Tuesday, June 30, 2020

বড় তারকা দলে টানার 'পরিকল্পনা নেই' লিভারপুলের

আগামী দলবদলে বড় অঙ্কের অর্থ ব্যয়ের ভাবনা নেই প্রিমিয়ার লিগ চ্যাম্পিয়ন লিভারপুলের। দলে কয়েকজন উঠতি তারকার উজ্জ্বল ভবিষ্যৎ দেখছেন ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপ। তাদের নিয়েই আরও শক্তিশালী দল গড়ার পরিকল্পনা এই জার্মান কোচের।

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Hoping to boost the economy, UK PM Johnson unveils new planning rules

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled new planning rules on Tuesday to boost the number of homes and allow commercial premises to be repurposed more easily, part of a package to spur the coronavirus-hit economy.

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Chevron Bangladesh gets Eric Walker as new president

Eric M Walker has been appointed as the president of Chevron Bangladesh, the company said in an emailed statement.

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UK COVID-19 death toll nears 55,000 including suspected cases

The United Kingdom's suspected COVID-19 death toll has hit 54,852, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underlines the country's status as one of the worst hit in the world.

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Anaemic euro zone inflation unexpectedly ticks up

Euro zone inflation unexpectedly rose in June but underlying price pressures dropped again, underscoring fears that consumer price growth will remain anaemic for years as the bloc recovers from the biggest recession in living memory.

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These are the heartbreaking belongings that COVID-19 victims left behind

Rafael Eli, 68, stopped breathing in the early hours of April 16 after having spent 18 days on a ventilator at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.

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Athletes speak out against returning: ‘People are still dying’

(The Day in (No) Sports)

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Average life expectancy in Bangladesh rises to 72.6 years: survey

The average life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh climbed to 72.6 years in 2019 from 72.3 in 2018, according to the national statistical agency.

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Bangladesh reports 64 new virus deaths, a daily record; caseload crosses 145,000

Bangladesh has registered 64 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection, the highest in a single day, raising the body count to 1,847.

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Divers find another dead man in Buriganga launch capsize; toll rises to 33

The death toll from the fatal collision between two launches on the Buriganga River has climbed to 33 after divers found another body on Tuesday.

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EU to allow in visitors from 14 'safe' countries

The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed "safe" to be let in from Jul 1, despite the pandemic - but the US, Brazil and China are excluded, the BBC has reported.

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Coronavirus is battering Africa’s growing middle class

James Gichina started out 15 years ago as a driver shuttling travellers from the airport, worked his way up to safari guide, and with the help of some bank loans, bought two minivans of his own to ferry vacationers around.

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Rescue efforts resume in Buriganga launch capsize

Rescue operations are continuing for the second day after a fatal collision between two launches on Dhaka’s Buriganga River killed 32 people on Monday.

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Jim Carrey, unmasked

Jim Carrey is not doing well at all.

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FBI warns of fraudulent coronavirus antibody tests

The FBI has issued a warning about scammers who advertise fraudulent COVID-19 antibody tests as way to obtain personal information that can be used for identity theft or medical insurance fraud.

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India's first COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for human trials

Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India's first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government's drug regulator as cases surge in a country with more than 1.3 billion people.

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Gilead gives glimpse into feverish drug market

Medicine may be a science but drug pricing is definitely an art. That’s especially true of Gilead Sciences’ treatment for Covid-19, given the lack of alternative treatments for a pandemic. The $2,300 price of a course of remdesivir may sound high – and is compared with the basic cost of manufacturing the stuff – but is actually fairly restrained.

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Naval police charge seven with negligent death in Buriganga launch capsize

Naval police filed a case over the launch capsize in the river Buriganga on Tuesday, bringing charges of “negligent death” against seven people.

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Most people with coronavirus won’t spread it. Why do a few infect many?

At a May 30 birthday party in Texas, one man reportedly infected 18 friends and family with the coronavirus.

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China passes controversial Hong Kong security law

China's parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony's way of life since it returned to Chinese rule almost exactly 23 years ago.

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California has record jump in COVID-19 cases, Arizona clamps down

California marked a record jump in new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a Reuters tally showed, as Los Angeles reported an "alarming" rise that put it over 100,000 cases.

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Oil prices slip as weak Japan data exposes market jitters over fragile demand

Oil prices fell in early trade on Tuesday after weak Japanese industrial production data, not usually a market-moving factor, was enough to jangle trader nerves over a bumpy recovery in fuel demand as coronavirus pandemic restrictions ease.

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Monday, June 29, 2020

China to impose visa restrictions on US individuals over Hong Kong

Beijing said on Monday it will impose visa restrictions on US individuals with “egregious conduct” on Hong Kong-related issues, mirroring US sanctions against unnamed Chinese officials deemed responsible for curbing freedoms in the city.

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‘Feeling like death’: inside a Houston hospital bracing for a peak in virus cases

Melissa Estrada had tried to be so careful about the coronavirus. For months she kept her three children at home, and she always wore a mask at the grocery store. She and her daughter even stitched face coverings for relatives and friends.

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Jute mill workers in Khulna stage protests with children in tow

Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna have launched protests against the government's decision to send them into early retirement as part of the plans to revitalise the floundering sector.

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লা লিগার শিরোপা নিষ্পত্তি শেষ দিনে: জিদান

এস্পানিওলকে হারিয়ে শীর্ষে অবস্থান দৃঢ় করলেও লা লিগার শিরোপা দৌড়ে নিজেদের এগিয়ে রাখছেন না রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের জিনেদিন জিদান। ফরাসি এই কোচের মতে, শিরোপা নিষ্পত্তি হতে পারে শেষ দিনে।

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Floods in India's Assam force a million from their homes

Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said on Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour.

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Bangladesh imposes fees on COVID-19 tests

COVID-19 tests at government facilities will no longer be free as the government has approved a health ministry proposal to impose fees on the tests.

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Bangladesh reports 4,014 new virus cases, a daily record; another 45 die

Bangladesh has registered 4,014 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, the most in a daily count, bringing the tally to 141,801.

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Marty Baron made The Post great again. Now, the news is changing

Almost anyone who works in The Washington Post newsroom can look inside its publishing system, Methode, to see what stories are coming. And at the height of the furore over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2018, some who did saw a shocking article awaiting publication.

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Coronavirus rekindles global trade disputes

At the start of the year, US-China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal, while Washington, Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies. A relative calm had set in.

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How the global coronavirus pandemic unfolded

Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the world:

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Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange, six killed

Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday but security forces soon killed them all, police said.

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Rescuers recover 16 bodies after Buriganga launch capsize

The authorities have pulled 16 bodies from the Buriganga River after a launch capsized when it collided with another vessel in Dhaka.

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Singapore PM's brother thrusts first-family row into politics

When the brother of Singapore's prime minister joined the opposition to the party their father led through the city-state's independence and rise as a nation, he brought a bitter family squabble into the realm of politics on the eve of a general election.

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US sanctions, coronavirus make for Iran's toughest year: Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of US sanctions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Launch capsizes in Buriganga with passengers on board

A launch has capsized in the Buriganga River with passengers on board after colliding with another vessel.

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Defence Secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin dies from COVID-19

Defence Secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury has died in hospital care after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by novel coronavirus.

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Wife of Minister Mozammel Haque dies from COVID-19

Laila Arjumand Banu, the wife of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, has died from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

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TikTok is shaping politics. But how?

As a place where millions of young Americans perform and explore their identities in public, TikTok has become a prominent venue for ideological formation, political activism and trolling. It has homegrown pundits, and despite the parent company’s reluctance to be involved in politics — the service does not allow political ads — it has attracted interest from campaigns. It is also a space where people can be gathered and pressed into action quickly.

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How the Trump campaign is drawing Obama out of retirement

Just after Donald Trump was elected president, Barack Obama slumped in his chair in the Oval Office and addressed an aide standing near a conspicuously placed bowl of apples, emblem of a healthy-snacking policy soon to be swept aside, along with so much else.

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India debates skin-tone bias as beauty companies alter ads

Throughout the years she was growing up in southern India, Christy Jennifer, a producer with a media house in the city of Chennai, was traumatised by episodes of prejudice.

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With flights banned, son sails solo across Atlantic to reach father, 90

Days after Argentina cancelled all international passenger flights to shield the country from the new coronavirus, Juan Manuel Ballestero began his journey home the only way possible: He stepped aboard his small sailboat for what turned out to be an 85-day odyssey across the Atlantic.

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Global coronavirus deaths top half a million

The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.

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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Russia offered Afghan militants bounties to kill US troops: NY Times

US intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter.

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Chinese firm says coronavirus vaccine candidate shows promise in human test

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Sunday that early human test results for a coronavirus vaccine candidate suggested it could be safe and effective, the second vaccine candidate from the firm to show encouraging results in a clinical trial.

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Princeton to drop Woodrow Wilson's name from school

Princeton University is renaming its public policy school and Wilson College after concluding that US President Woodrow Wilson’s racist thinking and policies "make him an inappropriate namesake."

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Bangladesh reports 43 more virus deaths, 3,809 new infections

Bangladesh has registered 43 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a single day, raising the body count to 1,738.

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‘সুযোগ নষ্ট ও দুর্ভাগ্যের কারণে পয়েন্ট হারিয়েছে বার্সা’

যথেষ্ট সুযোগ পেয়েও কাজে লাগাতে না পারায় সেল্তা ভিগোর মাঠে দল পয়েন্ট হারিয়েছে বলে মনে করেন বার্সেলোনা কোচ কিকে সেতিয়েন। তার মতে, ভাগ্যকে পাশে না পাওয়াও অন্যতম কারণ।

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African migrants in Yemen scapegoated for coronavirus outbreak

The Yemeni militiamen rumbled up to the settlement of Al Ghar in the morning, firing their machine guns at the Ethiopian migrants caught in the middle of somebody else’s war. They shouted at the migrants: Take your coronavirus and leave the country or face death.

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Bangladesh finalises antibody test policy as virus cases keep surging

The government has finalised the policy on rapid antibody test kits amid rampant coronavirus cases.

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What doctors have learned about fighting COVID-19

In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learned a lot about how to treat patients with COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the virus.

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লিভারপুলকে ‘গার্ড অব অনার’ দেবে সিটি

প্রিমিয়ার লিগ শিরোপা নিশ্চিত হওয়ার পর চ্যাম্পিয়নের বেশে লিভারপুল প্রথম খেলবে গতবারের শিরোপাজয়ী ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির মাঠে। কদিন বাদে হতে যাওয়া ম্যাচটিতে নতুন চ্যাম্পিয়নদের স্বাগতিক দলের খেলোয়াড়রা ‘গার্ড অব অনার’ দেবে বলে জানিয়েছেন সিটির কোচ পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলা।

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Lockdowns tamed road traffic. Here’s how cities aim to keep it down

As coronavirus lockdowns loosen around the world, city leaders are scrambling to address a new problem: the prospect of gridlock worse than before the pandemic. Officials are trying to coax people back onto buses and subways and reclaim road space for cyclists and pedestrians.

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Bird's-eye view of Barishal's sprawling bridges

The bridges help people cross the rivers. From a bird’s-eye view, the flowing rivers and sprawling bridges in Barishal augment the unparalleled beauty of nature to create a unique kaleidoscope of splendour.

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Feni AL president Akramuzzaman dies from COVID-19

Akramuzzaman, president of the Awami League's Feni unit, has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

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How Trump and the Black Lives Matter movement changed white voters’ minds

A majority of American voters support the demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice that have roiled the country over the past month, embracing ideas about bias within the criminal justice system and the persistence of systemic racism that are central tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a new national poll of registered voters by The New York Times and Siena College.

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Biden criticizes Trump for inaction over reported Russian bounties

The White House on Saturday denied that President Donald Trump was briefed on reported US intelligence that Russia's military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan, with Democratic rival Joe Biden criticising Trump for failing to take action against Moscow.

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A ‘cure for heart disease’? A single shot succeeds in monkeys

What if a single injection could lower blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides — for a lifetime?

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Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.

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Bangladesh loses another policeman to COVID-19

Bangladesh has registered the death of another police officer from COVID-19, bringing the body count in the law enforcement agency to 38.

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Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say

Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.

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How the coronavirus short-circuits the immune system

At the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus looked to be another respiratory illness. But the virus has turned out to affect not just the lungs, but the kidneys, the heart and the circulatory system — even, somehow, our senses of smell and taste.

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Facebook will label newsworthy posts that break rules as ad boycott widens

Facebook Inc said on Friday it will start labelling newsworthy content that violates the social media company's policies, and label all posts and ads about voting with links to authoritative information, including those from politicians.

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Virus surges in US South, West; Pence cancels campaign events

Five states hit record daily highs for coronavirus cases on Saturday, and Vice President Mike Pence cancelled planned campaign events in hard-hit areas as the virus surged in the US South and West, halting economic reopening plans.

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Global coronavirus cases approach 10 million

Global coronavirus cases neared 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.

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Saturday, June 27, 2020

The triumph of Merseyball: How Liverpool won the Premier League

Gingerly, Liverpool’s players clasped each other’s hands and turned toward the Kop, Anfield’s iconic, sweeping grandstand. Many of them felt awkward, unsure. They had never done this before. Some wanted to leave the field as soon as possible; all they had done was draw at home with West Bromwich Albion. The point they had earned had moved them up to ninth in the Premier League table.

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COVID-19: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi released from hospital

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has returned home after 10 days of treatment in hospital for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Bangladesh plans to cut down HSC exams in pandemic

The government is planning to reduce the number of higher secondary and equivalent examinations to quickly wrap up this year's academic session, which has been on hold due to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Venezuela is a health 'time bomb,' Colombian president says

Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday called Venezuela a public health "time bomb," and said the lack of reliable information about the status of its neighbour's coronavirus outbreak was a worry as his administration tries to control its own infections.

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Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide

A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period of seven years.

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রোনালদো-দিবালাদের আক্রমণাত্মক মানসিকতায় খুশি সাররি

কিছুদিন আগে ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো, পাওলো দিবালাদের ফিটনেস নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তোলা মাউরিসিও সাররি এবার তাদের প্রশংসায় ভাসালেন। লেসের বিপক্ষে ম্যাচে খেলোয়াড়দের আক্রমণাত্মক মানসিকতায় মুগ্ধ ইউভেন্তুস কোচ।

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করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত আর্জেন্টিনার বিশ্বকাপজয়ী কোচ

আর্জেন্টিনাকে ১৯৮৬ সালের বিশ্বকাপ জেতানো কোচ কার্লোস বিলার্দো কোভিড-১৯ রোগে আক্রান্ত হয়েছেন।

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Malaysia palm plantations urge govt to let foreign workers return

Malaysian palm plantations have urged the government to let foreign workers return, warning of severe damage to the palm-oil industry if it is not granted an exemption from a hiring freeze.

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On one block in Brooklyn, the city’s economic turmoil is on full display

The roots of one store on the block extend to Mexico, from where a 13-year-old boy left for the United States decades ago and found his footing in the food industry.

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Bangladesh reports 34 more virus deaths, caseload approaches 134,000

Bangladesh has registered 34 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a single day, bringing the death toll to 1,695.

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Thai dissidents are disappearing, and families are fighting for answers

Three Thai dissidents went missing in Laos for months. Then, last year, two of their bodies turned up on the banks of the Mekong River, their limbs bound and bellies filled with concrete.

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In seizing control, China sidelines its allies in Hong Kong

China’s Communist Party has long pursued its agenda in Hong Kong by working through loyalists among the city’s top officials, lawmakers and tycoons. That behind-the-scenes approach was a key feature in preserving considerable autonomy for the territory.

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A debate over identity and race asks, are African Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’?

It’s the difference between black and Black. A longtime push by African American scholars and writers to capitalise the word black in the context of race has gained acceptance in recent weeks and unleashed a deep debate over identity, race and power.

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Pakistan grounds 262 airline pilots with 'dubious' credentials

Pakistan is grounding 262 airline pilots suspected of dodging their exams following inquiries into their qualifications, the aviation minister said on Friday in a move that has caused global concern.

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Coronavirus cases in India cross 500,000 as big cities reel from surge

India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country's total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi.

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Bangladesh sex workers face hunger, abuse as coronavirus hits trade

Thousands of sex workers in Bangladesh are going hungry and many face abuse because they are unable to pay their brokers due to the coronavirus pandemic, charities working with them have warned.

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Fire guts 30 shanties in Kamalapur

A fire has burned down 30 shanties at a slum in Dhaka's Kamalapur.

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As Facebook boycott grows, advertisers grapple with race

At this time of year, hordes of advertising executives are usually striking deals on yachts in the French Riviera or at meetings in Manhattan, not sitting at home worrying about their future.

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Fourteen bodies found in Mexico as violence continues to rise

Fourteen people were found dead in the Mexican state of Zacatecas on Friday, the state government said, as violence in the country continues to worsen.

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UK ditches quarantine for arrivals from low COVID-19 risk countries

Britain will ditch a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving from countries it deems to be lower risk for COVID-19, the government said on Friday.

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The Pandemic’s Mental Toll: More Ripple Than Tsunami

The psychological fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has yet to fully show itself, but some experts have forecast a tsunami of new disorders, and news accounts have amplified that message.

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New US coronavirus cases hit 45,242 for biggest one-day increase of pandemic

The United States recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million.

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Friday, June 26, 2020

In battle against British Airways, trade union goes to investors

The trade union battling British Airways (BA) has met investors in its parent company IAG , seeking to ramp up pressure on the airline over plans to cut staff, pay and conditions.

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Former home minister Sahara Khatun moved back to ICU

Former home minister Sahara Khatun has been moved back to intensive care after her condition deteriorated during treatment at Dhaka's United Hospital.

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‘পিএসজিকে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ এনে দিলে ব্যালন ডি’অর নেইমারের’

গতবার সেরা ৩০ জনের ভেতরেও ছিলেন না নেইমার। এবার তার ব্যালন ডি’অর জেতার সম্ভাবনা দেখছেন কাকা। ব্রাজিলের সাবেক এই মিডফিল্ডারের বিশ্বাস, পিএসজিকে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ শিরোপা এনে দিলে পুরস্কারটা উঠবে নেইমারের হাতে।

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‘ক্লপকে ছাড়া এই অর্জন সম্ভব হতো না’

গত মৌসুমে লিভারপুলকে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ শিরোপা এনে দিয়েছিলেন ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপ। এই জার্মান কোচের হাত ধরে এবার তিন দশকের অপেক্ষা ঘুচিয়ে দলটি জিতল লিগ শিরোপা। লিভারপুল অধিনায়ক জর্ডান হেন্ডারসন বলছেন, কোচের ওপর আস্থা রাখার ফল পেয়েছেন তারা।

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Hit by coronavirus and wild weather, Italy now battles locusts

Swarms of locusts have stripped thousands of hectares of pasture and cropland in Sardinia, devastating farmers already struggling from the coronavirus pandemic, farming groups said.

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Bangladesh records 40 new virus deaths, cases top 130,000

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has risen to 1,661 after 40 new fatalities were registered in a daily count.

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Bangladesh moves to extend pre-primary school term to two years

The government has decided to extend the term of pre-primary education in primary schools to two years from 2021.

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Northern Bangladesh braces for floods as rivers swell amid heavy rain

Eight districts of Bangladesh are at risk of flash floods in the next 10 days as rivers in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna basin continued to swell due to heavy rains in the upstream.

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Lightning and violent rainstorms kill scores in India

Scores of people died in violent rainstorms in northeastern India on Thursday, including many farmers working in their fields and children playing outside who were killed by lightning strikes, Indian officials said.

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সংখ্যার বাঁকে লিভারপুলের অর্জন

তিন দশকের অপেক্ষার অবসান হলো। ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ নামকরণের পর প্রথম শিরোপা স্বাদ নিল লিভারপুল। চলতি লিগে দুর্বার গতিতে ছুটে চলা ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপের দল আক্ষরিক অর্থেই এবার বাকিদের ধরাছোঁয়ার বাইরে।

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Pandemic puts more Bangladeshi girls at risk of child marriage 

Child marriages have gone up significantly in Bangladesh due to impacts of the coronavirus epidemic on the socioeconomic situation.

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ছবিতে লিভারপুল সমর্থকদের শিরোপা উদযাপন

অবসান হয়েছে লিভারপুলের ৩০ বছরের অপেক্ষার। ১৯৮৯-৯০ মৌসুমের পর প্রথমবারের মতো হয়েছে ইংল্যান্ডের চ্যাম্পিয়ন। ইংল্যান্ডের শীর্ষ লিগে ১৯তম এবং প্রিমিয়ার লিগ যুগে প্রথম শিরোপার স্বাদ পেয়েছে ১২৮ বছরের পুরনো ক্লাবটি। বৃহস্পতিবার রাতে চেলসির মাঠে ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির হারে নিশ্চিত হয়ে যায় লিভারপুলের শিরোপা। অ্যানফিল্ড স্টেডিয়ামের বাইরে নেচে-গেয়ে, বাজি ফুটিয়ে শিরোপা উদযাপন করেছে দলটির সমর্থকরা। সামাজিক দূরত্ব মানার কোনো বালাই অবশ্য ছিল তাদের মাঝে। ছবি: রয়টার্স

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চোখের জলে ক্লপের উদযাপন

প্রিমিয়ার লিগে একটি শিরোপার জন্য কেটে গেছে বছরের পর বছর। লিভারপুলের ৩০ বছরের সেই অপেক্ষার অবসান হয়েছে অবশেষে। শিরোপা জয়ের পর আত্মহারা কোচ ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপ খুঁজে পাচ্ছেন না অনুভূতি প্রকাশের ভাষা। চোখের জল হয়ে নেমে এলো যেন তার খুশির জোয়ার।

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Titas suspends gas supply to large parts of Dhaka

The gas supply to large swathes of Dhaka has been turned off after a distribution line caught fire in the capital's Shewrapara.

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Kuwaiti businesswoman faces travel ban over links to Bangladesh MP Shahid

Kuwait's public prosecution has imposed a travel ban on a local businesswoman over her suspected ties to Bangladeshi MP Muhammad Shahid Islam, nicknamed Papul, who has been detained on charges of human trafficking and money laundering.

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Gas line catches fire in Dhaka's Shewrapara

Firefighters have tamed a fire in a gas line after almost three hours of efforts at Dhaka's West Shewrapara.

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Russian criminal group finds new target: Americans working at home

A Russian ransomware group whose leaders were indicted by the Justice Department in December is retaliating against the US government, many of America’s largest companies and a major news organisation, identifying employees working from home during the pandemic and attempting to get inside their networks with malware intended to cripple their operations.

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‘Black lives matter’ will be painted on street outside Trump Tower

Mayor Bill de Blasio has ignited a new feud with President Donald Trump by ordering the words “Black Lives Matter” to be painted in large yellow letters on the street outside Trump Tower.

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Oil prices crawl up on demand recovery, tempered by virus outbreaks

Oil prices rose in early trade on Friday, extending gains from the previous day on optimism about recovering fuel demand worldwide, despite surges in coronavirus infections in some US states and indications of a revival in US crude production.

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Support dips for Hong Kong democracy protests as national security law looms

Support for year-long pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped, now getting the backing of a slim majority, as the city braces for the imposition of Beijing-drafted national security legislation, a survey conducted for Reuters showed.

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US public more aware of racial inequality but still rejects reparations

Americans are growing increasingly aware of racial inequality in the United States, but a large majority still oppose the use of one-time payments, known as reparations, to tackle the persistent wealth gap between Black and white citizens.

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More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus - UNICEF

The number of malnourished children in Yemen could rise to 2.4 million by the end of the year due to a big shortfall in humanitarian funding, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Friday.

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Boycott of Chinese goods may not be feasible, Indian exporters say

A boycott of goods from China may not be feasible as India is dependent on such imports, although New Delhi should try to cut its dependence on them, India's top export promotion grouping said on Thursday.

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Gulf coronavirus infections surpass 400,000, Reuters tally shows

The number of novel coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states has doubled in a month to over 400,000, as the region's two biggest economies this week fully lifted curfews imposed to combat the infection.

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Hindustan Unilever to drop 'Fair' from 'Fair & Lovely'

In a major rebranding initiative, Hindustan Unilever has announced that it will stop using the word 'Fair' in its market-leading brand 'Fair & Lovely', reports The Times of India.

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Pakistan flag carrier to ground a third of pilots over 'dubious' licences

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will ground a third of its 434 pilots on suspicion they hold "dubious" licences and flying certificates, a company spokesman said on Thursday.

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Study raises concerns for pregnant women with the coronavirus

Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus are more likely to be hospitalised, admitted to an intensive care unit and put on a ventilator than are infected women who are not pregnant, according to a new government analysis.

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Bangladesh reports 39 more virus deaths, caseload tops 126,600

Bangladesh has registered 39 more deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a single day, bringing the death toll to 1,621.

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৮১ বছরের রেকর্ড ভাঙলেন ১৫ বছর বয়সী ফুটবলার

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের মাঠ থেকে খালি হাতে ফিরেছে রিয়াল মায়োর্কা। তবে এই ম্যাচেই ইতিহাসের পাতায় নাম উঠে গেছে দলটির একজনের। লা লিগার ইতিহাসে সবচেয়ে কম বয়সী খেলোয়াড় হিসেবে অভিষেকের রেকর্ড গড়েছেন মায়োর্কার ফরোয়ার্ড লুকা রোমেরো।

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It’s time to end racism in the fashion industry. But how?

On June 1, Tom Ford, the chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, sent a letter to the board about its meeting the next day. He wanted the board to address the Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice, he said, and systemic racism in the fashion industry.

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Restaurant dining is back, if you can find a table

On Monday, I had lunch at Veselka in the East Village. Normally I wouldn’t bother you with this fact. I’ve done the same thing at least a hundred times before. But this lunch, I’m pretty sure, I’ll remember for the rest of my life. It was the first restaurant food I’ve had since March that didn’t come out of a paper bag.

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Satellite images show new Chinese structures near site of border clash with India

China appears to have added new structures near the site of a deadly border clash with India in the western Himalayas, fresh satellite pictures show, heightening concerns about further flare-ups between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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রামোসের ফ্রি-কিকে রোমাঞ্চিত জিদান

মায়োর্কার বিপক্ষে ফ্রি-কিক থেকে সের্হিও রামোসের অসাধারণ গোল মুগ্ধ করেছে জিনেদিন জিদানকে। রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের কোচ বলছেন, অনুশীলনে ফ্রি-কিক নিয়ে কাজ করার ফল পেয়েছেন রামোস।

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Kuwait sends Bangladesh MP Shahid Islam to prison on charges of human trafficking, money laundering

The Kuwaiti attorney general decided to detain Bangladesh MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, nicknamed Papul, in the country’s central prison for a period of 21 days after interrogations of 17 days, according to an Arab Times report.

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পিকের জন্য রামোসের জবাব

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ রেফারিদের কাছ থেকে সুবিধা পাচ্ছে- বার্সেলোনার জেরার্দ পিকের এমন অভিযোগের জবাব দিলেন সের্হিও রামোস। মাদ্রিদের দলটির অধিনায়ক মনে করেন, তারা লা লিগার শীর্ষে উঠেছেন বলেই রেফারিং কিংবা ভিএআর নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলছেন তাদের চিরপ্রতিদ্বন্দ্বীরা।

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How the world is learning to live with a deadly pandemic

China is testing restaurant workers and delivery drivers block by block. South Korea tells people to carry two types of masks for differing risky social situations. Germany requires communities to crack down when the number of infections hits certain thresholds. Britain will target local outbreaks in a strategy that Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls “Whac-A-Mole.”

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Robbers strangle a guard in Feni. Then three of them die in police fire

Three suspected robbers have died in a gunfight with the police after a robbery gang strangled a nightguard who stopped them from looting a shop in Feni. 

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WHO warns of oxygen shortage as COVID cases set to top 10m

The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of worldwide cases of coronavirus infection nears the 10 million mark, the World Health Organization head said on Wednesday.

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Virus cases are soaring in Texas. But closing down again is a ‘last option’

HOUSTON — The coronavirus has been testing America’s governors. Few are being squeezed harder than Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas.

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Breakthrough drug for COVID-19 may be risky for mild cases

Scientists in Britain announced a major breakthrough in the battle against the coronavirus last week, reporting they had found the first drug to reduce deaths among critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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Decades-old Soviet studies hint at coronavirus strategy

To the boys, it was just a sugary treat. To their parents, prominent medical researchers, what happened in their Moscow apartment that day in 1959 was a vital experiment with countless lives at stake — and their own children as guinea pigs.

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Delhi's illegal colonies await makeover after coronavirus

When Sanjiv Yadav moved to Delhi from the northern Indian town of Etawah, he rented a small room in an illegal settlement like millions of other migrant workers in the capital city.

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US puts sanctions on 5 Iranian ship captains for bringing oil to Venezuela

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington's backing for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

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Vaccine alliance finds manufacturing capacity for 4 bln doses of coronavirus vaccines

An influential foundation focused on preparation and response to epidemics that is backing nine potential coronavirus vaccines has identified manufacturers with capacity to produce four billion doses a year, the group's top manufacturing expert told Reuters.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Social taboos hinder Indonesia's fight against coronavirus

Indonesian authorities complained on Wednesday that hundreds of people had refused testing for the new coronavirus as social taboos emerge as another obstacle to stopping its spread in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.

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China defence ministry says recent border clash caused by India

China's defence ministry said on Wednesday a border clash between China and India was caused by the Indian side.

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Rohingya refugees tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage

Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were thrown in the sea during a tortuous four-month voyage.

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Bangladesh records 37 new virus deaths, cases rise by 3,462

Bangladesh has registered 37 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection, raising the body count to 1,582.

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ছন্দ ফিরে পেতে লড়ছে বার্সা: সেতিয়েন

তিন মাসের অনাকাঙ্ক্ষিত বিরতি শেষে খেলায় ফেরার পর থেকে ছন্দ ফিরে পেতে লড়ছে বার্সেলোনা। লা লিগা চ্যাম্পিয়নদের খেলায় নেই প্রতিপক্ষের রক্ষণ গুঁড়িয়ে দেওয়ার চিরচেনা খুনে মনোভাব। সবশেষ আথলেতিক বিলবাও ম্যাচের পর দলটির কোচ কিকে সেতিয়েনের কণ্ঠেও শোনা গেল তার খেলোয়াড়দের ছন্দ খুঁজে ফেরার কথা।

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Bangladesh approves one more private university

The government has approved a new private university amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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Information Secretary Kamrun Nahar contracts COVID-19

Information Secretary Kamrun Nahar has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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As Bangladesh stock market flounders, floor price rule draws scrutiny

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission moved to set the lowest value of shares or floor price in an effort to arrest the slump in the country's stock market.

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Trump family to ask court to stop publication of tell-all by president’s niece

President Donald Trump’s family is seeking a temporary restraining order to try to block publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece, Mary L Trump.

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করোনাভাইরাস: পিএসজির তিন ফুটবলার আক্রান্ত

কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষায় পজিটিভ হয়েছেন পিএসজির তিন ফুটবলার। আক্রান্তের তালিকায় রয়েছেন একজন স্টাফও।

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India, Pakistan to expel embassy staff in tit-for-tat spy row

India said on Tuesday it would expel half the staff in Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi over alleged spying by officials there, prompting Islamabad to say it would respond in kind.

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COVID-19 patients pass through Dhaka airport undetected. Many point to flawed screening

People are passing undetected through the flawed health screening system at the Dhaka airport. After they land abroad, they get diagnosed with COVID-19. That raises questions over Bangladesh’s airport screening system at a time when the world is still grappling with the pandemic.

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World Bank provides $500m in loans for Bangladesh roadwork in western districts

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts.

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Indian and Chinese military agree to disengage on disputed Himalayan border

Indian and Chinese military commanders have agreed to step back from a confrontation over a disputed stretch of border where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead, government officials in New Delhi and Beijing said on Tuesday.

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In poor countries, many COVID-19 patients are desperate for oxygen

As the coronavirus pandemic hits more impoverished countries with fragile health care systems, global health authorities are scrambling for supplies of a simple treatment that saves lives: oxygen.

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The Hajj pilgrimage is cancelled, and grief rocks the Muslim world

For much of his life, Abdul-Halim al-Akoum stashed away cash in hopes of one day traveling from his Lebanese mountain village to perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims who can are obliged to make once in their lives.

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Fauci, citing ‘disturbing surge,’ tells congress the virus is not under control

Dr Anthony S Fauci told Congress on Tuesday that he was seeing a “disturbing surge” of infections in some parts of the country, as Americans ignore social distancing guidelines and states reopen without adequate plans for testing and tracing the contacts of those who get sick.

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China-India border clash stokes contrasting domestic responses 

The skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops over a long-disputed border this month is being treated in New Delhi as the country's worst diplomatic crisis in decades even as it is downplayed by Beijing.

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Obama helps raise $11 million in first campaign event for Biden's White House bid

Former US President Barack Obama on Tuesday made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April, helping raise more than $11 million for his former No 2 as he exhorted supporters to meet the "urgency" of the moment.

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টেবিল টেনিসের রত্নভাণ্ডার হয়েও অবহেলিত নড়াইল

দেশের শীর্ষ পর্যায়ের টেবিল টেনিস খেলোয়াড়দের শতকরা ৭০-৮০ শতাংশই গড়ে উঠেছেন নড়াইল টেনিস একাডেমিতে। নড়াইলকে বলা হয় বাংলাদেশের টেবিল টেনিসের সূতিকাগার। তবে গৌরবময় সুদীর্ঘ পথচলায়ও এখানে গড়ে ওঠেনি আধুনিক সুযোগ-সুবিধা সমৃদ্ধ প্রশিক্ষণ কেন্দ্র। প্রশিক্ষকদের জন্য নেই নির্দিষ্ট বেতন-ভাতা। আরও অনেক প্রতিকূলতার মধ্য দিয়ে চলছে দেশের সবচেয়ে বড় টেবিল টেনিস খেলোয়াড় তৈরির কারখানা।

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What is a second wave of a pandemic, and has it arrived in the US?

Infectious disease experts, economists and politicians have raised concerns about a second wave of coronavirus infections in the United States that could worsen in the coming months.

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Singapore PM's estranged brother joins opposition party as election looms

The Singapore prime minister's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, said on Wednesday that he had joined an opposition party competing against his sibling at the upcoming July 10 election but that he was undecided on whether he would run as a candidate.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

China says it has agreed with India to take steps to ease border tensions

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China and India have agreed to take measures to ease tensions along a disputed stretch of their border, where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

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Priority is people's welfare, says Hasina on AL anniversary

The Awami League will scale down celebrations of its founding anniversary as its priority is to ensure the people's welfare during the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.

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New Zealand tour of Bangladesh postponed due to COVID-19

New Zealand's Test tour of Bangladesh has been postponed due to health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh Medical Association chief Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin contracts COVID-19

Bangladesh Medical Association President Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Bangladesh reports 3,412 new virus cases, 43 deaths

Bangladesh has registered 43 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, bringing the death toll to 1,545.

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Sanofi eyes approval of COVID-19 vaccine by first half of 2021

French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Tuesday it expects to get approval for the potential COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline Plc by the first half of next year, faster than previously anticipated.

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সিটির হয়ে ফোডেনের ‘সেরা ম্যাচ’

প্রিমিয়ার লিগে বার্নলিকে উড়িয়ে দেওয়া ম্যাচে ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির হয়ে দুর্দান্ত নৈপূন্য দেখিয়েছেন ফিল ফোডেন। তরুণ ইংলিশ মিডফিল্ডার বলছেন,  সিটির হয়ে এটিই তার সেরা ম্যাচ।

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Bangladesh takes a step closer to changing energy tariffs multiple times a year

The government has tabled a proposal to amend the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Act with a provision to change power and energy tariffs multiple times in a year.

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Three die in gas cylinder blast in Noakhali

Two businessmen and a salesman have died after a gas cylinder explosion sparked a fire in a fuel shop in Noakhali's Hatiya Upazila.

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The scientist, the air and the virus

When Linsey Marr’s son started attending day care 12 years ago, she noticed that he kept getting sick with the sniffles and other minor illnesses. But unlike most parents, Marr, an aerosol scientist at Virginia Tech, tried to figure out why.

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Trump suspends visas allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners to work in the US

President Donald Trump on Monday temporarily suspended new work visas and barred hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States, part of a broad effort to limit the entry of immigrants into the country.

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Ronaldo penalty sets up Juve win, lifts pressure off Sarri

Cristiano Ronaldo converted a first-half penalty as leaders Juventus resumed their Serie A campaign with a 2-0 win at Bologna on Monday, lifting some of the pressure off coach Maurizio Sarri.

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Foden and Mahrez doubles help City crush Burnley 5-0

Manchester City's Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez scored two goals apiece as the hosts showed their impressive strength in depth, making eight changes but still crushing a woeful Burnley 5-0 in the Premier League at The Etihad stadium on Monday.

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France brings 10 children of French jihadis home from Syria

France on Monday brought home 10 children of French jihadis who had been stuck in sprawling detention camps in northeastern Syria since at least the collapse of the Islamic State group last year.

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The race to develop a COVID vaccine

Judging from comments I’ve heard and read, many Americans expect that a vaccine against COVID-19 will soon end the need for masks and social distancing and enable us to resume our pre-COVID lives. As one neighbour said, citing the administration’s “Warp Speed” agenda to rush a vaccine to market, “I’ll start taking the subway and going to the office in the fall when we have the vaccine.”

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Apple modifies app review process, letting developers 'challenge' guidelines

Apple Inc on Monday said it would let software developers “challenge” the guidelines that govern its app review process and will end its practice of blocking routine bug fixes over minor violations.

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US designates four major Chinese media outlets as foreign missions

The United States said on Monday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign embassies, alleging they are mouthpieces for Beijing, in a move that is likely to further sour already fraught ties between the world's top two economies.

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Fifteen killed in brutal attack on indigenous Mexican village

Assailants killed 15 inhabitants of an indigenous village in southern Mexico that has been plagued by local disputes, authorities said on Monday, in one of the most brutal attacks to shake the countryside in recent years.

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Google faces employee petition to end tech sales to police

More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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Coronavirus cases soar in big countries, especially Brazil, WHO says

Coronavirus cases are soaring in several major countries at the same time, with "worrying increases" in Latin America, especially Brazil, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.

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“Life is back once again": Saudi Arabia lifts three-month curfew

People in Saudi Arabia ventured out on Sunday night for the first time in three months to celebrate the end of a nationwide coronavirus curfew, dining out, cruising on motorcycles and walking pets after the daytime heat subsided.

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Eating Thai fruit demands serious effort but delivers sublime reward

All across Bangkok, fruit juice is dripping off chins, dribbling down arms and splashing onto the city’s sidewalks.

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Monday, June 22, 2020

Bangladesh Bank official Fariduddin dies from COVID-19

Bangladesh Bank official Sheikh Fariduddin has died from the novel coronavirus.

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Bullfighting, already ailing in Spain, is battered by lockdown

Extremeño, an imposing black bull who weighs more than half a ton, was set to fight to death next month in the neoclassical ring of the Spanish city of Valencia.

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Bangladesh records 3,480 new virus cases; body count tops 1,500

Bangladesh has reported 3,480 new cases of COVID-19 in a daily count, raising the tally of infections to 115,786.

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কঠিন ম্যাচ জয়ের আনন্দ রিয়ালের

রিয়াল সোসিয়েদাদের মাঠে সবশেষ স্মৃতি ভালো ছিল না। এবারও শুরুতে ধুঁকতে দেখা গেল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদকে। শেষ দিকে এক গোল হজম করে হয়তো হোঁচট খাওয়ার শঙ্কাও জেগেছিল। শেষ পর্যন্ত স্বস্তির জয় নিয়ে মাঠ ছাড়তে পারায় উচ্ছ্বসিত দলটির মিডফিল্ডার ফেদেরিকো ভালভেরদে।

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যদি একই ঘটনা রিয়ালের অর্ধে হতো?

আদনান ইয়ানুজাইয়ের শট ঠিকানা খুঁজে পেলে সমতায় ফেরার উচ্ছ্বাসে মাতে রিয়াল সোসিয়েদাদ। কিন্তু রেফারির বিতর্কিত সিদ্ধান্তে মেলেনি গোল। ম্যাচ শেষে তাই ক্ষোভ উগরে দিলেন সোসিয়েদাদের মিডফিল্ডার মিকেল মেরিনো। প্রশ্ন রাখলেন-একই ঘটনা যদি রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের অংশে হতো?

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High Court suspends a 25% hike in water prices

The High Court has suspended a 25% hike in water prices in response to a writ petition, and ruled that the injunction will remain in force until Aug 10.

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Trump opposed to removing Theodore Roosevelt's statue outside Museum of Natural History

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he opposed removing the statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside New York City’s Museum of Natural History.

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Police arrest key suspect in grisly murder of businessman in Uttara

Police have arrested Charles Rupom Sarkar, the key suspect in the murder of a businessman in Uttara whose dismembered remains were recovered from three different areas of Dhaka.

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Russia's Putin says he may seek another term if constitutional changes passed

Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in an interview on Sunday.

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How to start meditating

From the outside, meditation can look passive. You’re sitting still with your eyes closed, taking deep breaths. But anyone who has spent time meditating knows how active, and how intentional, it can be. In the stillness, your heart rate slows and your levels of cortisol — the hormone associated with stress — drop. A regular practice can help with depression, chronic pain, anxiety and sleep issues. It’s sort of like stretching, but for your mind.

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Govt greenlights 255 vehicles to resume ride-sharing services

The government has permitted 255 motor vehicles registered under 11 ride-sharing firms to resume services from Jun 21.

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What's Facebook's deal with Donald Trump?

Last Nov 20, NBC News broke the news that Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and a Facebook board member, Peter Thiel, had dined together at the White House the previous month. “It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what Trump, Zuckerberg and Thiel discussed,” the report said.

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WHO reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 183,020 in a 24-hour period.

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Afghan Taliban kidnap dozens of civilians amid peace efforts, officials say

Taliban militants kidnapped about 60 civilians in central Afghanistan over the past week, officials said on Sunday, with more than half still being held amid efforts by the United States and other foreign powers to start peace talks.

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Trump says he avoided punishing China over Uighur camps to protect trade talks

President Donald Trump said he resisted punishing China for its mass internment of ethnic Uighurs last year for fear of jeopardising trade talks with Beijing, a blunt admission of his transactional approach to human rights and willingness to subordinate other US policy priorities to a potential trade deal he considers vital to his reelection.

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Trump poses ‘danger for the republic’ if reelected, John Bolton charges

President Donald Trump poses a “danger for the republic” and would be an even greater threat if he wins a second term this fall because he would be unconstrained by future electoral considerations, John R Bolton, his former national security adviser, said in an interview aired Sunday night.

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American Airlines seeks $3.5 billion in new financing

American Airlines Group Inc  said on Sunday it plans to secure $3.5 billion in new financing, to improve the airline’s liquidity as it grapples with travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus.

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Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness

The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said on Sunday.

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TikTok users, K-pop fans say they helped sabotage Trump rally with false registrations

TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump's first political rally in months, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday.

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Latin America’s virus villains: Corrupt officials collude with price gougers for body bags and flimsy masks

Of all the schemes that have siphoned resources from Latin American countries fighting the coronavirus, the body bag conspiracy might be the most brazen.

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Roosevelt statue to be removed from Museum of Natural History

The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an African man, which has presided over the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1940, is coming down.

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8 hospitals in 15 hours: A pregnant woman’s crisis in the pandemic

Neelam Kumari Gautam woke up at 5am with shooting labour pains. Her husband put her gently in the back of a rickshaw and motored with her to a hospital. Then another. Then another. Her pain was so intense she could barely breathe, but none would take her.

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

N Korea vows to send anti-South leaflets amid tensions

North Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea, saying it is not bound to any inter-Korean agreements, state media said on Sunday.

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Rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on the longest day of the year

A shimmering ring of light flashed into view on Sunday in parts of the eastern hemisphere as the moon drifted across the face of the sun in a rare eclipse on the longest day of the year.

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China likely lost at least 40 soldiers in border clash: Indian minister

China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday.

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Poor health and family ties brought Rwanda genocide suspect into custody

As dawn broke on May 16, an elite French police team blew open the door to an apartment in a sleepy northwestern Parisian suburb where they found Felicien Kabuga, suspected of bankrolling the genocide against Rwanda's Tutsis in 1994.

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Bangladesh Army to run virus isolation centre in Mohakhali DNCC market

The army will conduct affairs at a 1,000-bed isolation centre at the DNCC Market in Mohakhali, according to ISPR.

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Chinese researchers launch phase-2 human test for possible coronavirus vaccine

Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) said on Sunday, in efforts to further assess effectiveness and safety.

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US judge denies Trump's bid to block Bolton's book but criticises ex-adviser

A US judge denied on Saturday a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton that alleges the president sought China's help to win re-election.

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Trump rally size falls short of expectations

President Donald Trump’s attempt to revive his re-election campaign sputtered badly Saturday night as he travelled to Tulsa for his first mass rally in months and found a far smaller crowd than his aides had promised him, then delivered a disjointed speech that did not reckon with the multiple crises facing the nation or scandals battering him in Washington.

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Fashion magazine editors, take a page from Audrey Withers

A woman in an hourglass suit poses, back to the camera, against the ruins of a bombed-out church in London. A study in incongruity by Cecil Beaton, that image was all the more riveting since it appeared not in a newsreel or in one of London’s proliferating tabloids but in the rarefied pages of British Vogue.

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Bangladesh reports 39 new virus deaths, caseload jumps by 3,531

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 1,464 after 39 fatalities were registered across the country in a daily count.

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Former home minister Sahara Khatun’s health 'improving'

Former home minister Sahara Khatun’s condition is improving during treatment at Dhaka's United Hospital, according to her aide Anisur Rahman.

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লেভানদোভস্কি ছুটছে, মেসি-রোনালদো হাঁটছে!

কখনও ছাপিয়ে যাচ্ছেন নিজেকে; কখনও অন্যকে। রেকর্ড ভাঙা-গড়ার খেলায় ৩১ বছর বয়সে এসে রবের্ত লেভানদোভস্কি রীতিমতো চোখ ধাঁধিয়ে দিচ্ছেন সাফল্যের দ্বীপ্তিতে। ইউরোপিয়ান গোল্ডেন সু জয়ের পথে এই পোলিশ স্ট্রাইকার যেন দৌড়াচ্ছেন আর সময়ের দুই সেরা লিওনেল মেসি ও ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো হাঁটছেন তার পিছে!

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China likely lost at least 40 soldiers in border clash: Indian minister

China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday.

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Kuwait to freeze MP Shahid's bank accounts on charges of money laundering, human trafficking

The Kuwaiti government is seeking to freeze the accounts of Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and his company following the arrest of the Bangladeshi MP on charges of human trafficking and money laundering.

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Budget session: Bangladesh begins virus tests for MPs

The members of parliament who will attend the rest of the days in the current budget session have started to take COVID-19 tests.

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The Last of Us Part II is a dark game for a dark time

At the climax of The Last of Us, a blockbuster 2013 video game that is superficially about a zombie-fungus apocalypse but is really about the lengths a parent will go to protect a child, you are forced to kill a doctor. This doctor is not a threat. He stands there limply, holding a scalpel, so technically he’s not unarmed — but you’ve got a gun and the gameplay has made it clear, after hours of close fighting, that your character could subdue the man peacefully if he wanted.

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Why Japan’s jobless rate is just 2.6% while the US’s has soared

When the coronavirus hit Japan, Mari Nagata, a single mother who works in a restaurant, had a lot of worries. Her children’s school closed, and she feared what would happen to them if she got sick.

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As virus spreads, fears run deep. Can Rohingya camps ride out epidemic?

As Bangladesh grapples with an unrelenting coronavirus epidemic, concerns over an explosion of COVID-19 cases in the densely populated Rohingya camps, the largest refugee settlements in the world, have been growing, although the situation remains 'under control’ for now.

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After George Floyd, fresh scrutiny of old cases

The story of Elijah McClain’s death, which came after he was confronted and detained by police officers last year in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, did not go unnoticed by residents and the local news media in the weeks that followed.

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Latin America’s virus villains: corrupt officials collude with price gougers for body bags and flimsy masks

Of all the schemes that have siphoned resources from Latin American countries fighting the coronavirus, the body bag conspiracy might be the most brazen.

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Three killed after man goes on stabbing spree in Reading park, police say

Three people were killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though police said they were not currently treating the incident as terrorism.

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Trump knocks protests, defends pandemic response to smaller crowd at Tulsa rally

President Donald Trump, addressing a less-than-full arena for his first political rally in months, criticized anti-racism protests and defended his handling of the coronavirus on Saturday in an effort to reinvigorate his re-election campaign.

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Saturday, June 20, 2020

20 Bangladesh judges infected with COVID-19

Bangladesh has reported 20 judges to be infected with the coronavirus and six others with symptoms of the disease in isolation although courts have adopted virtual proceedings amid the pandemic.

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US hospitals in hard hit regions step up use of steroids on sickest COVID-19 patients

Several US hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers, who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives.

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AL leader Hanif flies to Canada to visit family

Awami League leader Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif has left for Canada amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bangladesh finance minister's brothers infected with COVID-19

Golam Sarwar, the chairman of Cumilla North Upazila and younger brother of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, has been infected with the novel coronavirus.

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রিয়ালের পয়েন্ট হারানোর আশায় বার্সা কোচ

সেভিয়ার বিপক্ষে পয়েন্ট হারিয়ে বার্সেলোনার লিগ জেতা কঠিন হয়ে পড়েছে-জেরার্দ পিকের এমন ভাবনার সঙ্গে একমত নন কিকে সেতিয়েন। রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ বাকি সব ম্যাচ জিতবে না বলে মনে করেন বার্সেলোনা কোচ। শিরোপা ভাগ্য নিজেদের হাতে না থাকলেও তাই লা লিগা জয়ের ব্যাপারে তিনি আশাবাদী।

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Amazon signals entry into alcohol delivery in India with nod in key state

Amazon.com Inc has secured clearance to deliver alcohol in India's eastern state of West Bengal, according to a document seen by Reuters, signalling the US e-commerce giant's first foray into the country's multi-billion-dollar sector.

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Mashrafe Bin Mortaza tests positive for COVID-19

Iconic cricketer and Narail-2 MP Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Spat on and abused: Coronavirus fuels racism against India's northeasterners

One after another, people came, took one look at her face and then walked off. In the end, student Rachungailiu Gonmei gave up on finding anyone willing to share a rickshaw with her in New Delhi, and travelled alone.

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বার্সার লিগ জেতা কঠিন, মানছেন পিকে

সেভিয়ার বিপক্ষে পয়েন্ট হারিয়ে লা লিগা শিরোপা ভাগ্য নিজেদের হাতে রাখতে ব্যর্থ হয়েছে বার্সেলোনা। এ অবস্থায় তাদের জন্য লিগ জেতার কাজটা কঠিন হয়ে গেছে বলে মনে করেন দলটির ডিফেন্ডার জেরার্দ পিকে। তবে তারা শেষ পর্যন্ত লড়ে যাবেন বলে জানিয়েছেন এই স্প্যানিয়ার্ড।

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Bangladesh records 37 new virus deaths, 3,240 daily cases

Bangladesh has reported 3,240 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, bringing the tally of infections to 108,775.

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Is the coronavirus death tally inflated? Here’s why experts say no

On Sunday, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo became the latest in a string of elected officials, including President Donald Trump, to question the death toll from the coronavirus, calling the process of assigning cause of death “fairly random.”

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Fugitive Iranian judge dies after fall from hotel in Romania

A fugitive Iranian judge wanted by Iran on corruption charges and by rights groups for jailing and torturing journalists was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday at a hotel in Romania where he had been staying, according to Iranian officials.

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Businesses brace for possible limits on foreign worker visas

Maya Nasr was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 16 to study aerospace engineering. Currently a doctoral student there, she has been working on NASA’s next Mars rover, slated for launch this summer.

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Five more banks opt against imposing pay cuts

Five more banks have decided against reducing the salaries of employees in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic despite the Bangladesh Association of Banks recommending pay cuts.

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Trump signals new effort to end 'Dreamers' immigration programme after court defeat

President Donald Trump on Friday signalled he could try again to end the programme that has protected so-called Dreamer immigrants who are in the United States illegally but entered as children, following a loss in the US Supreme Court.

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A long revered relic is found to be Europe’s oldest surviving wooden statue

For centuries, in a picturesque Tuscan town near the Mediterranean coast, legions of pilgrims came to venerate one of Christendom’s most treasured relics — an 8-foot tall wooden crucifix known as the “Volto Santo de Lucca.”

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World Bank approves over $1bn in loans to Bangladesh for virus response

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

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US finds alternative partners to WHO, except for polio: US official

The United States has found alternative partners for global health projects as it withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) except for polio eradication, an area where US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had credited the body for its good work.

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Kamal Lohani, eminent journalist and cultural activist, dies at 86

Prominent journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with COVID-19 at the age of 86.

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Brazil passes 1 million coronavirus cases with no end in sight

Brazil passed 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.

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Coordinated blasts kill four in Pakistan, including soldiers

Three consecutive explosions claimed by a little-known separatist group killed four people including two soldiers in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh on Friday, officials said.

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'Civil rights isn't over': Americans mark Juneteenth coast to coast

Thousands marched through US cities on Friday in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century and a half ago, an occasion freighted with special resonance this year amid America's reckoning with its legacy of racism.

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Friday, June 19, 2020

Hong Kong store owner rejects call to remove protest statue

The owner of a children’s clothes shop in Hong Kong has refused a request from his landlord to remove a statue celebrating anti-government protests saying he wanted to teach children about democracy and he was not violating his lease agreement.

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China hands back 10 Indian soldiers taken during border clash

China has returned 10 Indian soldiers captured during a deadly border clash earlier this week, a Indian government source said on Friday, as two Asian nuclear powers sought to de-escalate tensions on their disputed border in the western Himalayas.

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Realme to unveil 6i smartphone with wireless earbuds

Smartphone brand realme will launch online the latest addition to its 6 series, the 6i, in Bangladesh on Jun 21.

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Satellite images suggest Chinese activity at Himalayan border with India before clash

In the days leading up to the most violent border clash between India and China in decades, China brought in pieces of machinery, cut a trail into a Himalayan mountainside and may have even dammed a river, satellite pictures suggest.

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Bangladesh records 45 new virus deaths, cases surge by 3,243

Bangladesh has registered 45 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, raising the death toll to 1,388.

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বার্সা নয়, নিজেদের নিয়ে ভাবছেন রিয়াল কোচ

লা লিগা জিততে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের বাকি সব ম্যাচ জিতলেই হবে না, প্রার্থনা করতে হবে বার্সেলোনার পরাজয়ের। তবে প্রতিপক্ষকে নিয়ে না ভেবে কেবল নিজেদের নিয়ে ভাবছে মাদ্রিদের দলটি, জানালেন কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান।

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রোনালদোর বোনের কাঠগড়ায় ইউভেন্তুস কোচ

ইউভেন্তুস কোচ দলের হারের জন্য আঙুল তুলেছেন ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদোসহ দলের তারকাদের দিকে। রোনালদোর বোন আঙুল তুললেন কোচের দিকে! ইতালিয়ান কাপের ফাইনালে নাপোলির বিপক্ষে ইউভেন্তুসের হারের জন্য কোচ মাওরিসিও সাররির কৌশলকে দায় দিলেন রোনালদোর বোন এলমা আভেইরো।  

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পুসকাসকে ছাড়িয়ে গেলেন বেনজেমা

ভালেন্সিয়ার বিপক্ষে জোড়া গোল করে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের হয়ে ইতিহাসের সর্বোচ্চ গোল করাদের তালিকায় পঞ্চম স্থানে উঠে এসেছেন করিম বেনজেমা। ফরাসি এই স্ট্রাইকার ছাড়িয়ে গেছেন কিংবদন্তি ফেরেঙ্ক পুসকাসকে।

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Former home minister Sahara Khatun in intensive care

Former home minister Sahara Khatun, who is undergoing treatment at Dhaka's United Hospital for several health complications, has been moved to intensive care after her condition deteriorated.

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A desperate scramble for plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients: health experts have a word of caution

Doctors in Bangladesh are leaning toward using plasma therapy for treating the severe cases of COVID-19 as it proved 'fruitful' in most cases.

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Virus-infected police OC removed after raid with murder suspect in Noakhali

Police authorities in Noakhali have removed Sonaimuri Police OC Abdus Samad after he went on a raid with a suspect in tow despite being infected with COVID-19.

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মহামারীর মধ্যে ফুটবল ফেরানোয় রোনালদোর প্রশ্ন

করোনাভাইরাসের ছোবলে বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে বিপর্যস্ত দেশগুলির একটি ব্রাজিল। মৃত্যুর সংখ্যা সেখানে ছুঁতে চলেছে ৫০ হাজার। অথচ এই মহামারীর মধ্যেই আবার শুরু হয়েছে ফুটবল লিগ! ফুটবল ফেরানোর এই সিদ্ধান্তের প্রবল সমালোচনা করেছেন ব্রাজিলের কিংবদন্তি রোনালদো।

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Kamal Lohani contracts COVID-19

Renowned journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

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China charges two detained Canadians with alleged espionage

Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for alleged espionage, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing.

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ULAB ranks among world’s top 50 universities for innovation, creativity

The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, or ULAB, has secured the 46th spot in the World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) rankings for innovation and creativity in 2020.

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Blood type, genes tied to risk of severe COVID-19: European study

A person's blood type and other genetic factors may be linked with severity of coronavirus infection, according to European researchers looking for further clues about why COVID-19 hits some so much harder than others.

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From the town square to the boardroom: Britain grapples with its racist past

Britain’s uneasy confrontation with its racist history moved from statues in town squares to corporate boardrooms this week, as two prominent British firms, Lloyd’s of London and Greene King, announced they would make amends for their involvement in the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Piracy surges in Gulf of Mexico, prompting US warning

The pirates appeared out of the darkness, leaping aboard the Italian-flagged supply ship off the coast of Mexico. Weapons drawn, the eight attackers worked swiftly, taking crew members hostage while they ransacked the vessel and snatched personal belongings and equipment.

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For Canadian doctor, the virus came with stigma

He is a doctor in a small city in New Brunswick, Canada, who drove to pick up his 4-year-old daughter — and to have a job interview — and then came home.

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UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model

Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple's iPhone, the government said on Thursday.

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US Supreme Court thwarts Trump plan to end 'dreamers' immigrant programme

The US Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a programme that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

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Blood type, genes tied to risk of severe COVID-19 -European study

A person's blood type and other genetic factors may be linked with severity of coronavirus infection, according to European researchers looking for further clues about why COVID-19 hits some so much harder than others.

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

আলভেসের কঠিনতম প্রতিপক্ষ রোনালদো

লা লিগায় একসময় মুখোমুখি হতেন নিয়মিত। দুজনেরই ঠিকানা বদল হওয়ায় এখন সেই সুযোগ নেই। তবে ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদোকে নিয়ে দানি আলভেসের মনোভাব আছে আগের মতোই। ব্রাজিলিয়ান রাইট-ব্যাক জানালেন, তার মুখোমুখি হওয়া কঠিনতম প্রতিপক্ষ হলেন এই পর্তুগিজ ফরোয়ার্ড।

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After Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and Mrs Butterworth feel the heat

Within hours of the announcement that Aunt Jemima was being retired from store shelves, at least three more food companies rushed to respond to complaints about other brands that have been criticised for using racial stereotypes.

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UCB director Farid Uddin Ahmed dies of COVID 19

Farid Uddin Ahmed, director of United Commercial Bank (UCB) and member of its risk management committee, has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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শিরোপা হারানোর ‘দায়’ রোনালদো-দিবালাদের

ইতালিয়ান কাপের ফাইনালে নাপোলির বিপক্ষে হারের পর দলের তারকা খেলোয়াড়দের দুষলেন ইউভেন্তুস কোচ মাওরিসিও সাররি। ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো, পাওলো দিবালা, দগলাস কস্তাদের ফিটনেস নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলেছেন ইতালিয়ান কোচ।

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Bangladesh's virus caseload tops 100,000; another 38 die

The tally of coronavirus infections in Bangladesh has crossed the grim milestone of 100,000 in just over three months after the first COVID-19 cases were detected in the country.

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গার্সিয়াকে নিয়ে দুঃশ্চিন্তায় গুয়ার্দিওলা

লম্বা বিরতির পর প্রিমিয়ার লিগে ফেরার ম্যাচে আর্সেনালকে উড়িয়ে দিয়েও মুখ ভার ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি কোচ পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলার। এদেরসনের সঙ্গে সংঘর্ষে মাথায় আঘাত পেয়ে স্ট্রেচারে করে মাঠ ছাড়া ডিফেন্ডার এরিক গার্সিয়াকে নিয়ে তিনি শঙ্কিত।

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Met Office warns of landslides as heavy rains lash Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has warned of landslides in the hilly regions of Chattogram as heavy rainfall batters different parts of the country with the onset of the monsoon season.

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India holds funerals for soldiers killed in China border clash as tensions stay high

India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed mountainous border region, as the two governments sought to de-escalate tensions.

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As London bookstores reopen, eager readers return

Just after 10am Monday, Cathy Slater, the owner of Dulwich Books, stood waiting to welcome her first customers into the store in months.

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New coronavirus cases in New Zealand rattle public confidence

New Zealand recorded on Thursday its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confidence days after it declared itself among the first countries in the world to be free of the virus.

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Mayors brace for zone-based lockdowns as Bangladesh battles pandemic

The government has directed all mayors to prepare for zone-based lockdown restrictions to tackle the rampant coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh.

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China says it must improve hygiene in markets after Beijing outbreak

Low standards of hygiene in China's wholesale food markets and vulnerabilities in its food supply chain need to be urgently addressed after a new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, a leading body of the ruling Communist Party said.

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Flushing the toilet may fling coronavirus aerosols all over

Here’s one more behaviour to be hyper-aware of in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: what you do after you use the toilet.

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DNA of ‘Irish pharaoh’ sheds light on ancient tomb builders

The vast Stone Age tomb mounds in the valley of the River Boyne, about 25 miles north of Dublin, are so impressive that the area has been called the Irish Valley of the Kings. And a new analysis of ancient human DNA from Newgrange, the most famous of the mounds in Ireland, suggests that the ancient Irish may have had more than monumental grave markers in common with the pharaohs.

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Trump says US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would not close businesses again as several states reported rising numbers of new coronavirus infections.

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Beijing’s partial lockdown a sign of the world’s new normal

The Chinese economy had been firing back up. Travellers had been returning to fill trains and planes. Communist Party leaders had been celebrating their success in defeating the coronavirus.

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Bangladesh economy expected to grow 7.5% in FY2021 after pandemic-induced slowdown: ADB

Bangladesh's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 4.5% in fiscal year 2020 and 7.5% in fiscal year 2021, according to an Asian Development Bank report.

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Atlanta police officer charged with murder in shooting death of Rayshard Brooks

A fired Atlanta police officer has been charged with felony murder and another officer faces lesser charges in the shooting death last week of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, a Georgia county prosecutor said on Wednesday.

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Mothers as 'trauma surgeons:' the anguish of raising black boys in America

Raising black boys in America involves "constant mental anguish," Danielle Pattillo, a special education teacher in New York City and mother to two sons, ages 14 and 22, said.

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Fossil fuel emissions come roaring back as the world opens up

After a drastic decline this spring, global greenhouse gas emissions are now rebounding sharply, scientists reported, as countries relax their coronavirus lockdowns and traffic surges back onto roads. It’s a stark reminder that, even as the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.

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Brother of George Floyd urges UN probe into US racism, violence

The brother of the late George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white officer roused world protests against racial injustice, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to investigate US police brutality and racial discrimination.

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Trump asked China to help him win in 2020, offered 'favours to dictators,' Bolton says

In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

সানচেসকে ছুঁয়ে রোনালদোর আরও কাছে মেসি

লেগানেসের বিপক্ষে সফল স্পট কিকে লা লিগায় পেনাল্টি থেকে গোল করাদের তালিকায় দ্বিতীয় স্থানে উঠেছেন লিওনেল মেসি। যেখানে আগে থেকেই আছেন সাবেক ফুটবলার হুগো সানচেস। তালিকায় সবার ওপরে ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো।

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Self-cleaning mask can kill viruses with heat from phone charger, researchers say

Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger.

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Bangladesh’s daily count of COVID-19 cases tops 4,000 for first time; another 43 die

Bangladesh has registered 4,008 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the most in a daily count, bringing the tally to 98,489.

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জয়রথে থাকাটাই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ: রাকিতিচ

প্রথমার্ধের শেষ দিকে গোল খাওয়ার আগ পর্যন্ত বার্সেলোনাকে বেশ চাপে রেখেছিল তলানির দল লেগানেস। ইভান রাকিতিচও ম্যাচ শেষের প্রতিক্রিয়ায় মেনে নিলেন, ম্যাচটা তাদের জন্য কঠিন করে তুলেছিল প্রতিপক্ষ। বার্সেলোনার ক্রোয়াট মিডফিল্ডার জানালেন জয়ের ধারা ধরে রাখার স্বস্তির কথা।

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পরিশ্রমী গ্রিজমানের চেষ্টায় খুশি বার্সা কোচ

প্রথমার্ধে ড্রিঙ্কস ব্রেকে অনেকটা সময় ধরে অঁতোয়ান গ্রিজমানকে কিছু একটা বলছিলেন লিওনেল মেসি। বিরতির পর মাঠে ফেরার সময়ও তার সঙ্গে কথা বলে যাচ্ছিলেন বার্সেলোনা অধিনায়ক। কাজ হয় তার কথায়। দ্বিতীয়ার্ধের মাঝামাঝি সময়ে জাল খুঁজে পান উজ্জীবিত গ্রিজমান। অফসাইডের জন্য সেটি গোল না হলেও ফরাসি ফরোয়ার্ডের গুরুত্ব কমছে না কিকে সেতিয়েনের কাছে। বার্সেলোনা কোচ তাকে দেখেন দলের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সদস্য হিসেবে। 

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Gonoshasthaya testing kits for COVID-19 not effective: BSMMU

Coronavirus rapid testing kits developed by Gonoshasthaya, known as “GR COVID-19 Dot Blot”, are not effective, BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua has said.

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‘তুমি আমার বাবা নও’, ক্রুইফকে বলেছিলেন রোমারিও

দুই দশকের বেশি সময়ের ক্যারিয়ারে ছোট্ট একটা সময় স্পেনে কাটিয়েছিলেন রোমারিও। মাঠ আর মাঠের বাইরে বড় একটা ছাপ ফেলেছিলেন সেখানে। ব্রাজিলের বিশ্বকাপজয়ী এই স্ট্রাইকার গোল করতেন যেন ইচ্ছে মতো। তার জীবনযাত্রাও ছিল তেমনই। তাই একবার লেগে গিয়েছিল বার্সেলোনা কোচ ইয়োহান ক্রুইফের সঙ্গে। ডাচ এই কিংবদন্তিকে মুখের ওপর বলেছিলেন, ‘তুমি আমার বাবা নও।’

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লেভানদোভস্কি যখন ‘লেভানগোলস্কি’

রবের্ত লেভানদোভস্কি মাঠে নামা মানেই যেন গোল করা নিশ্চিত। সতীর্থরা তাই ভালোবেসে তার নাম দিয়েছেন ‘লেভানগোলস্কি’! বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের স্ট্রাইকারের এই নামের কথা জানালেন ক্লাব সতীর্থ আলফুঁস ডেভিস। এই মিডফিল্ডারের মতে, বিশ্বের সেরা স্ট্রাইকার এখন লেভানদোভস্কি।

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'Best news so far': UK hails steroid treatment for coronavirus

Britain's health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak.

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Our lives happen in restaurants

When we lost restaurants this spring — when their doors closed and so many of their workers were sent home — we didn’t just lose a place to be fed. We eat, of course, but so many things, and so many kinds of things, happen to us in restaurants. We lost a theatre of experience. Here, several renowned writers recount some of their most memorable meals out.

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Second-wave wobble reveals more about markets than the virus

It's hard to find an investor who hadn't already assumed some form of second wave of COVID-19 when economies reopen, so why did stock markets panic at the hint of a relapse last week?

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Beijing extends movement curbs to contain resurgent coronavirus

Scores of flights to and from Beijing were cancelled, schools shut and some neighbourhoods blocked off as officials ramped up efforts to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has fanned fears of wider contagion.

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A mad scramble to stock millions of malaria pills, likely for nothing

The Food and Drug Administration’s abrupt decision this week to revoke an emergency waiver for two malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump as potential “game changers” against the coronavirus has left 66 million doses stranded in the federal stockpile — and officials do not yet know what they will do with them.

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WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after ‘great news’ in drug study

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients.

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Bangladesh advises maritime ports to hoist cautionary signal No. 3

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked maritime ports to hoist local cautionary signal No. 3 due to a deep convection over North Bay and adjoining coastal areas.

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Europe rolls out contact tracing apps, with hope and trepidation

When three people in the northern Italian region of Liguria tested positive for the coronavirus last week, they gave their doctors permission to punch into a national server anonymous codes generated by a new contact tracing application on their phones. Moments later, the phones of people who had also voluntarily downloaded the app and had come into contact with them buzzed with an alert.

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Bangladesh halts visas-on-arrival indefinitely amid virus crisis

Bangladesh has suspended its visa-on-arrival services for nationals of all countries until further notice as the coronavirus outbreak in the country continued to intensify.

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Show me the data: US doctors sceptical of reported COVID-19 breakthrough

The report on Tuesday of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brought skepticism along with optimism among US doctors, who said the recent withdrawal of an influential COVID-19 study left them wanting to see more data.

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Living on the edge, Pakistani Hindus still feel safer in India

Seven years ago, Dharamveer Solanki, a Hindu, left his home in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city, never to return. When his train crossed the border into India, Solanki said he felt happier than ever before.

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The coronavirus risks of everyday activities as economies reopen

Americans have started returning to more normal lifestyles with the end of coronavirus lockdowns. But what activities are safe?

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Trump team prepares $1 trillion infrastructure plan to spur economy

The Trump administration is preparing an up to $1 trillion infrastructure package focused on transportation projects as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in 6 US states as reopening accelerates

New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six US states on Tuesday, marking a rising tide of cases for a second consecutive week as most states moved forward with reopening their economies.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

N Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South

North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea in its border town of Kaesong on Tuesday after it threatened to take action if North Korean defectors went ahead with a campaign to send propaganda leaflets into the North.

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Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees

Three years ago, the world rejoiced when Iraqi forces backed by the United States and Iran liberated this ancient city from the brutal rule of Islamic State. The people of Mosul hoped to rebuild their shattered lives.

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She survived the coronavirus. Then she got a $400,000 medical bill

Janet Mendez started receiving bills soon after returning in April to her mother’s home from Mount Sinai Morningside hospital, where she nearly died of COVID-19. First, there was one for $31,165. Unable to work and finding it difficult to walk, Mendez decided to put the bill out of her mind and focus on her recovery.

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Singapore scientists to start human trials of COVID-19 vaccine in August

Singapore scientists testing a COVID-19 vaccine from US firm Arcturus Therapeutics plan to start human trials in August after promising initial responses in mice.

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ছিটকে গেলেন রিয়ালের ভাসকেস

পায়ের পেশির চোটে ভুগছেন রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ ফরোয়ার্ড লুকাস ভাসকেস।

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India says officer, two soldiers killed in 'violent faceoff' on border with China

An Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a "violent faceoff" with Chinese troops on the contested border, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, reporting the first casualties in decades to result from a clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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Actor's suicide sparks debate about insularity in Bollywood film industry

Indian police will probe whether an up-and-coming Bollywood actor who committed suicide at the weekend was depressed in part due to "professional rivalry," in a film industry that is dominated by big names and has been accused of being insular.

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Bangladesh resumes international flights after 3 months amid pandemic

International flight operations have resumed in Bangladesh after nearly three months of suspension over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Bangladesh reports 53 new virus deaths and 3,862 cases, both daily records

Bangladesh has registered 53 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, the most in a daily count, bringing the death toll to 1,262.

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The 2021 Oscars will be delayed

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Monday that it would push back the next Oscars ceremony to Apr 25 from Feb 28, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The postponement, the fourth since the Academy Awards were introduced in 1929, could prompt the Golden Globes and other entertainment award shows to recalibrate.

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Former Suhrawardy hospital director Mujibur Rahman dies from COVID-19

Dr Mujibur Rahman, former director of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus infection.

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They live alone in ghost towns

There are some 3,800 ghost towns in the United States, most abandoned in the 19th and early 20th centuries in favour of bigger cities, or casualties of changing industry. Some languish as ruins, others are designated as national parks. And a rare handful are in the midst of being developed into luxury vacation spots.

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Virus-hit Beijing tightens outbound travel; Shanghai demands quarantine

Beijing banned high-risk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces.

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In Europe, travel returns, but not confidence about what comes next

Europe’s internal borders, closed three months ago in a frenzy of panicked uncertainty, are opening again. The uncertainty remains even if the sense of panic has eased.

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US companies can work with Huawei on 5G, other standards: Commerce Dept

The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on US companies doing business with China's Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for next-generation 5G networks.

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Study finds 1 in 5 people worldwide at risk of severe COVID-19

In just six months, nearly 8 million people worldwide have been stricken with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and at least 434,000 have died. But those deaths have not been distributed evenly; among the most vulnerable are people with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and diseases that affect the heart and lungs. According to a new modeling study, roughly 1.7 billion people around the world — 22% of the global population — fall into that category.

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Bangladesh army to tighten vigilance in virus red zones

The government has decided to deploy troops in the areas flagged as red zones to address the coronavirus outbreak.

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Trump critical of FDA decision to revoke emergency use of drug he has promoted for COVID-19

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump, who said only US agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus.

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Supreme Court expansion of transgender rights undercuts Trump restrictions

The Trump administration’s socially conservative agenda has included a broad-based effort to eliminate transgender rights across the government, in education, housing, the military and, as recently as Friday, health care.

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Global coronavirus cases reach over 8 mln as outbreak expands in Latin America

Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8 million on Monday, as infections surge in Latin America and the United States and China grapple with fresh outbreaks.

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Some scold, others cheerlead: US states tackle reopening differently

The two most populous US states took markedly different approaches to reopening on Monday with New York scolding local governments for not enforcing social distancing and California encouraging counties to restart economies if they met criteria.

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US airlines threaten to ban passengers who refuse to wear masks

US airline passengers who refuse to wear facial coverings could have their flying privileges revoked, the industry's main lobby group said on Monday.

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Monday, June 15, 2020

Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran leaves behind a rich political legacy

Having served the people as a public representative since the age of 22, Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran rose to his rank coming from humble beginnings and stood by his people in their thick and thin.

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জিদানের ‘ডাবল সেঞ্চুরি’

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের কোচ হিসেবে নতুন উচ্চতায় উঠলেন জিনেদিন জিদান। লা লিগায় এইবারের বিপক্ষে ম্যাচ দিয়ে মাদ্রিদের দলটির কোচ হিসেবে ২০০ ম্যাচের মাইলফলক স্পর্শ করলেন ফরাসি এই কিংবদন্তি।

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He stood beside people in the toughest of times, his colleagues in politics say

Having served the people as a public representative since the age of 22, Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran rose to his rank coming from humble beginnings and stood by his people in their thick and thin.

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Bangladesh extends shutdown of schools to Aug 6

The government has extends the shutdown of schools and other educational institutes to August 6 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Taxi driver turns hearse driver as coronavirus cases in India spike

It was time to ferry the dead.

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Bangladesh records 38 new virus deaths; caseload crosses 90,500

Bangladesh has registered 38 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, bringing the death toll to 1,209.

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মার্সেলোর গোল উদযাপনে ‘ব্ল্যাক লাইভস ম্যাটারস’

হাঁটু গেড়ে গোল উদযাপন করে বর্ণবাদের বিরুদ্ধে চলা ‘ব্ল্যাক লাইভস ম্যাটারস’ আন্দোলনের সঙ্গে একাত্বতা প্রকাশ করেছেন রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের ব্রাজিলিয়ান ডিফেন্ডার মার্সেলো।

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রিয়ালের বাকি রইলো ‘১০ ফাইনাল’

জিততে হবে ‘১১ ফাইনাল’-লা লিগা পুনরায় শুরুর আগে এমন প্রত্যয় বারবার শোনা যাচ্ছিল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের কোচ-খেলোয়াড়দের কণ্ঠে। এইবারকে হারানোর পর দলটির অধিনায়ক সের্হিও রামোস সতীর্থদের দিলেন বাকি ‘১০ ফাইনাল’ জয়ের বার্তা।

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New words flower in pandemic. ‘Covidiot’ is just one

From time immemorial, challenging circumstances have given rise to new ways of expressing those challenges. It is not an exception when it comes to a language and people have experienced speedy linguistic changes happening in extraordinary circumstances.

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দ্বিতীয়ার্ধের খেলায় হতাশ জিদান

এইবারের বিপক্ষে প্রথমার্ধে দারুণ খেলা রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ খেই হারাল বিরতির পর। তাই পুনরায় শুরু হওয়া লা লিগায় শুভসূচনা পেলেও দলের দ্বিতীয়ার্ধের পারফরম্যান্সে হতাশ দলটির কোচ জিনেদিন জিদান।

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Police chiefs are finding job security is hard to come by

Erika Shields was not your old-line, law-and-order police chief.

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Newsrooms are in revolt. The bosses are in their country houses

Real estate out here is too expensive for a working person, so the East Hampton Golf Club usually provides shared houses for its caddies. But COVID-19 means no boarding houses, and no boarding means no caddies, and no caddies means that the media moguls who pay more than $400,000 to join (putting it in the middle range for initiation fees in the Hamptons) now must pull their own clubs around, which they’ve been telling one another reminds them of their youth, and which is just the kind of sacrifice that the coronavirus has brought to East Hampton.

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Desperate for any coronavirus care, Afghans flock to herbalist’s ‘vaccine’

Every day, thousands of people swarmed Hakeem Alokozai’s herbal clinic in Kabul seeking their three drops of his COVID-19 “vaccine.” Some carried IV drips, others oxygen cylinders. Some were brought in ambulances, others in the back of Toyota station wagons. They were laborers, officers of the security forces and even lawmakers in the country’s parliament.

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COVID-19 upended lives in Dhaka. Now comes dengue with rain

As Bangladesh grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the arrival of the rainy season has given way to Aedes mosquitoes and dengue fever.

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Atlanta police shooting of black man was a homicide, coroner says

The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said on Sunday.

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Putin says US is in ‘deep internal crisis’

President Vladimir V Putin of Russia on Sunday described the United States as a country gripped by a “deep internal crisis” and attributed it to what he said was a refusal by opponents of President Donald Trump to accept his “obvious” 2016 election victory and his legitimacy as leader.

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Asian stocks, oil fall as second wave fears grow

Asian shares stumbled on Monday and oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in Beijing sent investors scurrying for safe-havens while underwhelming data from China further weighed on sentiment.

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India’s surge in virus cases third fastest globally

With 11,220 new COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths registered on Sunday, the total number of infections and the death toll in India reached 3,32,777 and 9,521 respectively, according to data collated by The Hindu.

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Europe starts to reopen borders but no free travel yet

European countries ease some border controls on Monday after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain's continued closure, a patchwork of restrictions elsewhere and new ways of working mean pre-pandemic levels of travel are a long way off.

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Fire at Rajarbagh Police Lines

A fire broke out at the Rajarbagh Police Lines on early Monday.

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Philippine court finds news site chief Maria Ressa guilty of libel

The head of a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte faces up to six years in jail after being found guilty of cyber libel by a Manila court on Monday in what is being seen as a test case for media freedom in the country.

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Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69

Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, the first elected mayor of Sylhet City Corporation, has died from COVID-19 in hospital care in Dhaka. He was 69.

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Sunday, June 14, 2020

বার্সেলোনায় প্রথম গোলের উচ্ছ্বাস ব্রাথওয়েটের

লা লিগায় ফেরার ম্যাচে দল পেল দুর্দান্ত জয় আর মার্টিন ব্রাথওয়েট পেলেন নতুন ঠিকানায় প্রথম গোলের দেখা। মাঝ মৌসুমে বার্সেলোনায় যোগ দেওয়া ডেনিশ এই ফরোয়ার্ড দলটির হয়ে গোলের খাতা খুলতে পেরে দারুণ উচ্ছ্বসিত।

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বার্সেলোনার খেলায় ‘সন্তুষ্ট’ কোচ

দীর্ঘ বিরতি, স্বাভাবিক অনুশীলনের ঘাটতি, দর্শকশূন্য স্টেডিয়ামে খেলা-এমন নানা কারণে খেলোয়াড়দের মাঠের পারফরম্যান্স কেমন হবে, তা নিয়ে কিছুটা অনিশ্চয়তা ছিল। তবে লা লিগায় নতুন শুরুর ম্যাচে দলের পারফরম্যান্সে ‘বেশ সন্তুষ্ট’ বার্সেলোনার কোচ কিকে সেতিয়েন।

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Awami League stalwart Mohammed Nasim laid to rest at Banani

Mohammed Nasim, Awami League leader and former minister, has been buried next to his mother at Banani graveyard as tributes poured in from across the political spectrum.

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A reckoning at Condé Nast

This was supposed to be Condé Nast’s year.

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Fauci: Slight coronavirus spikes may get out of control amid reopening

The top US infectious disease official, Dr Anthony Fauci, on Friday cautioned that the "blips" of rising coronavirus hospitalisations being reported by some states could get out of control if robust contact tracing regimes are not put in place.

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A black man was found hanging from a tree, and a community demands answers

City officials in Palmdale, California, said Saturday that they support calls by activists and residents who have demanded an independent investigation into the death of a 24-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in a public square this past week.

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China Southern Airlines flight from Dhaka to Guangzhou suspended over COVID-19 cases

A China Southern Airlines flight from Dhaka to Guangzhou will be suspended for four weeks from June 22 due to concerns about COVID-19 infections, China's aviation regulator said on Sunday.

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Tanker truck blast on China highway kills 19

Nineteen people died and more than 170 were injured in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Saturday after a truck carrying liquefied gas exploded on a highway.

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Living on free land

Many families with the wherewithal to leave dense cities during the pandemic have headed to country homes to shelter in a bigger space. But a handful of families are in a position to do this to an even greater extreme, settling into remote places that they or their ancestors received through free land programs.

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নতুন উচ্চতায় মেসি

লা লিগায় বার্সেলোনার ফেরার ম্যাচে গোলের আরেক কীর্তি গড়েছেন লিওনেল মেসি। ইতিহাসের প্রথম খেলোয়াড় হিসেবে প্রতিযোগিতাটির টানা ১২ আসরে অন্তত ২০ গোল করে করলেন এই আর্জেন্টাইন ফরোয়ার্ড।

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State Minister Abdullah who died in hospital care tested positive for COVID-19

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, state for religious affairs, who died in hospital care Saturday, was infected with the novel coronavirus, according to State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury.

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Brazil president embraces unproven ‘cure’ as pandemic surges

The coronavirus was taking root in Latin America when President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil startled the medical community with a claim: A miracle drug was on hand.

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Zafrullah recovers from COVID-19 illness after 20 days of treatment

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, has recovered from COVID-19 after undergoing treatment for 20 days.  

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Protesters burn down Wendy's in Atlanta where black man was slain by police

Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and set fire to a Wendy's restaurant where a black man was shot by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident caught on video and sure to fuel more nationwide demonstrations.

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Amazon's business practices examined by two US states

State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazon’s business practices, two newspapers reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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India suspends release of headline retail inflation data for lockdown period

India said on Friday it was putting off the release of headline consumer price inflation numbers for April and May, a period that include a more-than two-month lockdown imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic, due to inadequate data collection.

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Guaranteed ingredient in any coronavirus vaccine? Thousands of volunteers

Not long after researchers completed their work with mice, guinea pigs, ferrets and monkeys, Human Subject 8, an art director for a software company in Missouri, received an injection. Four days later, her sister, a schoolteacher, became Subject 14.

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