Dhaka, August 5: The lower courts across the country are starting their regular operation from Wednesday morning, more than four months after the government declared a nationwide general holiday and subsequent limited operations to tackle the outbreak of deadly coronavirus.
Two Bangladesh nationals have been killed in a massive explosion in a warehouse at Beirut Port in Lebanon. The deceased were identified as Mehedi Hasan and Mizanur Rahman. They both died in Ashrafi area.
Nearly 220,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on August 4, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 18.14 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Tuesday.
The export-import activities at Sonamasjid land port resumed on Wednesday after four days of suspension due to Eid-ul-Azha holiday.
The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday reported its quarterly earnings were hit hard as the pandemic emptied theme parks and cruise ships, while it hit a new milestone for streaming subscriptions.
A case has been filed against nine people over the killing of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan on Marine Drive road in Teknaf.
Kurigram, Aug 05 – People are returning to their homes as the flood level is gradually falling in Kurigram with major rivers flowing through the districts all flowing below the danger level.
Pointing out that the risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding should continue.
Dhaka, Aug 05 – Former state minister and BNP vice-chairman Mannan died at a hospital in the capital on Tuesday night. He was 78.
Colombo, AP/UNB, Aug 05 – Voting to elect a new Parliament was underway in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. It is expected to give strong support to the powerful and popular Rajapaksa brothers.
Dhaka, Aug 05 – The global Covid-19 deaths surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the morning, data compiled by JHU showed the globally confirmed cases rising at 18,540,119.
A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 70 people and injured more than 4,000 others, the health minister says. Videos show smoke billowing from a fire, then a mushroom cloud following the blast at the…