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Fire at Motijheel shop brought under control
01:57 PM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayA fire that broke out at a shop of Bangladesh Bank Employees Consumer Goods Supply Cooperative Society Limited in Motijheel was brought under control on Wednesday afternoon...
280 test coronavirus positive in a day in Chattogram
01:11 PM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe confirmed coronavirus cases in Chattogram has reached 6,977 as 280 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Nine hundred and ninety-one samples were tested at five labs of Chattogram and one lab of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday where 280 got positive results for the virus...
19 areas of Narayanganj identified as red zone
11:31 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe district health department today identified nineteen areas of Narayanganj as red zone due to high coronavirus infection risk. A letter has also been sent to Central Technical Committee, who monitor coronavirus situation, for taking further step...
Major quake shakes southern Mexico, 6 killed
10:48 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayA powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at least six people and seriously injuring others in isolated villages, while causing damage to buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City...
Gold hovers near 8-year high as 2nd coronavirus wave fears mount
10:31 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayGold prices climbed to its highest level in nearly eight years on Wednesday, as demand for the safe-haven asset was boosted by worries over a surge in coronavirus infections and hopes of more stimulus measures to combat the economic blow..
Saudi Arabia limits Hajj pilgrims to 1,000
10:10 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayHajj pilgrim numbers could be limited to less or more than 1,000 to protect public health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Saudi authorities...
Top US health official Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ new US surge
09:40 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayAmerica's top infectious disease expert has told lawmakers that the US is seeing a "disturbing surge" in coronavirus infections in some states...
64 Bangladeshis detained in North Macedonia
08:59 AM, 24 Jun 2020 WednesdayPolice in North Macedonia say 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country’s border with Greece. The driver evaded arrest during the inspection late Monday near Strumica in the country’s southeast. In a statement Tuesday, police gave no other details about the migrants...
Seven areas in 4 more dists declared as red zones
10:07 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe government has declared general holidays in seven areas of four more districts marking those as red zones in an effort to limit the coronavirus spread...
Judge in Brazil orders president to wear mask in public
09:40 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayBrazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered by a federal judge in Brasilia — the country's capital — to wear a face mask in public or face a fine, reports CNN...
Over 600 Ansar members catch coronavirus
09:16 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayA total of 604 members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) have been infected with coronavirus, with nine more caught the disease in the past 24 hours...
Coronavirus cases in police force cross 9000
08:26 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus infections in police force stood at 9,398 as of Tuesday, the highest number of such cases in a single profession..
Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19
07:49 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayWorld number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test positive for Covid-19...
Trump’s decision to pull US out of WHO will boost China’s influence
07:25 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayTrump’s decision to pull US out of WHO will boost China’s influence...
Safoora Zargar, pregnant anti-CAA protester, gets bail
06:09 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayA court in India has granted bail to Safoora Zargar, a 27-year-old student activist who was jailed in April in a case related to the religious violence in capital New Delhi earlier this year...
2.5-month-old Tamim recovers from Covid-19
05:29 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayTwo-and-a-half-month-old Tamim, who tested positive for COVID-19, has made recovery. He was taken at home on Tuesday after being discharged from Barguna General Hospital after long 10 days' treatment...
AL will always work for people’s welfare: PM
04:12 PM, 23 Jun 2020 Tuesday“It is our commitment to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that we would always work for the welfare of the people,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said while joining an unscheduled discussion in parliament marking the 71st founding anniversary of the Awami League...
Houthis launch missile, drone attack in Saudi
04:03 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayYemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched a large missile and drone attack deep in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that struck the defence ministry and a military base in Riyadh, but the kingdom said it blocked the assault..
BMA chief Mostofa Jalal catches Covid-19
03:35 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayPresident of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin has been hospitalized after contracting the novel coronavirus. Confirming the matter on Tuesday, BMA secretary general Dr Md Ihteshamul Haque Chowdhury said, "He (Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin) is now well."..
Bangladesh coronavirus cases stand at 119,198, deaths 1,545
02:37 PM, 23 Jun 2020 TuesdayBangladesh recorded 3,412 more coronavirus cases and 43 the virus deaths in the past 24 hours. With this, the number of total infections and fatalities stood at 1,545 respectively, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...