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Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone’s prison sentence
09:12 AM, 11 Jul 2020 SaturdayPresident Donald Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and that concerned the president’s own conduct...
Kuwait may charge Bangladesh envoy in human trafficking case
08:49 AM, 11 Jul 2020 SaturdayDetails of human trafficking in Kuwait which saw the arrest of an MP from Bangladesh suggests that the scandal is not simply a case of one single rouge lawmaker...
US sets record for coronavirus cases 3rd day in a row at nearly 69,000
08:30 AM, 11 Jul 2020 SaturdayNew cases of COVID-19 rose by nearly 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co. stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in hard-hit Florida...
'We can soon inform about Sahed's arrest'
04:52 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said he can soon inform about arrest of Regent Hospital owner Sahed Karim. "RAB and police both are trying nab him (Sahed). We think we can give information soon," he told reporters at his Dhanmondi residence...
Domestic helps have to live with boss in HK
03:47 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayWhen Marta came to Hong Kong in 2011, she was a 29-year-old single mother, looking for a job that could support her young daughter and sick father back in the Philippines...
Faridpur district council chairman dies of Covid-19
03:05 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayFaridpur district council chairman freedom fighter Md Lokman Hossain Mridha has died of COVID-19. He was 76...
37 more die from coronavirus, new cases 2949
02:40 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayDeaths tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh have reached 2,275 as the country recorded 37 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. During the period, 2,949 people tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused novel coronavirus, taking the country's total to 178,443...
HK to suspend all schools Covid 19 cases surge
02:17 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayHong Kong’s Education Bureau on Friday announced the suspension of all schools from Monday after a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus cases that has fuelled fears of a renewed community spread in the city, reports Reuters...
Bolivian president has coronavirus
01:13 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayBolivia’s interim president and Venezuela’s No. 2 leader announced Thursday that they have been infected with the new coronavirus, just days after Brazil’s leader tested positive as the pandemic hits hard at some of Latin America’s political elite...
US sanctions on Chinese over Uighurs 'abuse'
12:58 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayThe US has announced sanctions against Chinese politicians who it says are responsible for human rights violations against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, reports BBC...
Hilsa to be tastier this year: Expert
12:32 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayPeople will get more delicious hilsa on their plates this year thanks to drop in river pollution due to suspension of river transport movement for several months due to coronavirus pandemic, says an expert. Dr Anisur Rahman, a renowned hilsa expert at Fisheries Research Institute, Chandpur, said-
President, PM mourn death of Sahara Khatun
12:17 PM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayPresident M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed profound shock at the death of veteran Awami League (AL) leader and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun MP, reports BSS...
'Abusive behaviour completely normalized'
11:45 AM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayBritish Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie say abusive behaviour in gymnastics training became "ingrained" and "completely normalised"...
Breaking research advances announced ahead of virtual COVID-19 Conference
11:21 AM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayImportant advances in COVID-19 research, including promising data on new treatments, were announced today ahead of the virtual COVID-19 Conference, the world’s first abstract-driven scientific meeting dedicated to the global pandemic...
Sahara Khatun passes away in Bangkok
11:08 AM, 10 Jul 2020 FridayFormer Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun passed away at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday night. She was 77. “She passed away at 11:25pm (local time) at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok,” said sources at Awami League...
COVID-19: Asia Cup cricket postponed
09:56 PM, 09 Jul 2020 ThursdayAfter an executive board meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), it was decided that this year’s Asia Cup, which was scheduled on September, will now be postponed due to the unavoidable circumstances created by COVID-19 pandemic. ACC hopes the event will take place in June 2021...
Doctors, nurses get salary of additional 2 months
08:32 PM, 09 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe doctors and nurses will enjoy the same amount of money of additional two months' basic salary as special stimulus for treating coronavirus patients risking own life. Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a circular on Thursday in this regard...
Pak educational institutions to reopen Sept 15
07:56 PM, 09 Jul 2020 ThursdayAll education institutions, including universities, will reopen from September 15 if the health situation of the country improved, said Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday, reports Geo News...
Auto promotion news is a rumor: Education Ministry
07:37 PM, 09 Jul 2020 ThursdayThe Ministry of Education has said that the news of auto promotion of students without exams is a rumor...
TikTok removes over 49 million videos in second half of 2019
07:28 PM, 09 Jul 2020 ThursdaySocial media app TikTok said on Thursday it removed over 49 million videos that violated its guidelines or terms of service from its platform globally in the second half of last year...