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Bangladesh’s per capita income rises to $2,064
01:34 PM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayThe per capita income in Bangladesh has risen from $1,909 to $2,064. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic (BBS) revealed the information on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was recorded at 5.24% in the fiscal year 2019-20 which was 8.15%, the highest ever in the country’s economic history, in fiscal year 2018-19...
Another policeman dies from coronavirus
12:15 PM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayOne more member of Bangladesh Police has died from coronavirus, raising the death toll in the force to 66. The deceased is Md Dalil Uddin Biswas, 58, Assistant Sub Inspector at Jhenaidah Police Lines. Sohel Rana, Assistant Inspector General (media) of Police Headquarters, said Dalil admitted to Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in the capital...
Lebanon’s leaders warned in July about explosives at port
11:23 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayLebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources...
Belarus election: Second night of clashes over disputed poll
09:47 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayPolice in Belarus's capital Minsk have fired rubber bullets for a second night to quash protests following Sunday's disputed presidential elections...
Pranab Mukherjee on ventilator support
09:06 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayFormer President of India Pranab Mukherjee, 84, was put on ventilator support on Monday after undergoing a brain surgery at the Army Research and Referral hospital...
Janmashtami today
08:51 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayJanmashtami, the birth of lord Sri Krishna and one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country with due religious fervour and gaiety...
Lebanon president accepts gov’t resignation after Beirut blast
08:44 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayLebanon's government has stepped down as Prime Minister Hassan Diab blamed endemic corruption for a devastating explosion last week that tore through the capital...
Trump exits briefing as man shot near White House
08:17 AM, 11 Aug 2020 TuesdayUS President Donald Trump has said someone was shot near the White House, after he was abruptly led out of a news conference by a Secret Service agent. Mr Trump told reporters the incident was "very well under control". A member of his security detail had walked on stage during his remarks to reporters and whispered in his ear...
Blast destroyed landmark 19th century palace in Beirut
05:15 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayThe 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country’s 1975-1990 civil war, it took 20 years of careful restoration for the family to bring the palace back to its former glory...
Beirut explosion: Lebanon justice minister resigns after port blast
04:04 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayLebanon’s justice minister has announced her resignation from government, citing the deadly explosion at the port of Beirut...
Coronavirus: 39 die, 2907 infected, 2067 recover in 24 hours
02:39 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,438 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,907 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 260,507. Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said this while presenting the daily health bulletin on Monday...
Regent Group chairman Sahed on 7-day remand
02:26 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayA Dhaka court has placed the chairman of Regent Group and Regent Hospital Md Sahed on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the misappropriation of Tk 2.71 crore of Farmers Bank Ltd...
Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for coronavirus
02:10 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayFormer President of India Pranab Mukherjee has tested postive for the novel coronavirus. "On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today," Pranab Mukherjee tweeted...
Coronavirus: Australia records deadliest day but fewer new infections
12:51 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayAustralia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne...
Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters regroup and 2 ministers quit
12:37 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayLebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rock-throwing protesters blocking a road near parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations triggered by last week’s devastating explosion...
COVID-19: 62,064 new cases, 1,007 deaths in India
12:05 PM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayIndia registered 62,064 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 1,007 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,215,075, according to the Union health ministry...
Sifat gets bail in 2 cases
11:36 AM, 10 Aug 2020 MondaySahedul Islam Sifat, a student of Stamford University’s film and media studies department and also an aide of slain former army major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan, has been granted bail in two cases of murder and narcotics filed at Teknaf police station in Cox's Bazar. Cox’s Bazar Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Tamanna Farah passed the order on Monday...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy arrested under security law
11:22 AM, 10 Aug 2020 MondayHong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newspaper offices raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces. His case is the most high-profile arrest so far under the controversial security law imposed by China in June...
Afghanistan to release 400 ‘hard-core’ Taliban to start peace talks
05:35 PM, 09 Aug 2020 SundayAfghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 “hard-core” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for the beginning of peace talks aimed at ending more than 19 years of war...
Political identity can’t be shield of any wrongdoer: Quader
04:46 PM, 09 Aug 2020 SundayRoad Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government has a very strong stance against those involved in irregularities and corruption as it believes that political identity cannot be shield of any wrongdoer...