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'India is focused on inclusive development, youth power': PM Modi addresses G-20 session in Brazil | All schools in Delhi, NCR shift to online classes after Supreme Court's rap on air pollution | Maharashtra ex-minister Anil Deshmukh receives injuries after stones hurled at his car | Centre sends additional 50 companies of CRPF in violence-hit Manipur amid Jiribam unrest, deaths | Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's younger brother Anmol arrested in US: Reports | Supreme Court asks authorities to not drop restrictions imposed to combat Delhi air pollution | Former Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot joins BJP a day after quitting AAP | Manipur's unabated violence kills 1 more in Jiribam, Amit Shah schedules meeting today | Bengal: 17 arrested in clashes between two groups in Murshidabad's Beldanga over Kartik Puja pandal row | Delhi records season's worst AQI, train and flight services hit, schools shifted to online mode

Bangladesh COVID-19 cases reach 213,254 with 2,751 deaths

Jul 22, 2020, at 10:34 pm

Dhaka/Xinhua: Bangladesh reported 2,744 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 213,254, with 2,751 deaths so far.

Bangladesh: 3057 test positive for COVID-19 , 41 die in past 24 hrs

Jul 21, 2020, at 10:48 pm

Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from coronavirus reached 2,709 in Bangladesh on Tuesday as 41 more people lost their lives in the last 24 hours while 3057 new cases were reported in the same period.

Bangladesh: Police arrest madrasa teacher for allegedly raping several minor boys

Jul 21, 2020, at 10:27 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a  madrasa teacher for allegedly raping several minor boys in country's Sirajganj area, media reports said.

Bangladesh Medical Research Council approves COVID-19 vaccine trial of Chinese firm

Jul 20, 2020, at 01:29 am

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved the phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese firm Sinovac, Doctor Mahmud-Uz-Zaman, Director of the BMRC, confirmed the matter to UNI on Sunday.

Bangladesh: Hindu organizations demonstrate against Nepal PM Oli over his comments on Lord Rama

Jul 20, 2020, at 01:16 am

Dhaka: Hindu organizations in Bangladesh recently demonstrated against Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli's remarks on Lord Rama's birthplace.

Bangladesh: RAB officials arrested six suspected JMB terrorists 

Jul 19, 2020, at 10:48 pm

Dhaka:  Rapid Action Battalion RAB (RAB) officials have arrested six suspected members of  banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Savar region of capital city Dhaka on Sunday.

Bangladesh: Couple detained for allegedly torturing domestic help

Jul 18, 2020, at 11:44 pm

Dhaka: A couple have been detained by the police from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on allegations of torturing their domestic help.

Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’

Jul 17, 2020, at 03:31 pm

New York: Religious leaders from communities across Iraq called for greater “healing and reconciliation” during a UN-organized event on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to support survivors of crimes perpetrated by ISIL terrorist fighters. 

Bangladesh: Covid-19 death toll touches nearly 2,500-mark

Jul 16, 2020, at 10:31 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has recorded 39 fresh fatalities from novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the country's death toll around 2,500.

Bangladesh records 33 new COVID-19 deaths

Jul 15, 2020, at 10:44 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 33 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Bangladesh COVID-19 test scam:  Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed arrested

Jul 15, 2020, at 04:06 pm

Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed in connection with his role in the COVID-19 test scam.

Another doctor dies due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Jul 14, 2020, at 10:07 pm

Dhaka: The COVID-19 infection continues to tighten its killer hands in Bangladesh as the infection claimed the life of  Gynaecologist Dr Irin Jaman of Chattogram Ma O Shishu Hospital on Tuesday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 33 people die due to COVID-19

Jul 14, 2020, at 09:31 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 33 new deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 2424.

Bangladesh: Coronavirus claims 39 more lives

Jul 13, 2020, at 10:56 pm

Dhaka/UNI:  Thirty-nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,391.

Bangladesh COVID-19 testing scam: Arrested doctor sent to three days remand

Jul 13, 2020, at 10:36 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh police have been granted three-day custody of doctor Sabrina Sharmeen Husain aka Sabrina A Chaudhury who was arrested over her alleged ties to a COVID-19 test scam involving JKG Healthcare, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Doctor arrested over fake COVID-19 testing scam

Jul 12, 2020, at 09:58 pm

Dhaka: Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, chairman of JKG Health Care, has been arrested on allegations of being involved in a COVID-19 testing scam, media reports said.

Bangladesh: CID busts sex trafficking ring 

Jul 12, 2020, at 09:46 pm

Dhaka: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police has arrested three people for allegedly forcing young Bangladeshi women into prostitution in Dubai after trafficking them to the UAE city using tourist visas, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Move Rohingya from dangerous silt island, Human Rights Watch

Jul 11, 2020, at 10:31 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh authorities should immediately move over 300 Rohingya refugees, including at least 33 children, from the silt island of Bhasan Char to the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps to be with their families, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Bangladesh registers 30 more COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Jul 11, 2020, at 09:47 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh has recorded 30 more deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

Amid pandemic, Bangladesh govt allows some madrasas to reopen

Jul 11, 2020, at 02:38 pm

Dhaka: As other institutions remained shut due to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh government has allowed Hifzakhanas, madrasas that are not registered with an education board, to reopen on Sunday.

Bangladesh witnesses 55 more COVID-19 deaths, surpasses France 

Jul 07, 2020, at 04:14 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh witnessed the deaths of 55 people in the past 24 hours due to COVID-19, officials said.

Bangladesh: Road mishap kills 6 in Dinajpur

Jul 06, 2020, at 05:51 pm

Dhaka: At least six people died as a BRTC bus has ploughed into a small passenger vehicle on the Dinajpur-Thakurgaon highway, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 2 Rohingya 'drug peddlers' killed in Cox's Bazar gunfight

Jul 06, 2020, at 05:20 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Two suspected Rohingya drug traders were killed in a gunfight with Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in Nanirbari area of Abrang village under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Monday, BGB said.

Bangladesh: Local mosque imam rapes teen

Jul 06, 2020, at 09:33 am

Dhaka: A minor became pregnant after an imam of a local mosque allegedly raped her at Chandra in Chandpur’s Sadar upazila.

Ex-minister TM Gius Uddin dies of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Jul 04, 2020, at 06:44 pm

Dhaka/UNI: TM Gius Uddin, former Minister and Shariatpur district unit BNP former president, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday night with COVID-19.

COVID-19:  China provides medical equipment to Bangladesh 

Jun 30, 2020, at 05:27 pm

Dhaka/UNI: China has provided medical equipment as assistance to Bangladesh for preventing corona pandemic.

Bangladesh launch capsize: 30 body recovered Buriganga

Jun 29, 2020, at 05:07 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bodies of 30 people were recovered after a launch named 'Morning Bird' with more than 50 passengers on board capsized in Buriganga adjacent to Shymbazar area in Old Dhaka on Monday morning.

Ferry capsizes in Dhaka, 25 bodies recovered

Jun 29, 2020, at 04:10 pm

Dhaka/UNI: At least 25 people drowned and several were missing after a ferry carrying around 100 passengers capsized in Buriganga river adjacent to Dhaka’s Shyambazar on Monday morning.

Coronavirus: Bangladesh records 3,809 new cases

Jun 28, 2020, at 10:13 pm

Dhaka:  Bangladesh registered 3,809 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs, raising the nation's total tally to 1,37,787 on Sunday.

World Bank provides Bangladesh over $1 billion to create quality jobs and respond to COVID 19 pandemic

Jun 20, 2020, at 05:36 pm

Washington: The World Bank today approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic as well as build resilience to future crises.