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Everyday life in the time of Boko Haram
06:47 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayI took this photo on Eid 2016 at a zoo in my hometown of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Whenever I look at this image, it gives me both joy and sadness...
War criminal Abdus Subhan dies at DMCH
06:16 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayWar criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Maulana Abdus Subhan died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday noon...
Over 1,700 medics infected with coronavirus
05:46 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayInstead of helping on the frontlines, she has been under self-quarantine at home for weeks, after a chest scan on January 26 revealed that she had a suspected case of the novel Coronavirus...
Five lose lives, 3 go missing in Rangamati boat capsizes
04:26 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayFive people lost their lives and three others went missing in two boat capsizes in the hill district Rangamati on Friday. Identities of the deceased could not be known yet...
Miscreants slaughter youth to snatch motorcycle
03:36 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayMiscreants have slaughtered a man to snatch away his motorcycle in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, police assumed...
Gopalganj road crash claims five lives
03:00 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayFive construction workers were killed and seven others injured when a bus hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Pona Bus Stand in Kashianiupazila on Friday...
Things heating up as Pahela Falgun, Valentine’s Day revellers out to celebrate
01:50 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayStreets in Dhaka and other big cities have taken a festive look with youths clad in red and yellow attires have started joining the celebrations of Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring, and the Valentine’s Day...
Coronavirus epidemic affects sport-events
12:41 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayHere is a list of international sports events whose timing has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,300 people and infected more than 60,000 in China after emerging late last year in Wuhan
More promiscuous people face double risk of cancer
12:27 PM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayMore promiscuous people are more likely to get cancer in old age, according to a study...
China reports 121 new deaths; infections near 65,000
11:40 AM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayChina on Friday reported 121 more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, 116 of which are from the epicentre of the infection in Hubei Province alone, bringing to at least 1,488 the total number of deaths across the country....
US issues fresh charges against Huawei
11:13 AM, 14 Feb 2020 FridayThe US has expanded its lawsuit against Huawei, accusing the Chinese telecoms giant of a "decades-long" plan to steal technology from US firms...
Rishi Sunak appointed British finance minister
09:38 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Rishi Sunak as his new finance minister, the government said in a statement on Thursday...
2 more Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus in Singapore
09:15 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayTwo more Bangladeshi nationals in Singapore have been infected with the novel coronavirus- recently named Covid-19. They are Singaporean work pass holders, aged 30 and 37, and are linked to a worksite in Seletar Aerospace Heights. They are cases 52 and 56...
N Korea executes top official for leaving coronavirus quarantine
08:12 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayA North Korean official was shot dead for going to a public bath while he was meant to be in quarantine for coronavirus, it has been reported...
Saudi Arabia deports 183 more Bangladeshi workers
06:48 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayAnother 183 Bangladeshi workers, including 20 women, were deported to the country by Saudi Arabia on Thursday...
Coronavirus: First death confirmed in Japan
06:28 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayJapan has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus, the country's health minister Katsunobu Kato said Thursday evening local time...
Nirmalendu Goon seriously ill, shifted to ICU
06:00 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayVeteran poet Nirmalendu Goon is seriously ill and has been shifted to Intensive Care Unit of Labaid Hospital in the capital...
PM reshuffles cabinet
05:33 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reallocated portfolios of three cabinet members. SM Rezaul Karim, previously Housing and Public Works Minister, has been reappointed as the Livestock and Fisheries Minister. State Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Minister Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru will now the State Minister for Social Welfare...
Coronavirus: Ninth case found in UK
04:04 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayA woman who flew into London from China a few days ago is being treated for coronavirus, bringing the total number of UK cases to nine...
Shahjahan Khan to face court in defamation case
02:55 PM, 13 Feb 2020 ThursdayA court in Dhaka has summoned former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan in a Tk 100 crore defamation case lodged by Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) founder and chairman Ilias Kanchan...