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Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital
11:35 AM, 20 Jul 2020 MondaySaudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder, state news agency SPA said on Monday...
Coronavirus: Wrangling over huge EU recovery plan enters 4th day
11:27 AM, 20 Jul 2020 MondayEU leaders trying to reach an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day. There are reportedly deep differences between the leaders, who are trying to negotiate the deal at the same time as the bloc's next long term budget...
US Ambassador to India meets representatives of Dalai Lama
09:54 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayUS Ambassador to India, Ken Juster, on Saturday said he met Ngodup-la, Representative of Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Delhi and Secretary Gyalpo...
Galwan Valley skirmish part of broader expansionist campaign of China: Report
09:37 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe bloodiest killing of 20 Indian Army personnel by Chinese troops at Patrolling Point 14 of the Galwan region of Western Sector of Ladakh border is part of a broader campaign by China to insert military forces and assert territorial claims over countries in the South Asian region...
President attends younger brother’s namaz-e-janaza at ancestral home
09:04 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayPresident Abdul Hamid on Sunday attended the namaz-e-janaza of his younger brother and freedom fighter Abdul Hye at his ancestral home in Kamlapur village under Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj...
Iran’s Zarif in Iraq on his first visit since Soleimani’s killing
08:44 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is visiting Iraq, for the first time since the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani in January...
Netanyahu’s graft trial resumes amid Israeli virus anger
07:41 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will resume in earnest in January, with thrice-weekly evidentiary hearings set to begin then, a Jerusalem court decided Sunday...
3 Bangladeshis lynched in Assam
06:32 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThree Bangladeshi nationals, who had allegedly crossed the border in Assam’s Karimganj district illegally, to steal cows from villages adjoining the India-Bangladesh border were killed by a group of locals late on Saturday night, police said...
Class XI online admission process to begin on August 9
06:14 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe online admission process for Class XI (session 2020-2021) will begin on August 9. “The online admission activities for class XI (session 2020-2021) will start from August 9 and continue until September 15,” said a notification from the Ministry of Education...
Father jumps into water to save 10-year-old son ‘grabbed’ by shark
05:44 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayA father managed to save his 10-year-old son from a shark that pulled him off a boat, by jumping in the water and scaring the shark away, last Friday, July 17...
Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly 4 million people, 189 dead
05:15 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayNearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday...
Modi’s Twitter followers cross 60 million mark
04:46 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayPrime Minister Narendra Modi achieved yet another milestone when his Twitter handle crossed 60 million followers on Sunday...
TikTok considers London and other locations for headquarters
04:29 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayTikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London, a source familiar with the matter said, as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership...
RFL Plastics now RFL Houseware
03:50 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayRFL Plastics, a popular brand of household products, has been renamed as RFL Houseware. The name has been changed with a view to manufacturing new products as per the demand of the customers...
Bangladesh approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine trial
03:39 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayBangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved the phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese firm Sinovac. Doctor Mahmud-Uz-Zaman, Director of the BMRC, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Sunday. He said, China sought an approval for the third trial of a coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh...
37 more die from coronavirus, new cases 2,459
02:44 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe deaths tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 2,618 on Sunday with 37 new fatalities in the past 24 hours. The country's total number of coronavirus cases stood at 204,525 with 2,459 people newly caught the virus. Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, came up with the disclosure...
Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes amid coronavirus protests
02:17 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s graft trial resumed on Sunday after a two-month break amid mounting protests over his alleged corruption and handling of the coronavirus crisis...
Dr Tarek Alam: Unleashing the potential of Ivermectin
12:58 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayA highly respected physician and professor of medicine at Bangladesh Medical College (BMC) has been using a combination of two cheap, easily available drugs to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 with great success in reducing the viral load and restricting the severity of disease...
Humayun Ahmed’s death anniversary today
12:48 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayThe 8th death anniversary of eminent Bangladeshi writer, playwright, lyricist, academician and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed today...
War criminal Mueen-Uddin sues UK home secretary
12:18 PM, 19 Jul 2020 SundayChowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who was sentenced to death for his crimes against humanity during Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971, is suing UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for £60,000 in libel damages, reports Daily Mail...