Anti-govt protests break out Beirut

Protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces at anti-government demonstrations in Beirut on Thursday, reports BBC. Demonstrators were angered by Tuesday's devastating blast, which officials say was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely since 2013. Many in Lebanon say government negligence led to the explosion, which killed at least 137 people and injured about 5,000 others...

Global recovery will come faster if COVID vaccine available to all: WHO chief

Economic recovery around the world could come faster if any COVID-19 vaccine is made available to all as a public good, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...

Sinha killing: 3 including ex-Teknaf OC remanded

Former officer in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and two others have been placed on seven-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan. Cox's Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court judge Md Helal Uddin on Thursday passed the order...

Mauritania PM, govt resign amid corruption probe

Mauritania’s prime minister and his entire government resigned on Thursday, a day after parliamentary investigators probing alleged graft under the previous administration submitted a report whose authors questioned several ministers, reports Reuters...

Stocks end week maintain gaining streak

Mominul, Mustafizur to join individual training programme

While the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) expected some more players to join the individual training programme that resumed on next Saturday (August 8), Test captain Mominul Haque and fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman confirmed their participation...

Ebola cases in DR Congo rise to 74 in latest outbreak

At least 74 Ebola virus cases have been recorded in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization announced Thursday, reports Anadolu Agency. For several months, the DRC has been battling with several diseasing including, Cholera, Ebola, Measles...

Beirut blast: PM Hasina mourns loss of lives

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed deepest condolences over the loss of innocent lives in the deadly explosion that rocked Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday...

BCCI, Vivo suspend IPL title sponsorship ties for 2020

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Vivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd have officially decided to suspend their partnership for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2020, an IPL media advisory stated, reports Indian Express...

Israel to begin human testing of coronavirus vaccine

The Israel Institute for Biological Research will begin testing its vaccine for the novel coronavirus on humans in September, the Defense Ministry said, reports The Jerusalem Post...

Survivors fight for memory of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

As they mark 75 years since their cities were destroyed in an instant, the ageing men and women who bore witness to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are struggling to remind the world of the horror of nuclear weapons...

Make investment environment more attractive: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to work for making the investment environment in the country more attractive overcoming the problems caused by the Coronavirus pandemic...

39 more die from coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,306 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,977 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 249,651, Prof Dr Baizid Khurshid Riaz, Director of National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, said during a press briefing on Thursday...

Ex-major Sinha killing: Ex-OC Pradeep arrested

Former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das has been arrested in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf. Police arrested him from Chattogram on Thursday, an official of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confirmed the arrested to Jago News...

ADB approves $3m grant to support Bangladesh against COVID-19

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional $3 million as grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh...

8 Covid-19 patients die in India hospital fire

Eight coronavirus patients died in a huge fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital at Ahmedabad in Indian State Gujarat early Thursday morning...

Malaysia court places Rayhan on 14-day remand

The Immigration Department of Malaysia has been granted a 14-day remand order against a Bangladeshi man held for investigations into a controversial Al Jazeera documentary, but his lawyers are to challenge the order...

Major Sinha killing: Arrest warrants issued against 9 cops

A court here issued warrants for the arrest of nine policemen including officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case filed over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Teknaf. Senior Judicial Magistrate Tamanna Farah issued the arrest warrants against them after taking the case into cognizance...

Canada providing humanitarian assistance in response to Beirut explosion

Canada’s Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne and its International Development Minister Karina Gould announced that the country is providing up to $5 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the tragic explosion that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday...

National mourning begins in Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon's capital, is waking up on Thursday to three consecutive days of national mourning after a major explosion ripped through a port on Tuesday, killing at least 135 people and injuring about 5,000 people...