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142 more catch coronavirus in Gazipur
06:42 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe coronavirus cases in Gazipur stood at 2,815, with 142 more contracted the disease in the past 24 hours...
Refugees: UN recognises generosity, humanity of host countries
06:21 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recognised the generosity and humanity of host communities and countries towards refugees that often struggle with their own economic and security concerns...
Twitter permanently suspends account of Katie Hopkins
05:18 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayTwitter has permanently suspended the account of extreme right-wing British columnist Katie Hopkins for violating its hateful conduct policy...
Mashrafe tests positive for Covid-19
04:03 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayHe tested positive for the virus on Saturday, his personal assistant Jamil Ahmed Sani confirmed around 4pm. "In the first sample test, MP Mashrafe Bin Mortaza tested positive for coronavirus," Sani said, adding that sample would be given further to be confirmed more about this. Narail Civil Surgeon Dr Md Abdul Momen said he heard from one close to Mashrafe that the lawmaker contracted coronavirus but did not talk to Mashrafe...
Protesters douse French health ministry with red paint
03:33 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayFrench protesters on Saturday doused the country’s health ministry with red paint, to symbolize the blood of those who died from COVID-19 and to demonstrate against poor working conditions for public sector healthcare workers...
UNO Tania, son test positive for Covid-19
03:19 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayTania Ferdous, upazila nirbahi officer of Doshmina in Patuakhali, and her five-year-old son have been inected with novel coronavirus...
COVID-19: 37 die, 3,240 infected, 1,048 recover in 24-hr
02:46 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayThirty-seven people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today. The death toll now stands at 1,425, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, said during a online briefing...
Another policeman dies from coronavirus
01:57 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayOne more member of Bangladesh police has died from coronavirus. The deceased was identified as Foysal Alam, 38, a constable at Naruli police outpost in Bagura...
Cox’s Bazar ex-MP Bodi admitted to hospital in Dhaka
01:10 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayFormer lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf) constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi, who has been infected with coronavirus, was admitted to Anwar Khan Modern Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka early Saturday...
President mourns death of Kamal Lohani
12:44 PM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayPresident Abdul Hamid on Saturday expressed deep shock over the death of eminent journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani...
Bomb threat to Rajinikanth, police conduct search operation
11:57 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayAn unidentified person has reportedly issued a bomb threat to superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday. As per news reports, Chennai police is currently conducting a search operation at the actor’s residence to verify the authenticity of the caller...
Philippine citizen dies with breathing problem in Chattogram
11:30 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayA Philippine citizen who had been suffering from breathing problem died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Friday night...
Kamal Lohani dies of COVID-19
11:01 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayVeteran journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani, who tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, has passed away. He was 85. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Sheikh Russell Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in the capital’s Mohakhali on Saturday morning...
Nepal on its side, China now woos Bangladesh: Times of India
10:37 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayJust when India-China ties suffered a new low following the recent clashes at Galwan Valley in Ladakh, Beijing seems to be aggressively wooing Bangladesh, a strong ally of India in the neighbourhood, with a host of sops...
Zimbabwe health minister arrested
08:51 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayZimbabwe Health Minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested by police on Friday over allegations of corruption in government procurement of around $60 million worth of medical equipment, the Daily News newspaper reported...
109th birth anniversary of Sufia Kamal today
08:41 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe 109th birth anniversary of poet Sufia Kamal is being observed today virtually in the wake of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak...
Coronavirus: Brazil becomes 2nd country to hit 1 million cases
08:31 AM, 20 Jun 2020 SaturdayBrazil has become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease continues to spread. The health ministry also posted a record number of new cases in the past 24 hours - more than 54,000...
97pc Bangladeshi products to get duty-free access to China
10:11 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayChinese government has granted duty-free access to 97 percent Bangladeshi products to its market from July 1 while Dhaka termed it as a success of Bangladesh’s economic diplomacy...
Emirate Airlines gets nod to operate flights from Dhaka
09:38 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayCovid-19 pandemic grounded flights across the world, disrupting air communication and forcing the aviation industry to count unprecedented losses...
DGHS director Iqbal Kabir tests positive for Covid-19
08:00 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayProfessor Dr Iqbal Kabir, director (planning and research) of the Directorate General of Health Services, contracted the novel coronavirus...