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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...
‘I’ll be glad if I get close to what Mashrafe, Shakib did,’ says Saifuddin
07:39 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayBangladesh all rounder Mohammad Saifuddin insisted that he will be glad if he gets close to what Masrhafe Bin Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan did for Bangladesh cricket...
Swechchasebok League president contracts coronavirus
06:35 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridaySwechchasebok League president Nirmal Ranjan Guha has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus...
Woman dies of Covid-19 after husband
06:09 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayA woman died of COVID-19 in Barura Upazila of Cumilla early Friday, nine days after her husband also died from the disease caused by novel coronavirus...
Malaysia planning to send Rohingya Refugees back out to sea
05:21 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayOnce their damaged boat is fixed, 269 Rohingya refugees now docked in Malaysia will be sent back out to sea if officials follow through with their current plan, sparking an outcry from rights groups...
India lifts export ban on hydroxychloroquine
04:48 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayIndia has lifted a ban on the export of hydroxychloroquine -- the anti-malaria drug that was being studied as possible therapy for coronavirus, according to India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry...
Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf tests positive for Covid-19
03:55 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayFormer Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives Minister and Faridpur-3 MP Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has tested positive for COVID-19...
Mobile phone subscribers reach 162.920 million in April
03:42 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayThe number of mobile subscribers reached 162.920 million at the end of April, according to the data prepared by Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...
China ban will hurt India more
03:09 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayThe Indian government has tried to respond to the border dispute with China by training its guns on trade. The idea resonating in Indian streets is that Indians should boycott Chinese goods and thus “teach China a lesson”...
45 die from coronavirus in 24-hr
02:48 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayThe number of coronavirus cases has reached 105,535 as 3,243 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 45 more people died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,388. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this during the daily health bulleting briefing on Friday...
375 expatriate Bangladeshis die of corona in Saudi Arabia
02:18 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayA total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis, including four doctors, have so far died of coronavirus or with its symptom in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic, said Bangladesh ambassador in Riyad Golam Moshi today...
Film inspired by Sushant Singh Rajput’s life in the works
01:38 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayA movie inspired by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s life and career is in the works. Titled Suicide Or Murder? – A star was lost, the film will be bankrolled by Vijay Shekhar Gupta and helmed by Shamik Maulik...
Ex-Home Minister Sahara Khatun in ICU
01:07 PM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayFormer Home Minister and also Awami League presidium member Sahara Khatun has been put in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital in the capital. Confirming the matter, her Personal Assistant Mujibur Rahman on Friday morning said she has been put in ICU as her health condition deteriorated...
Kamal Lohani infected with COVID-19
11:43 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayNoted journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani has been infected with coronavirus. His son Sagar Lohani confirmed the matter to Jago News on Friday morning...
Global coronavirus death toll passes 4.5 lakh
11:08 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayThe global death toll from coronavirus passed 450,000 as of Friday morning. The death toll now stands at 456,428. Besides, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has reached 8,583,838. A total of 4,532,547 people have made recovery from the disease, according to the Worldometer...
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 3.8 lakh, death toll at 12,573
10:44 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayIndia’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,805,32 on Friday according to ministry of health data. Out of this 1,63,248 cases are active and 2,04,710 cases have been recovered. The death toll due to the virus has reached 12,573, reports The Statesman.
China releases 10 Indian soldiers after border clash
09:35 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayChina has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas which left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, media reports said on Friday...
Brazil nears 50,000 coronavirus deaths and 1 million cases
09:11 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayBrazil’s Health Ministry reported new COVID-19 statistics on Thursday showing the country fast approaching 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths...
Mainland China reports 32 new coronavirus cases
08:47 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayMainland China reported 32 new coronavirus cases as of the end of June 18, 25 of which were reported in the capital city Beijing, China’s National Health Commission said on Friday...