to 26,47,664 including 6,76,900 active cases...
UAE-Israel phone lines open after accord to normalize ties
09:59 PM, 16 Aug 2020 SundayThe UAE and Israeli foreign ministers held their first publicly-acknowledged call on Sunday after the Gulf state opened telephone lines to Israel as part of a normalisation of ties, reports Reuters...
Chess Olympiad: Bangladesh finish 9th in 10-nation Pool A
09:44 PM, 16 Aug 2020 SundayBangladesh team finished 9th in the 10-team Pool A in Division 2 of the FIDE Online World Chess Olympiad on Sunday...
Zia, Khaleda resorted to politics of killings: PM
09:02 PM, 16 Aug 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday accused military dictator Ziaur Rahman and his wife Khaleda Zia of resorting to the politics of killings and enacting indemnity laws to save the murderers of Bangabandhu and Awami League (AL) leaders and activists...
S Korea orders thousands of church members to be tested
08:08 PM, 16 Aug 2020 SundayAll 4,066 members of the Sarang-Jeil church in South Korea must be tested for coronavirus after a spike in cases was traced back to a religious service held by the group, according to an executive order by the acting Mayor of Seoul, Seo Jeong-hyup...
FM seeks cooperation from diplomats in bringing back Bangabandhu's killers
07:18 PM, 16 Aug 2020 SundayHe was addressing a virtual discussion with foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka and New Delhi marking the National Mourning Day to commemorate the 45th anniversary of martyrdom of Bangabandhu...