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Saudi hosts G20 talks on coronavirus recovery, debt crisis
04:50 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayG20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing calls to widen debt relief for crisis-hit poor countries...
Several other hospitals like Regent run on expired license
04:31 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayNot only scam hit-Regent Hospital, but several other hospitals are running on expired license, the health directorate has found evidences...
US to see 1.57 lakh Covid deaths by Aug 8
03:26 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayAn ensemble forecast published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now projects more than 157,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States by August 8...
85 babies catch Covid-19 in a US county
03:17 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayCorpus Christi Nueces County Director of Public Health Annette Rodriguez said Friday that 85 babies under the age of one have tested positive for Covid-19 there...
Covid-19: New studies give information what drugs help, hurt
03:04 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayFresh studies by British researchers give more information about what medicines do or don’t work in COVID-19 treatment...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 2 lakh
02:37 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has passed 2 lakh as 2,709 more tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases now stands at 202,066. Besides, thirty-four more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,581...
Neo JMB women’s wing member put on 4-day remand
01:28 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayA Dhaka court has placed Ayesha Jannat Mohona alias Jannatul Tasnim or Pragya Debnath, an Indian citizen and a member of women’s wing of banned militant group Neo Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), on a four-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act...
Water Resources state minister recovers from Covid-19
01:09 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayState Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruk has recovered from coronavirus. The state minister returned to his residence in Baridhara from Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday morning after he received negative Covid-19 report on Friday evening...
India’s coronavirus tally rises to 10.38 lakh
12:59 PM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayIndia’s coronavirus tally rose to 10,38,716, including 3,58,692 active cases and 6,53,751 recovered cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 26,273...
Global coronavirus death toll passes 6 lakh: JHU
11:22 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayThe global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). By 0050 GMT on Saturday, the number of fatalities worldwide stood at 600,665, and that of global COVID-19 infections surpassed 14 million...
Fahim Saleh’s assistant charged with his murder
10:35 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayA man has been charged with the murder of leading tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh who was found dead in New York on Tuesday, police say...
‘Rani Rashmoni’ actress scores 82% in HSC examination
10:07 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayIndian actress Ditipriya Roy, who is playing the titular role in popular period-drama ‘Rani Rashmoni ’, has passed Higher Secondary examination with flying colours...
Google bans ads on coronavirus conspiracy theory content
09:16 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayAlphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous content” that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic...
Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya Bachchan hospitalised
08:59 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayBollywood actor Aishwarya Rai and daughter Aaradhya Bachchan have been admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai...
World records 1 million coronavirus cases in 100 hours
08:51 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayGlobal coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours. The first case was reported in China in early January and it took three months to reach 1 million cases...
Trump vows not to order Americans to wear masks
08:36 AM, 18 Jul 2020 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. His comments came after the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, urged state and local leaders to be "as forceful as possible" in getting people to wear masks...
Bharat Biotech starts human trial of Covid vaccine
06:07 PM, 17 Jul 2020 FridayThree volunteers were administered “Covaxin”, the corona vaccine Bharat Biotech, at Post-Graduate Institute (PGI) of Medical Sciences at Rohtak in Haryana of India on Friday, as part of the first phase of clinical trial on the humans. All three tolerated it well without any initial adverse effects, reports The Hindu...
Messi predicts Champions League failure if Barca fail to change
05:39 PM, 17 Jul 2020 FridayA frustrated Lionel Messi called for change after Barcelona handed the La Liga title to Real Madrid on Thursday, warning the team will lose in the Champions League as well if they fail to improve...
Human chain protests at Nepalese PM's remarks
05:08 PM, 17 Jul 2020 FridayJagrato Hindu Samaj activists formed a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club on Friday to protest at the remarks of Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli that Lord Ram belongs to Nepal and not India...
Mask rules expand across US
04:49 PM, 17 Jul 2020 FridayAs images of people wearing surgical masks flashed across the screen, Morgan Freeman’s deep, soothing voice delivered a message to America: “When you wear a mask, you have my respect. Because your mask doesn’t protect you, it protects me.” Using familiar actors, stirring background music and the arresting eyes of people peering out above their masks...