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733 ICU beds at govt hospitals: DGHS informs HC
10:05 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday informed the High Court that there are a total of 733 intensive care unit (ICU) beds at government hospitals across the country...
WHO urges Pakistan two-week lockdown, more tests
09:45 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Pakistan has been ranked among the top 10 countries in the world reporting the highest number of new cases of Covid-19...
Nothing to fear, when death is settled: PM
08:30 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she was not afraid of coronavirus rather has been working for the country's sake, and keeping people's livelihood normal amid the pandemic...
Share burden of humanitarian situations: Dhaka to int'l community
07:50 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayBangladesh has said the principle of burden- and responsibility- sharing should be central to the actions of the international community in addressing humanitarian situations...
JS budget session begins
07:44 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe second budget session (8th session) of the 11th parliament began with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudury in the chair on Wednesday afternoon amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, reports UNB...
20 workers dead in Afghanistan mine collapse
06:22 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayAll 20 miners trapped in a coal mine that collapsed in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province a day earlier have died, officials confirmed on Wednesday, reports Anadolu Agency....
Canada deserves our vote in UNSC: CanCham
05:50 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayCanada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CanCham Bangladesh) has said voting for Canada in the Security Council by Bangladesh will accelerate the growing bilateral trade to a new height...
Global economy to take 2yrs to recover from coronavirus
04:31 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe global economy will take at least two years to recover from the impact of coronavirus, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which is formed of 37 nations worldwide, reports CNN...
Import-export thru' Burimari land port resumes
04:10 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayImport-export activities with neighbouring India through Burimari land port, Lalmonirhat restarted on Wednesday morning after around two and a half month closure due to coronavirus. Earlier on Monday businesses of the two countries held a discussion at zero line of Burimari Integrated Check Post (ICP) and decided to begin trade through the port from June 10...
PCB wants to stage Asia Cup in UAE this year
03:40 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe Pakistan Cricket Board wants to stage the Asia Cup T20 this year as per schedule, but in the UAE and is also in talks with Sri Lanka as an alternate venue for the event...
Restaurant worker fired for not wearing 'Trump 2020' mask
03:13 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayA restaurant worker says she has been dismissed from her job after she refused to wear 'Trump 2020' mask...
Coronavirus death toll passes 1000
02:41 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 1,012 as 37 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 3,190 more tested positive for coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 74,865. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this in the regular health bulletin through online on Wednesday...
Hong Kong police arrest 53 pro-democracy activists
01:40 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayHong Kong police arrested 53 people during protests on Tuesday evening that saw hundreds of activists take to the streets, at times blocking roads in the heart of the global financial hub, before police fired pepper spray to disperse crowds...
Shortage of passenger forces Biman to cancel flights of Wednesday, Thursday
12:24 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe shortage of passengers has forced Biman Bangladesh Airlines to cancel its flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday on three domestic routes...
Singapore to start clinical trials for potential Covid-19 treatment
12:07 PM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdaySingapore will embark on human clinical trials next week on 23 healthy individuals for a potential treatment of Covid-19...
India’s COVID-19 cases cross 2.7 lakh, death toll at 7,745
10:56 AM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayIndia’s tally of coronavirus cases reached 2,76,583 on Wednesday according to ministry of health. Out of which 1,33,632 are active cases and 1,35,205 have been cured. The death toll due to the virus rose to 7,745...
Boko Haram kills 69, razes village in northern Nigeria
09:48 AM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayBoko Haram gunman killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigeria’s Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, three sources told Reuters. The men attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in Gubio local government area of Borno state, starting about noon...
JS goes into budget session today
09:28 AM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayAmid the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) is going to short budget session for 2020-21 fiscal today. The budget session will begin at 5pm in the parliament with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair...
Mumbai, with 51,100 coronavirus cases, crosses Wuhan
08:47 AM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayMumbai, the country's financial, art and entertainment capital, crossed 51,000 coronavirus cases on Tuesday - around 700 more than China's Wuhan...
George Floyd’s funeral hears calls for racial justice
08:31 AM, 10 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe funeral of George Floyd, an African American whose death in police custody spawned global outrage, has heard impassioned pleas for racial justice...