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Facebook takes down Trump ads over ‘organized hate’ policy
08:30 AM, 19 Jun 2020 FridayFacebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate...
Galwan faceoff: Indian Army clarifies no soldier missing
10:09 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe third round of military talks between India and China in the Galwan Valley made headway Thursday, breaking the deadlock ever since the violent clashes Monday night that left 20 Indian soldiers dead...
Saudi Aramco cuts hundreds of jobs
09:44 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayState oil giant Saudi Aramco (2222.SE) started laying off hundreds of employees this month, two sources familiar with the matter said, as global energy companies reduce their workforces in response to the coronavirus crisis, reports Reuters...
Coronavirus may take 2-3 years to go away: DGHS chief
08:45 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe coronavirus crisis in Bangladesh is not going away anytime soon and it may take at least two to three years to disappear, said Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
Govt to give Tk 700cr loan to foreign returnees
08:14 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe government has taken an initiative to provide Tk 700 crore loan to the foreign returnees who were badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Last JFK sibling and US envoy dies
06:57 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayJean Kennedy Smith, a US envoy who played a key role in Northern Ireland peace process, has died aged 92...
Sonali Bank official dies from coronavirus
06:40 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe assistant general manager of Sonali Bank Ltd's Agargaon Branch, Dhaka Md Abdus Sabur has died from coronavirus...
40% of mess rent waived in Rangpur
06:15 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe Mess Owners Association in Rangpur has waived 40 percent of rent for the boarders from Month July considering the situation arisen for coronavirus lockdown...
378 journos, media staff contract coronavirus
05:22 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayA total of 378 journalists and media employees from 99 media houses tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, as of Thursday...
Nearly 500 doctors die of Covid-19 in Russia
04:45 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdaySome 500 medical staff have died from COVID-19 in Russia, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Healthcare Alla Samoilova said on Thursday, reports TASS...
India elected non-permanent member of UNSC
03:42 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayIndia was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful United Nations Security Council for a two-year term on June 17, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly...
UCB director Farid dies from Covid-19
03:35 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayUnited Commercial Bank Ltd's director Farid Uddin Ahmed died from COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, early Thursday...
Kazakhstan ex-president tests positive for Covid-19
03:13 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayKazakhstan said on Thursday it would tighten coronavirus-related restrictions during the coming weekend and an aide said former President Nursultan Nazarbayev had tested positive for COVID-19...
Coronavirus cases pass 1 lakh
02:43 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has passed 100,000 as 3,803 more people have been infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of such cases now stands at 102,292. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, made the announcement in the regular online briefing on Thursday...
Navy needs to be strengthened further to protect sea areas: PM
02:26 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayMentioning that Bangladesh doesn’t prefer war rather want peace, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh Navy needs to be further strengthened with modern technology based knowledge to protect the country’s vast sea area and its resources...
Nepal’s parliament approves new map including territory controlled by India
02:13 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map for the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row that has strained ties between the South Asian neighbours...
Rana Dasgupta, wife diagnosed with coronavirus
01:08 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayAdvocate Rana Das Gupta, a prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT), has been infected with the novel coronavirus...
Bangladesh to see 7.5pc growth in FY2021: ADB
12:14 PM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayBangladesh’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.5 percent in FY2020 and 7.5 percent in FY2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in the update report of Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Supplement on Thursday...
Another teacher arrested for allegedly defaming Nasim
11:24 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayAnother university teacher has been arrested for allegedly defaming former health minister Mohammad Nasim, who recently died from coronavirus...
COVID-19 sample testing closed in Mymensingh
10:36 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe coronavirus sample testing will remain closed in Mymensingh from today until further notice due to technical glitch and shortage of test kits. Civil Surgeon Office in Mymensingh confirmed the closure in a facebook post on Wednesday night...