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Liberation War minister, wife catch coronavirus
07:34 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayLiberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and his wife Layla Arzumand Banu have been infected with coronavirus...
Pabna SP tests positive for Covid-19
06:43 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayPabna Police Superintendent Sheikh Rafiqul Islam has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus...
Protests rock Lebanon as currency collapses
06:17 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayHassan Diab's government is facing growing calls to resign after the currency lost 25 percent of its value in two days...
This budget to save people, says Finance Minister
05:41 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that this budget has been proposed emphasizing mainly saving people. He said, "We have given importance on providing food to people, job to jobless ones, and treatment to sick in this budget aims to save them."..
A balanced budget to tackle economic fallout from COVID-19, says Quader
04:21 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayRoad, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the budget proposed for 2020-21FY is a balanced one to recover the country’s economy hit by COVID-19 pandemic...
UK economy shrinks by a quarter in depths of lockdown
03:07 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayBritain’s economy shrank by a quarter in the March-April period as entire sectors were shuttered by the coronavirus lockdown, reaching what looks likely to be the bottom of a “catastrophic” crash before a long and slow recovery, reports Reuters....
Bangladesh reports highest daily deaths from COVID-19
02:44 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayBangladesh today confirmed single-day highest 46 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 3,471 new cases of infection. With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 1,095 and the number of total infections stood at 81,523...
Another doctor dies of COVID-19
02:25 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayAnother doctor died from COVID-19 at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in the capital on Friday morning. The deceased is Doctor Mahmud Monwar, 43, Assistant Professor of Cardiology Department of NICVD. He breathed his last at Intensive Care Unit of the hospital around 9:30am...
Virtual court hearing: 33,155 get bail in 20 days
01:49 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayA total of 33,155 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country till Thursday. Hearing on 60,389 bail petitions was held virtually during 20 working days, said Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of Bangladesh Supreme Court...
Malaysia bars its citizens from Hajj over coronavirus fears
01:26 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayMalaysia will not allow its citizens to make the Hajj pilgrimage this year due to concerns over the coronavirus. Every year, Malaysia sends tens of thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, home of Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, for the annual event...
BSMMU doctor dies from coronavirus
12:03 PM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayOne more doctor died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the wee hours of Friday. Dr Gazi Zahirul Hasan, a professor of the Paediatric Surgery department at Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Medical University, breathed his last around 1:15am at the intensive care unit of DMCH...
Complaint filed in India against Xi for spreading coronavirus
11:11 AM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayA complaint has been filed against the Chinese President Xi Jinping in India blaming him for the coronavirus pandemic...
UN says at least 8 mass graves have been reported found in Libya
10:44 AM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayAt least eight mass graves been reportedly been discovered in Libya, according to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya...
Twitter deletes 170,000 accounts linked to China influence campaign
10:08 AM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayTwitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts the social media site says are state-linked influence campaigns from China focusing on Hong Kong protests, Covid-19 and the US protests in relation to George Floyd...
India crosses UK to become fourth worst hit by coronavirus
08:28 AM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayIndia has now taken the fourth spot in the list of nations worst hit by Coronavirus. The country logged 2,95,772 cases on Thursday evening, overtaking the UK, which was in the fourth spot so far, with 2,91,588 cases...
Fears of second coronavirus outbreak hit global shares
08:10 AM, 12 Jun 2020 FridayFinancial markets have tumbled amid fears that an uptick in coronavirus cases will hurt the economic recovery. The global declines came a day after America's central bank warned the US faced a long road to economic recovery...
Alli banned over coronavirus post
10:03 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayTottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been suspended for one match by the Football Association over a post on social media about coronavirus...
32 lakh students to get stipend, merit scholarship
09:55 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayAround 32 lakh students will be provided stipends, and merit scholarships during next financial year 2020-21. Of them, about 24.30 lakh will receive stipends, and 7.87 lakh get merit scholarships, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said...
'Unrealistic' revenue collection target underpins weak budget structure: CPD
08:49 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdayThe Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading think tank, on Thursday said the proposed budget for 2020-21 was announced with a 'weak structure' as resource collection target in the budget is not realistic amid the existing situation of Covid-19...
Syria's Assad dismisses prime minister
07:45 PM, 11 Jun 2020 ThursdaySyrian President Bashar al Assad issued a decree on Thursday dismissing prime minister Imad Khamis from the post he has occupied since 2016, citing state media, reports Reuters...