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Bangladesh’s forestland to be raised to 25pc: PM
06:06 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government has been working to raise the country’s forestland to 25 percent as forestation is very essential to protect the environment. “So far, we’ve been able to raise the forestland to over 17 percent (of the country’s total land). Our goal is to raise it to 25 percent,” she said...
Shamima Begum can return for UK citizenship fight
05:07 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayShamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015. Her citizenship was revoked by the Home Office on security grounds...
Walkar Footwear offers 15% Eid discount
04:57 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayRFL Group's footwear brand Walkar has offered up to 15% discount on its product ahead of Eid-ul-Azha...
Alibaba's UCWeb lays off India staff
03:59 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayAlibaba Group Holding Ltd’s subsidiary UC Web is slashing staff in India after a ban on 59 Chinese-origin mobile apps that includes UC Web’s browser and two other products, according to staff and a company letter seen by Reuters...
Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust
03:34 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayA breach in Twitter’s security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday...
39 more die of COVID-19 in 24 hours
02:39 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayThirty-nine more people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,496. Besides, the number of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh has reached 196,323 as 2,733 more tested positive for the virus. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this while presenting the daily health bulletin through online on Thursday...
No Bangladeshi went to Italy with fake coronavirus certificate
01:54 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayNo Bangladeshi had gone to Italy with fake coronavirus certificate, the Ministry of Bangladesh Foreign Affairs said in a statement today. The remark has made after the news published by some newspapers and television channels regarding detection of coronavirus among some Bangladeshi expatriates in Italy...
PM launches plantation of one crore saplings
12:09 PM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the distribution and plantation of one crore saplings across the country as a part of the celebration of “Mujib Borsho” (Mujib Year)...
7 killed after reconnaissance plane crash in Turkey
11:38 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdaySeven security personnel were killed after their reconnaissance plane crashed in a mountain in Turkey's Van province, the country’s interior minister said early Thursday...
Sahed placed on 10-day remand
11:18 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayA Dhaka court has placed the chairman of Regent Group and Regent Hospital Sahed Karim on a 10-day remand for his alleged involvement in providing fake coronavirus certificates and embezzling money from patients. The court has also placed Masud Parvez, the managing director of the hospital, on a 10-day and Tariqul Islam alias Tareque Shibli, close associate of Shahed, on a 7-day remand...
New French PM says battle against ‘radical Islamism’ a priority
10:44 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayFrance's newly-appointed Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has vowed to be "intransigent" in defending France's official secularism, promising to fight "radical Islamism in all its forms" as "an absolute priority"...
Sheikh Hasina’s imprisonment day today
10:14 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe imprisonment day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed today in a befitting manner...
Australia June unemployment jumps to 22-year high
09:51 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayAustralia’s unemployment rate in June climbed to the highest in 22 years as workers re-entering the workforce were unable to find jobs, official data showed on Thursday...
Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers
09:31 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayPresident Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien...
Sourav in home quarantine after his brother tests coronavirus positive
08:48 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayBCCI president Sourav Ganguly, on Wednesday, went into home quarantine after his elder brother and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) joint secretary Snehasish Ganguly tested positive for COVID-19...
Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
08:34 AM, 16 Jul 2020 ThursdayBillionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency...
Prof Arefin Siddique made BSS board chairman
09:58 PM, 15 Jul 2020 WednesdayFormer Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique has been made chairman of the board of directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the state-run news agency...
Four games a day in Qatar World Cup
09:50 PM, 15 Jul 2020 WednesdayWorld Cup fans will be able to watch an unprecedented four games a day on television, spread out over 11 hours, during the group stage of the Qatar 2022 tournament after the schedule was confirmed on Wednesday, reports Reuters...
Tamim, Mahmudullah, Mustafiz reject offers to play in CPL
09:11 PM, 15 Jul 2020 WednesdayThree Bangladeshi players -- ODI captain Tamim Iqbal, T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad and bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman--recently have recently turned down offers to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) beginning August 18...
The Guardian announces plans to cut 180 jobs
08:59 PM, 15 Jul 2020 WednesdayThe Guardian could see up to 180 jobs cut after a £25m drop in revenue amid the coronavirus pandemic...