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50 US troops diagnosed with brain injuries after Iranian missle strike
04:11 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayFifty US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month...
MPs penalised for comments on peaceful protesters
03:42 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayTwo MPs belonging to India's ruling party have been removed from a list of "star campaigners" after comments they made against a group or protesters...
BNP hiring criminals ahead of Dhaka city polls: Quader
02:27 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday accused the BNP of “hiring criminals and gunmen” ahead of the Dhaka city polls...
PM urges dev partners to impose fewer conditions while giving supports
01:49 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought more support from the development partners to keep up the country’s development spree and make it (development) sustainable...
Taposh unveils election manifesto with five plans
01:19 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayAwami League’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has announced the election manifesto with five plans. The five plans include heritage Dhaka, mobile Dhaka, beautiful Dhaka, good governance Dhaka, developed Dhaka...
Shah Rukh Khan’s Pakistani cousin Noor Jehan dies
12:34 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayNoor Jehan, a cousin of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has passed away in Peshawar, her family told Geo News on Tuesday...
Foggy weather may persist till Thursday
12:20 PM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe foggy weather which has been around since Wednesday morning is likely to persist until Thursday, the Met Office said. “The sun will likely remain invisible today while light rain or drizzle might occur at a few places,” AKM Nazmul Haque, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told UNB...
Coronavirus: Bangkok, London and NYC among cities most at risk
11:01 AM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayBangkok faces the greatest threat of the killer coronavirus spreading there from China, scientists have warned...
Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus
09:36 AM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayIn a major breakthrough in the global fight against coronavirus, scientists in Australia have developed a lab-grown version of the disease...
7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Jamaica and Cuba: Tsunami risk
08:50 AM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayA massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean triggered a tsunami warning in several countries including Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday...
Coronavirus: Death toll in China hits 132
08:35 AM, 29 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 132 as health authorities at the epicentre of the epidemic reported another 840 confirmed cases, even as Beijing reiterated its confidence in containing the disease...
Bangladesh’s fossil fuel to be used for its own development: PM
10:15 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday reiterated her firm stance to use Bangladesh’s fossil fuel for its own economic development and the wellbeing of people...
67 DU students face expulsion for life
09:20 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayDhaka University (DU) authorities permanently have expelled its 67 students after their involvement with admission test question paper leak and forgery, and links with arms and drugs were found true.
Man behind Soleimani killing shot down in Afghanistan
08:49 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayIranian media claims that “many CIA” officers were killed in a plane crash on Monday. The Taliban initially claimed large numbers of Americans were killed....
Trial against GK Shamim, 7 bodyguards starts
08:07 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayA court in Dhaka has framed charges against GK Shami and his seven bodyguards in an arms case...
Taiwan reports first case of domestic coronavirus transmission
07:34 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayTaiwan reported its first case of domestic transmission of the new coronavirus on Tuesday and raised its travel warning for China, saying people should avoid going unless absolutely necessary following the outbreak of the virus there...
Coronavirus: Chinese villages shun outsiders
06:56 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayIn a village in Beijing’s far northeastern Shunyi district, residents have set an informal rule: “If you’re here, don’t leave. If they’ve left, don’t let them come back”...
Croatia PM sacks health minister
05:57 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayCroatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic sacked Health Minister Milan Kujundzic, the government’s spokesman said on Tuesday...
No coronavirus case in Bangladesh: Minister
05:40 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayHealth Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said there is nothing to worry about coronavirus as no such patient has been detected in Bangladesh yet...
Germany's first coronavirus case is human-to-human transmission
05:11 PM, 28 Jan 2020 TuesdayGermany's first confirmed coronavirus patient caught the disease from a Chinese colleague who visited Germany last week, officials said on Tuesday...