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Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak dies
05:12 PM, 25 Feb 2020 TuesdayHosni Mubarak, Egypt's president for almost 30 years who stepped down after a popular revolution in 2011, has died. He was 91. Mubarak served as Egypt's fourth president starting in 1981 until his ouster in what became known as the Arab Spring revolution...
82,422 students get primary scholarships
04:39 PM, 25 Feb 2020 TuesdayA total of 82,422 students have got scholarships in the Primary Education Completion (PEC) Examinations held in 2019. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain came up with the information while talking to media at the secretariat on Tuesday...
HC declares 7 March a National Day
04:15 PM, 25 Feb 2020 TuesdayThe High Court today declared 7 March a National Day and also asked the authorities concerned of the government to publish a gazette notification within one month. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order after disposing the rule filed in this regard...
Coronavirus infects over 80,000 people globally
03:53 PM, 25 Feb 2020 TuesdayA viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it...
Nayeem, Taijul spin Bangladesh to innings win
03:27 PM, 25 Feb 2020 TuesdayNayeem Hasan spun Bangladesh to a massive victory in the one-off Test in Mirpur, taking 5 for 82 in Zimbabwe's second innings to give him a match haul of 9 for 152 and secure victory for the hosts by an innings and 106 runs...
PRAN-RFL’s two companies receive top VAT Payer award at DITF
06:30 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayTwo companies of PRAN-RFL Group received highest VAT payer’s award for paying highest amount of VAT at 25th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2020, a press release said...
Maximum investment limit in savings certificate decreases
04:51 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayThe government has taken initiative to reduce the maximum limit of investment in national savings certificate, amid already taken various steps to discourage investment in....
PM seeks more Japanese investment in power, energy sector
03:46 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought more Japanese investment in power and energy sector of the country to meet the growing demand of electricity...
Kuwait, Bahrain confirm first coronavirus cases
03:34 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayMiddle East countries Kuwait and Bahrain reported their first cases of novel coronavirus, citing both of their state news agencies...
Salman Shah killed self over family feud: PBI
01:30 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayPopular film actor Salman Shah was not murdered, rather he committed suicide over family feud, PBI has said in a report. Police Bureau of Investigation chief Banaj Kumar Mazumder upheld 600-page invesitgation reporter of the murder-suicide case at a press conference on Monday afternoon...
Malaysian PM Mahathir resigns: Sources
01:05 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayMalaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sent his resignation letter to the King at 1pm Monday (Feb 24), his office said in a brief statement. But sources told The Straits Times the shock move is likely to be followed by declarations of support for him to continue in power until the end of the current parliamentary term...
Italy announces 3 deaths linked to coronavirus
12:48 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayAn elderly cancer patient became the third person known to be infected with the coronavirus to die in Italy, health officials said on Sunday, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount...
Trump lands in Gujarat, beings 36-hr India visit
12:20 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayUS President Donald Trump has arrived in India on a two-day visit. The Air Force One carrying the President and his delegation, including wife Melania, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner and several senior members of the US cabinet landed at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport....
New Zealand extends ban on China arrivals
12:02 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayNew Zealand has extended for eight days a ban on arrivals from mainland China, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, carrying into its fourth week an effort to block exposure to the coronavirus...
Coronavirus infects 161, kills 7 in S Korea
11:56 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondaySouth Korea reported 161 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected patients in the country to 763, health authorities said on Monday, a day after the government raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level...
Novel coronavirus cases top 79,000 worldwide
11:50 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayAs of Monday, there were at least 77,150 confirmed cases in mainland China, bringing the global total to 79,356, with the death toll at 2,619....
GP ordered to pay BTRC Tk 1,000cr within May
11:30 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayThe Appellate Division on Monday ordered private mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) to pay another Tk 1,000 crore of the dues claimed by BTRC within the next three months. The six-member Appellate bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the order...
Coronavirus: North Korea quarantines foreigners
11:24 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayNorth Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out...
Dhaka Test: Mominul hits fifty as Bangladesh trail by 25 runs
06:00 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayBangladesh are trailing by 25 with runs with seven wickets in hand at the end of day two of the ongoing one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday...
GP pays Tk 1,000 crore to BTRC
05:56 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayPrivate mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) on Sunday provided Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in compliance with the Supreme Court order....