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Twitter tests new voice tweeting feature
09:37 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayTwitter Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice, capturing up to 140 seconds of audio in a single tweet...
US police officer charged with murder in shooting death of Brooks
09:09 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayA fired Atlanta police officer has been charged with felony murder and another officer faces lesser charges in the shooting death last week of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, a Georgia county prosecutor said on Wednesday...
China reports 28 new coronavirus cases in mainland
08:38 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayChina reported 28 new coronavirus cases in the mainland as of end-June 17, 21 of which were in the capital of Beijing, the country’s health commission said on Thursday...
Trump asked China to help him win in 2020, Bolton says
08:25 AM, 18 Jun 2020 ThursdayIn a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election...
France jails Assad's uncle for money laundering
10:00 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Paris court for money-laundering, reports BBC...
VP Nur files GD seeking security
08:39 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayDhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice president Nurul Haque Nur has lodged a general diary with Shahbagh Police Station seeking security of life...
Lockdown not possible sans community inclusion: Tajul
07:57 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayLGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam on Wednesday said community inclusion needs to be prioritised to make zone-based lockdown effective, especially in red zone areas...
DUJ concerned over DMP summoning journalists for probe
07:54 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayDhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) has expressed grave concern over the summoning of at least 10 journalists by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) after reports on a senior police officer's immoral activities were published...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan to take 10% pay cut
06:54 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he will take an "immediate" 10% pay cut to his $191,574 (£152,734) salary because London's public finances "are facing unprecedented challenges" due to the "devastating impact" of Covid-19...
Commerce Minister contracts coronavirus
06:12 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayCommerce Minister Tipu Munshi has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus. "I gave sample for test around 9am on Wednesday, and the report came positive for coronavirus some time ago," the minister told Jago News...
Bangladesh, Bhutan to sign PTA within August
05:23 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayBangladesh and Bhutan have decided to sign the preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between the countries within next August for expansion of bilateral trade...
PM issues directives to contain COVID-19
04:31 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave necessary directives to the authorities concerned to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
HSBC revives 35,000 job cut plan after pandemic pause
04:14 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayHSBC is resuming plans to cut around 35,000 jobs which it put on ice after the coronavirus outbreak, as Europe’s biggest bank grapples with the impact on its already falling profits, reports Reuters...
Toddler dies from Covid-19 in Naogaon
03:45 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayAn eighteen-month-old boy has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, in Porsha upazila of Naogaon...
Norwegian salmon was not source of coronavirus at Beijing market
03:11 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayChinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded that Norwegian salmon was likely not the source of the novel coronavirus...
COVID-19 death toll passes 1,300
02:42 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 1,305 as 43 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 4008 more have been infected with virus, taking the number of such cases to 98,489. In the last 24 hours, 17,527 samples were examined and out of them 4008 got positive results for the virus...
Gonoshasthaya kit not effective to detect coronavirus: BSMMU VC
01:33 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayGonoshasthaya Kendra’s COVID-19 testing Rapid Dot Blot kit is not effective to detect the virus, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Kanak Kanti Barua said today...
EC Assistant Secretary tests positive for coronavirus
01:02 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayNur Nahar Islam, Assistant Secretary of Election Commission (EC) has been infected with coronavirus. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday...
Maritime ports asked to host signal No 3
12:19 PM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayMaritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No three as a deep convection is taking place over the north-bay and the adjoining area...
Visa-on-arrival suspended until further notice
11:30 AM, 17 Jun 2020 WednesdayBangladesh has suspended the visa-on-arrival service until further notice to stop spread of the coronavirus. It was informed in a letter sent to the Additional Inspector General of Police of the Special Branch from the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday...