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New China virus: US announces first case
08:42 AM, 22 Jan 2020 WednesdayThe United States has confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus on its territory. The Centers for Disease Control said the virus, which originated in China, had been diagnosed in a US resident who arrived in Seattle from China...
First-ever cadaveric kidney transplant in Bangladesh expected in ‘Mujib Borsho’
09:20 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayBangladesh’s first-ever cadaveric kidney transplant will be conducted during the ‘Mujib Borsho’ marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Real Madrid signs $33m teen in hunt for new Neymar
08:51 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayReal Madrid signed promising teenager Reinier Jesus for an estimated $33 million on Monday, as the Spanish club continues its search for the next Brazilian superstar...
68000 poors to get homes in 'Mujib Borsho'
08:27 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayThe government will build a paved home for a poor family in some 68,038 villages each during 'Mujib Borsho' marking the 100th birth anniversary of father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Iranian politician 'offers $3m to whoever kills Trump'
07:12 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayAn Iranian politician is reportedly offering a $3m "award" for "whoever kills Trump"...
Trial of every crime to be held as per law: Anisul
06:22 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayExpressing his reaction to the verdicts in the CPB rally bomb blast and 1988 Laldighi Massacre cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said it has been proved with the judgments that no criminal is above the law, no matter how powerful they are...
Woman staged drama after killing step son
06:12 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA woman in Tangail brutally killed her eight-year-old step son over a trivial matter and then, staged drama saying that the miscreants committed the homicide to loot ornaments...
Tk 20,526cr project okayed to establish technical school & colleges
04:23 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayECNEC on Tuesday approved a Taka 20,525.69 crore project to set up some 329 technical school & colleges at upazila level in a bid to build skilled Human Resources in the country...
Women take lead in India's citizenship protests
04:03 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayWith a toothless grin and a clenched fist raised to the heavens, 90-year-old Asma Khatun chanted exuberantly. “Azadi,” she cried, using the Hindi word for freedom and joining a loud chorus that rang out across Shaheen Bagh, a neighbourhood in South Delhi that over the past few weeks has become a nationwide symbol of resistance...
Tabith Awal comes under attack in city
02:30 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayBNP’s Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls mayoral candidate Tabith Awal came under attack during election campaign in the city’s Gabtoli area on Monday...
AL lawmaker Ismat Ara passes away
01:03 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayAwami League lawmaker of Jashore-6 constituency Ismat Ara Sadique passed away on Tuesday. She was 78. Ismat, also former State Minister for Public Administration, breathed her last while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital around 11:30am...
Abrar murder: Hearing on charge framing Jan 30
12:05 PM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA Dhaka court today fixed January 30 for hearing on charge framing against 25 accused in a case filed for murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge K M Imrul Kayes passed the order after taking the charge sheet into cognizance...
Iraqi security forces kill 5 protesters
11:06 AM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayFive protesters were killed on Monday in three Iraqi cities as demonstrators across the country ramped up pressure on the government to implement long-awaited reforms...
Parambrata to direct biopic on Soumitra
10:37 AM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayActor-director Parambrata Chatterjee on Sunday announced a biopic on legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee on his 85th birthday...
Myanmar finds war crimes but no genocide in Rohingya crackdown
09:14 AM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA commission set up to investigate the 2017 crackdown in Rakhine that led hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingya to flee Myanmar, has concluded that while some soldiers probably committed war crimes, there was no genocide...
China confirms new coronavirus can spread between humans
08:33 AM, 21 Jan 2020 TuesdayA mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least three people and sickened more than 200 in China can be transmitted between humans, a Chinese government-appointed expert has said, fueling fears about the possibility of a deadly epidemic as millions prepare to travel for the Lunar New Year holiday...
JP Nadda elected unopposed as BJP chief
05:02 PM, 20 Jan 2020 MondayJP Nadda took over today as BJP president, a responsibility he shared with Home Minister Amit Shah for nearly a year. Mr Nadda, considered number three in the ruling party after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, was elected unopposed since he is the only candidate...
Laldighi massacre case: 5 get death penalty
03:44 PM, 20 Jan 2020 MondayA Chittagong court has sentenced five people to death in the case filed for the massacre of 24 people who attended Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina’s rally in the Chittagong city in 1988. Chittagong District and Session Judge Ismail Hossen passed the order on Monday afternoon...
No other option but to step back, says Harry
03:18 PM, 20 Jan 2020 MondayThe Duke of Sussex has said he is "taking a leap of faith" in stepping back from being a senior royal, saying "there really was no other option"...
Govt appoints 97 new assistant judges
02:40 PM, 20 Jan 2020 MondayThe government has appointed 97 new assistant judges to the subordinate courts which are grappling with a staggering 3.1 million cases...