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Distressed women receive PM’s gift through ‘Nagad’ marking Bangamata's birthday
02:45 PM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdaySome 1,300 distressed women across the country today have received gift from the government as a part of the celebration of 90th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib...
32 more die of Covid-19 in 24hrs
02:39 PM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe number of deaths from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 3,365 as the country recorded 32 more fatalities relating to the virus in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,611 more coronavirus cases were reported, taking the total infections to 2,55,113, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. The daily count of new cases and deaths was found after testing 11,737 more samples across the country...
Govt to form ‘Delta Fund' to make Bangladesh climate resilient
02:26 PM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayTo implement the Delta Plan, a 2.5 percent of the Gross National Income (GNI) will be required till 2030. Currently, the expenditure in this sector is only 0.80-1.0 percent, shows the document...
1,700 court dates, 35 years, 1 murder
12:05 PM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayOn a winter's day in 1985, a one-time Indian prince was killed by police in a bustling Rajasthan market. For decades, the police officers on duty and the former royal's relatives couldn't agree on what had happened that day to a man known for his fiery nature and political ambition...
Parents of Mashrafe also contract coronavirus
11:04 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayAfter he had contracted the novel coronavirus, now parents of the cricketer-turned-politician Mashrafe Bin Mortaza have tested positive for the virus...
Real, Juventus knocked out of Champions League
10:26 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayEliminating the record 13-time champion has Manchester City players believing they can deliver the team’s first Champions League title...
Bangamata’s 90th birth anniversary today
10:01 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayThe 90th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed on Saturday...
Chinese region issues warning after bubonic plague patient dies
09:24 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayAuthorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on Saturday...
Fatal road crash kills 5 in Chuadanga
09:00 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayFive people were killed and four other injured in a fatal road accident in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga on Saturday morning...
17 killed in India plane crash
08:17 AM, 08 Aug 2020 SaturdayAn Air India Express plane with 190 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 17 people, officials say. The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and broke in two after landing at Calicut airport, aviation officials said, reports BBC...
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor faces new threats from militancy
09:28 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridaySince the multibillion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was launched in 2013, there has been cynical scrutiny of the project, arguably more so than other China-backed overseas investments...
Microsoft's TikTok scoop includes Indian ops
05:33 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayMicrosoft is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, including the viral video app’s operations in India and Europe, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. One investor pegged the value of Tik-Tok’s India business at as much as $10 billion...
Ramendu, Ferdousi Majumdar catch Covid-19
04:49 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayEminent actor Ramendu Majumder and his wife actress Ferdousi Majumder have tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
TikTok threatens legal action against Trump US ban
04:05 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayTikTok is threatening legal action against the US after Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days...
Microbus kills mountaineer Reshma
03:13 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayMountaineer Reshma Begum Ratna lost her life in a road near Chandrima Uddyan in Dhaka on Friday morning...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases cross 2,50,000
02:35 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayThe number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh exceeded 2,50,000 on Friday as the country recorded 2,851 more infections in the past 24 hours. With this, the total infections of the country stood at 2,52,502, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Sirajganj BNP leader dies of Covid-19
01:00 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridaySirajganj district BNP vice-president advocate Rezaul Karim Talukder has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
Covid-19 also deals a severe blow to Bangladesh’s media industry
12:31 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayAt a time when people need credible information, coronavirus has upended Bangladesh’s media industry, hitting hard its revenue generation and claiming the lives of a good number of journalists and infecting many more...
World shares tumble after Trump takes aim at China tech firms
12:03 PM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayWorld stock markets tumbled on Friday after US President Donald Trump ratcheted up already-heightened tensions with Beijing by banning US transactions with two popular Chinese apps, Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s Tiktok, reports Reuters...
Trump issues bans on TikTok, WeChat
11:32 AM, 07 Aug 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing, reports Reuters...