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Opinion: US racism part of everyday life
04:48 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe wave of protests in American cities after the death of George Floyd shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite the two-term presidency of Barack Obama, the US is still shaped by racism, says Miodrag Soric...
After the pandemic: 1.7m unknown viruses likely to infect humans
03:29 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayA leading scientist has warned that animals harbour almost two million viruses with the potential to infect humans. Dr Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, told Sky News that we must learn the lessons of the coronavirus pandemic and stop the next outbreak at source...
More than 50 BB staff catch coronavirus
03:19 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayMore than 50 staff of Bangladesh Bank have, so far, contracted the novel coronavirus, creating fear of operation disruption if the infections continue. Besides the already infected employees, over 100 ones of the central bank showed symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus cases reach 55,140; 37 more die
02:44 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 55,140 as 2,695 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 37 more people died from the disease, taking the number of deceased to 746...
11 pairs of passenger trains resume operation
02:21 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayEleven pairs of intercity trains resumed operations from Wednesday, Bangladesh Railway said...
Coronavirus: 452 deaths, 39,386 new cases in May
02:10 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases and the death toll has been rising since mid-April in the country but it was in May when the situation worsened. Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18...
Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall in Maharashtra, Mumbai receives rains
01:50 PM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayCyclone Nisarga made landfall between Murud and Revdanda in Maharashtra’s Raigad district as authorities evacuated thousands of people from the coastal areas in the state and in Gujarat, officials said...
4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Bangladesh-India border
11:42 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayEarthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Bangladesh-India border region at 07:10 am today, said National Center for Seismology of India. The earthquake's epicenter was 82km Southwest of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya...
Customs officer dies from coronavirus
11:32 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayRevenue officer (Superintendent) of Chattogram Customs House Jasim Uddin Majumdar died from coronavirus early Wednesday...
Brazil toll tops 30,000 as Italy reopens borders
10:28 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayBrazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through Latin America, while Italy -- at one point the hardest-hit country -- prepared to reopen its borders in time for the European summer...
Most Americans sympathize with protests, disapprove of Trump’s response
09:12 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayA majority of Americans sympathize with nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody and disapprove of President Donald Trump’s response to the unrest...
Cyclone Nisarga to make landfall today, high alert in Mumbai
08:47 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayThousands of people were evacuated in low lying areas of Maharastra and Gujarat ahead of Cyclone Nisarga that is expected to hit the Indian’s western coast on Wednesday afternoon...
India evacuates 100,000 as Mumbai awaits historic storm
08:34 AM, 03 Jun 2020 WednesdayAt least 100,000 people including coronavirus patients were being moved to safety as India’s west coast braced for a cyclone - the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in more than 70 years...
58 lost consciousness after Minneapolis officers put them in neck restraints
09:56 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayIn the years leading up to George Floyd's death with his neck beneath the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, at least 58 people lost consciousness after the city's officers put them in neck restraints, according to a CNN analysis of use of force data from the police department...
Reconsider bus fare hike: CAB to govt
09:37 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has urged the government to reconsider its decision to raise bus fare by 60 percent amid the coronavirus pandemic...
India's COVID-19 tally crosses two lakh
09:20 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus cases in India exceeded two lakh as the deadly virus kept rising fast. The country, so far, reported 5,600 fatalities from the pathogen, reports The Hindu...
Ebola: Congo declares new epidemic
08:30 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola epidemic Monday in the western city of Mbandaka, more than 1,000km (620 miles) away from an ongoing outbreak in the east...
76 including municipal councilor newly catch coronavirus in Cumilla
08:09 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus cases in Cumilla stood at 1,096 after 76 more people contracted the virus in the past 24 hours in the district...
Health insurance for all DU students
07:53 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Dhaka University authorities have decided to bring its all students under health insurance facilities...
ECNEC approves 10 projects involving Tk 16,276cr
06:38 PM, 02 Jun 2020 TuesdayThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved 10 projects involving Taka 16,276.03 crore, including two projects related to emergency response and preparedness on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to strengthen the country’s health system...