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'Cut, copy and paste' inventor dies
03:12 PM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayLarry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74...
PM hands over Ekushey Padak-2020
11:35 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over the prestigious “Ekushey Padak-2020” among 20 eminent persons and an organization on the eve of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day. The prime minister distributed the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh...
Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks worst again
10:48 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayBangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. It had an AQI score of 287 at 08:18am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’...
Trump ‘offered Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack’
10:10 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayDonald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told...
2 passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan die
09:22 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayTwo passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday, as a second group of passengers began disembarking after two-weeks quarantined onboard...
8 people killed in shootings near Frankfurt
08:56 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayEight people were killed on Wednesday in two shooting incidents in a German city near Frankfurt and Special Forces were chasing the gunmen who fled in a car, police said. Heavily armed police sealed off two streets in the city of Hanau where ambulances had rushed...
Coronavirus: Deaths taper in Hubei with 108 confirmed on Thursday
08:34 AM, 20 Feb 2020 ThursdayChina’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 108 new deaths on Thursday. The provincial health authority’s announcement of deaths in the past 24 hours brought the total to 2,029 in the province. There were 132 deaths reported on Wednesday...
Govt to revisit decision about rate cut of postal savings: Mustafa Kamal
10:13 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the government would revisit the decision to cut interest rate of postal saving scheme...
Indian PM Modi due next month
09:55 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bangladesh next month to attend the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and have bilateral talks with his Bangladesh counterpart....
PM for no high-rise buildings along sea
08:09 PM, 19 Feb 2020 Wednesday“We will not allow construction of high-rise establishments along the sea as it will harm the natural beauty of Cox’s Bazar ,” she said, adding tourism parks should be developed keeping intake the natural beauties of the region...
'Bangladesh likely to get new ODI captain after Zimbabwe series'
07:42 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayTigers will likely get a new ODI captain after the Zimbabwe series, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan said Wednesday, hinting that this will be Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s last outing as skipper...
Coming out as Dalit
07:10 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayPretending not to be a Dalit took a heavy toll on the young Yashica Dutt...
Jago News inks deal with Japan Medical Center
06:01 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayThe coutry's leading online news portal, Jago News24.com, has signed an agreement with Japan Medical Center...
Housewife dies in police custody
05:31 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayA housewife has died following her arrest by the law enforcers in Bhawal Gazipur area of Gazipur City Corporation...
Cheating death: Wuhan coronavirus survivors recall ordeal
03:57 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayScrambled eggs with tomatoes - that's the first dish coronavirus survivor Yangyang, 28, made for herself after being discharged from No 7 Hospital in Wuhan, in Hubei province - the epicentre of the outbreak in China....
Corona-infected Bangladeshi in critical condition in Singapore
01:51 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayOne of the five coronavirus-infected Bangladeshis is in critical condition in Singapore. Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan informed the health condition to his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AKM Abdul Momen over telephone around 9:30am on Wednesday...
SC fines City University for violating UGC direction
12:57 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today fined City University Taka 10 lakh for violating direction of University Grants Commission (UGC) over admission of students...
Hearing on Khaleda’s bail plea Sunday
12:30 PM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayThe High Court will hear on Sunday a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq fixed the day on Wednesday...
Second Hongkonger dies after becoming infected with coronavirus
11:16 AM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayA 70-year-old Hong Kong coronavirus patient with underlying health issues has died in the second fatality since the outbreak began in the city in mid-January...
Coronavirus: First passengers disembark from Diamond Princess in Japan
10:45 AM, 19 Feb 2020 WednesdayThe first passengers have begun disembarking from the virus-hit cruise ship moored off Yokohama, Japan after 14 days of quarantine...