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Italy announces 3 deaths linked to coronavirus
12:48 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayAn elderly cancer patient became the third person known to be infected with the coronavirus to die in Italy, health officials said on Sunday, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount...
Trump lands in Gujarat, beings 36-hr India visit
12:20 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayUS President Donald Trump has arrived in India on a two-day visit. The Air Force One carrying the President and his delegation, including wife Melania, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner and several senior members of the US cabinet landed at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport....
New Zealand extends ban on China arrivals
12:02 PM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayNew Zealand has extended for eight days a ban on arrivals from mainland China, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, carrying into its fourth week an effort to block exposure to the coronavirus...
Coronavirus infects 161, kills 7 in S Korea
11:56 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondaySouth Korea reported 161 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected patients in the country to 763, health authorities said on Monday, a day after the government raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level...
Novel coronavirus cases top 79,000 worldwide
11:50 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayAs of Monday, there were at least 77,150 confirmed cases in mainland China, bringing the global total to 79,356, with the death toll at 2,619....
GP ordered to pay BTRC Tk 1,000cr within May
11:30 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayThe Appellate Division on Monday ordered private mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) to pay another Tk 1,000 crore of the dues claimed by BTRC within the next three months. The six-member Appellate bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the order...
Coronavirus: North Korea quarantines foreigners
11:24 AM, 24 Feb 2020 MondayNorth Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out...
Dhaka Test: Mominul hits fifty as Bangladesh trail by 25 runs
06:00 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayBangladesh are trailing by 25 with runs with seven wickets in hand at the end of day two of the ongoing one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday...
GP pays Tk 1,000 crore to BTRC
05:56 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayPrivate mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) on Sunday provided Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in compliance with the Supreme Court order....
Malaysia to recruit domestic help from Bangladesh
05:32 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayMalaysian Human Resource Minister M Kula Segaran on Sunday said that his country wants to recruit domestic help from Bangladesh as it needs more workers because size of the economy has risen...
HC seeks report on Khaleda’s health condition; next hearing on Feb 27
04:44 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayThe High Court on Sunday asked Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Vice Chancellor to submit a report on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition by 5 pm on Wednesday and fixed February 27 for hearing on her bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust graft case...
Finalization of national productivity master plan by Dec
03:47 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayWorks of making draft of an action plan to implement the National Productivity Master Plan will be completed by June and the same finalized by December this year...
Angelina Jolie lauds Bangladesh’s leadership role in Rohingya crisis
03:00 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayUNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie has highly appreciated Bangladesh for the generosity and leadership it demonstrated in dealing with the Rohingya crisis...
18 injured as private car ploughs through crowd in Kurmitola
02:56 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayAt least 18 people, including a child and four women, were injured after a private car ploughed through crowd at Kurmitola in the city on Sunday noon. Four of them suffered critical injuries, police said....
FM hopeful of reopening labour market in Malaysia soon
01:45 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday expressed optimism about reopening of labour market in Malaysia soon as discussion is going on between the two countries. "I'm hopeful," the Foreign Minister told reporters at his office after meeting Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran...
Dhaka Test: Zimbabwe bowled out for 265 by Bangladesh
12:55 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayNayeem Hassan and Abu Jayed Rahi grabbed four wickets each, helping to bowl out Zimbabwe for 265 in 106.3 overs in the first innings of the Dhaka Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium....
Charge pressed against six including Khaled in money laundering case
12:52 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police have submitted chargesheet against expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and five others in a money laundering case....
Bernie Sanders claims big win in Nevada caucuses
12:32 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayBernie Sanders claimed a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, while Joe Biden appeared headed to a second-place finish that would give his struggling campaign new hope...
Armani says fashion marketing is 'raping' women
12:09 PM, 23 Feb 2020 SundayGiorgio Armani accused the fashion industry on Friday of "raping" women with short-lived trends and sex-driven marketing...
Virus hits shipping, spreading global economic strain
11:41 AM, 23 Feb 2020 SundaySea freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy, has been blown off course by the new coronavirus, sparking general alarm...