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ইউএস ওপেন শুরুর আগে কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষায় পজিটিভ হওয়ায় টুর্নামেন্ট থেকে নিজেকে সরিয়ে নিয়েছেন একজন খেলোয়াড়।

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‘বার্সেলোনাকে অনেক কিছু বদলাতে হবে’

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে ভরাডুবির পর বার্সেলোনার অনেক কিছু পরিবর্তনের তাগিদ দিয়েছেন অনেকেই। আর্তুরো ভিদালও সেই সুরে সুর মেলালেন। বর্তমানের ফুটবলের সঙ্গে মানিয়ে নিতে নিজেদের মানসিকতা থেকে শুরু করে অনেক কিছু বদলানোর প্রয়োজন দেখছেন দলটির এই মিডফিল্ডার।

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Bangladesh train services to continue at half capacity, ticket prices unchanged

Bangladesh will continue to operate inter-city rail services at half the passenger capacity in a bid to enforce social distancing norms on trains amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan's ruling party to hold September 14 leadership vote; four possible candidates for PM

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to hold a leadership vote on Sept. 14 to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is stepping down due to ill health, local media reported on Monday.

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Israeli, US officials on historic flight to UAE to formalize normalization deal

Top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a historic first flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to finalize a pact marking open relations between the Gulf power and Israel.

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Newspapers, radio and TV channels to require separate registrations for their websites

Bangladesh is planning to introduce a separate registration process for online versions of newspapers and radio and television stations.

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India's COVID-19 cases top global rank as more of economy opens

India reported 78,512 novel coronavirus infections on Monday, more than any other country but fewer than the previous day when it posted the world's biggest, single-day tally, as authorities looked to open more sectors of the economy.

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Girl, 3, survives wild skyride caught in tail of giant kite

A three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 100 feet (30 metres) into the air during a kite festival in Taiwan, video footage posted on social media on Sunday showed.

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Bangladesh logs 33 virus deaths in a day, cases jump by 2,174

Bangladesh has registered 33 new fatalities from the coronavirus illness in a daily count, taking the body count to 4,281.

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রিয়ালের ছেলেদের রেকর্ড স্পর্শ লিওঁর মেয়েদের

নারী ফুটবলের চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে টানা পঞ্চমবারের মতো শিরোপা জিতেছে অলিম্পিক লিওঁ। জার্মানির ক্লাব ভলফসবুর্ককে হারিয়ে ইউরোপ সেরা প্রতিযোগিতায় রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের ৬০ বছরের পুরনো রেকর্ড ছুঁয়েছে লিওঁর মেয়েরা।

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JKG Chairman Dr Sabrina faces ‘dual voter’ charges

The Election Commission has filed a case against Dr Sabrina Sharmin, also known as Sabrina Arif Chaudhury, who is currently behind bars over the JKG Healthcare fake test scam, over owning multiple national ID cards for dual voting.

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স্পেন দলে করোনাভাইরাসের ছোবল, ওইয়ারসাবালের জায়গায় মরেনো

কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষায় পজিটিভ হওয়ায় স্পেন জাতীয় ফুটবল দল থেকে ছিটকে গেলেন রিয়াল সোসিয়েদাদের ফরোয়ার্ড মিকেল ওইয়ারসাবাল। উয়েফা নেশন্স লিগে জার্মানি ও ইউক্রেনের বিপক্ষে ম্যাচের দলে তার জায়গায় ডাক পেয়েছেন ভিয়ারিয়াল ফরোয়ার্ড জেরার্দ মরেনো।

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Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal

A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said on Monday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia.

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Saudi-led coalition destroys explosive-laden drone, boat launched by Yemen's Houthis

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone at Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport and a remotely controlled explosive-laden boat in the south of the Red Sea both launched by Iran-aligned Houthis on Sunday, Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported.

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Chattogram playgrounds, once launchpad for national players, are left in utter neglect

Many playgrounds in Chattogram are now a shadow of what they used to be due to years of neglect and lack of maintenance.

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Locked out by COVID, refugees' lives on hold

When Michelle Alfaro left her office at the United Nations in Geneva on March 13, her job finding homes for the world’s most vulnerable refugees was under control.

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India says it foiled new Chinese attempt to alter status quo at disputed border

India said on Monday it had foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to change the status quo on their disputed and ill-defined border in a fresh flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries.

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Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta arrive in Dhaka

The mortal remains of Bangladesh war hero CR Dutta, who died in a US hospital at the age of 93, arrived in Bangladesh on Monday.

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No cramming as new COVID rules take hold in South Korean capital

Private tuition centres shut for the first time and traffic was lighter in South Korea's capital on Monday, the first working day of tighter social-distancing rules designed to halt a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks.

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Stories of 2020: five lives caught in a year of upheaval and pain

And then Chadwick Boseman died. On a Friday night, a way-too-young Hollywood star who had inspired fans around the world suddenly was gone without warning. After everything else, it was just too much for many. “I HATE 2020” began trending on Twitter. Not for the first time and probably not for the last.

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China says Czech senate speaker will pay 'heavy price' for Taiwan visit

Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil will "pay a heavy price" for making an official trip to Taiwan and China will not sit idly by, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Monday, in a warning brushed off by Taiwan's government.

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Democrats oppose Trump Wisconsin visit, president says 'strength' only answer

Democrats said Donald Trump should not visit the Wisconsin city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer, while the Republican president said "strength" was the only way to deal with unrest.

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Bangladesh records 42 new virus deaths, caseload tops 310,800

Bangladesh has registered 42 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the body count to 4,248.

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বার্সার কোভিড-১৯ টেস্টে অনুপস্থিত মেসি

বার্সেলোনার প্রাক মৌসুম পর্বের অনুশীলনে লিওনেল মেসি যোগ দিবেন না বলে শোনা যাচ্ছিল। শেষ পর্যন্ত সেটা সত্যি হওয়ার সম্ভবনা দেখা দিয়েছে। অনুশীলনে নামার আগে রোববার খেলোয়াড়দের করোনাভাইরাস পরীক্ষা হওয়ার কথা থাকলেও নির্ধারিত সময়ে উপস্থিত হননি আর্জেন্টাইন তারকা।

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করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত সাবেক তারকা আসলাম

জাতীয় দলের সাবেক তারকা স্ট্রাইকার শেখ মোহাম্মদ আসলাম করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হয়েছেন।

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শালকে থেকে ধারে ম্যাককেনি ইউভেন্তুসে

জার্মান ক্লাব শালকে থেকে আগামী মৌসুমের জন্য ধারে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মিডফিল্ডার ওয়েসটন ম্যাককেনিকে দলে টেনেছে ইউভেন্তুস। চুক্তিতে মৌসুম শেষে তাকে কিনে নেওয়ার সুযোগও রেখেছে ইতায়িলান সেরি আর দলটি।

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DNCC to launch eviction drive to free up walkways

The Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC will launch an eviction drive on Sept 7 to clear the roads and sidewalks of encroachment, said Mayor Md Atiqul Islam.

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Restaurant collapse in China's Shanxi kills 29

Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China's Shanxi province, the country's emergencies ministry media said on Sunday.

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India sets global record with single-day rise in coronavirus cases

India’s single day tally of 78,761 coronavirus infections on Sunday was the highest reported by any nation since the pandemic began.

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Exercise may boost your vaccine response

TWO NEW STUDIES OF ELITE ATHLETES FOUND THAT WORKING OUT AMPLIFIES THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO A FLU SHOT.

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Mortal remains of war hero CR Dutta to arrive in Dhaka Monday

The mortal remains of Bangladesh war hero CR Dutta, who died in a US hospital at the age of 93, will arrive in Bangladesh on Monday morning.

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‘Something Broke Inside Belarusians.’ Why an Apolitical People Rose Up

Denis Dudinsky, the long-haired and moustachioed host of “Good Morning Belarus!,” can still hear the producer’s nervous voice in his ear any time his banter approached something remotely political.

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Police try to foil Shi'ite gatherings in Indian Kashmir amid COVID curbs

Police sealed off parts of Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Friday to stop Shi'ite Muslims from gathering during their mourning month of Muharram amid the coronavirus outbreak and detained at least 50 people.

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Chadwick Boseman, who starred in ‘Black Panther,’ is mourned as a ‘superhero’

After the announcement late Friday that “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman had died, tributes began pouring in on social media from prominent figures in entertainment, politics and beyond.

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, revealing steady growth in the pandemic as its epicentre shifts again.

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How to forge a solid parent-teacher relationship

During a usual school year, Maria Davis-Pierre is one of those parents who regularly reach out to their children’s teachers. A mother of three in Lake Worth, Florida, and the founder of the parenting organization Autism in Black, Davis-Pierre checks in monthly via email and requests meetings upon receiving progress reports, working with her kids’ teachers to make sure that her eldest daughter especially — who is 8 and on the autism spectrum — is meeting her goals and getting the most from her schooling. “Especially for Black parents, we have to let them know that we’re involved,” Davis-Pierre said. “We want to know what’s going on.”

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Your coronavirus test is positive. Maybe it shouldn’t be

Some of the nation’s leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing in the United States: The standard tests are diagnosing huge numbers of people who may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus.

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Humans take a step closer to ‘flying cars’

In the 1880s, the first automobile was developed, and about two decades later, the Wright brothers in North Carolina invented the first successful airplane. Today, the world is closer to combining those two concepts as a Japanese tech company said it completed a manned test flight of a “flying car.”

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Many want to be Japan’s new leader. Do they know what awaits them?

The Japanese economy has taken a historic nosedive. The coronavirus could yet rage out of control and force a second postponement of the Olympics. Chinese military aggression is rising in the region just as America, Japan’s closest ally, is embroiled in a polarising presidential election.

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India to reopen underground train networks even as coronavirus cases jump

India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the government's efforts to revive the economy, even as coronavirus infections soar.

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Anti-racism protesters rally in Kenosha, watched by National Guard reinforcements

About 1,000 people joined a mile-long march in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday, chanting "Black Lives Matter" and "No Justice, No Peace" as National Guard units stood by to prevent a resurgence of violence that rocked the lakeside city earlier in the week.

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Brac University holds webinar commemorating Bangabandhu

Brac University has organised a webinar remembering the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Aug 15 National Mourning Day, the anniversary of his assassination.

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Bangladesh National Insurance Company approves 12pc cash dividend

The Bangladesh National Insurance Company Limited or BNIC has approved 12 percent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2019.

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Vision Electronics, Regal Furniture distribute prizes among DITF raffle draw winners

Vision Electronics and Regal Furniture have distributed prizes among the winners of a raffle draw for customers of the ‘Dhaka International Trade Fair 2020’.

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In race to replace Japan's Abe, loyalist Suga emerges as strong contender

Yoshihide Suga, a longtime lieutenant of Japan's Shinzo Abe, has emerged as a strong contender to succeed him as prime minister, an outcome that would extend the fiscal and monetary stimulus that defined Abe's nearly eight years in office.

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India’s COVID-19 outbreak is now the world’s fastest-growing

India now has the fastest-growing coronavirus caseload of any country in the world, reporting more than 75,000 new infections per day.

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Banksy's migrant rescue boat stranded at sea with more than 200 on board

A rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy has issued urgent calls for help, saying it is stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants who it has been unable to bring ashore.

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The true cost of Lionel Messi’s declaration of independence

The road snakes up and out of Castelldefels, Spain, away from the hubbub of the town centre, away from the beach, into the hills. The houses grow larger with every turn. Basketball hoops are replaced by full-sized courts. Perfectly manicured gardens roll down the slopes. Blooms of bougainvillea pour over walls. Lionel Messi’s place is the last one on the left.

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China's Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said.

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Shinzo Abe’s resignation prompts speculation about his successor

In his resignation speech Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said that the executives of his conservative political party were finalising plans for selecting a new leader. Speculation about who that might be was swirling even before he took the podium.

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Three little pigs': Musk's Neuralink puts computer chips in animal brains

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, showing off an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.

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Afghanistan flash floods kill 160, search for bodies continues

Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble for missing people on Saturday after flash flooding this week killed around 160 people and washed away homes across the country, officials said.

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রেকর্ড ট্রান্সফার ফিতে লিডসে রদ্রিগো

স্প্যানিশ ফরোয়ার্ড রদ্রিগো মোরেনোকে দলে টেনেছে লিডস ইউনাইটেড। নিজেদের রেকর্ড ট্রান্সফার ফি দুই কোটি ৬০ লাখ পাউন্ডে ভালেন্সিয়া থেকে এই ফুটবলারকে এনেছে প্রিমিয়ার লিগের দলটি।

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Masks in place, the Tour de France puts on a brave face

One rider said he worried cycling fans would ignore edicts about masks. A small-town mayor said he would do his best to abide by limits on crowd sizes. A team official expressed concerns about sweat, and spit, and at least one mechanic said he had stopped sharing his tools.

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‘A family business’: Graft investigation threatens Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, was visiting a cathedral in the capital in recent days when a reporter threw out a question: President, why did your wife receive $16,000 from a former aide under investigation for corruption?

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Bangladesh stocks buoyed by renewed optimism

Bangladesh's capital market has hit a purple patch after a prolonged bearish spell as the country's premier bourse capped a 10th successive week of gains amid renewed optimism and confidence from investors.

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When retirement comes too early

Joey Himelfarb estimates that in his 25 years in sales, hawking everything from Hewlett-Packard computers to cars and swimming pools, he has been laid off or downsized at least a half-dozen times.

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Bangladesh counts 2,131 new virus cases, deaths top 4,200

Bangladesh has recorded 2,131 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 308,925.

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চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ: পর্যবেক্ষকদের চোখে সেরা গোল মেসির

দর্শকদের ভোটে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে সেরা নির্বাচিত হয়েছিল ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদোর গোল, টেকনিক্যাল পর্যবেক্ষকরা বেছে নিলেন লিওনেল মেসির গোলকে। শেষ ষোলোর দ্বিতীয় লেগে নাপোলির বিপক্ষে চোখ জুড়ানো গোলটি করেছিলেন বার্সেলোনার এই আর্জেন্টাইন ফরোয়ার্ড।

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March on Washington 2020: protesters hope to rekindle spirit of 1963

Hours after President Donald Trump stood on the South Lawn of the White House to rail against what he called agitators bent on destroying “the American way of life,” thousands of Americans streamed to the Lincoln Memorial, not a mile away, on Friday to deliver what frequently seemed to be a direct reply.

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Public transports to readjust fares to usual rates from Sep 1: Quader

Public transports will readjust ticket prices to pre-pandemic rates from Sep 1, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has said.

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Unsealed archives give fresh clues to Pope Pius XII’s response to the Holocaust

When the Vatican opened its sealed archives from the World War II-era pontificate of Pius XII in March, Brown University historian David Kertzer was among the first in line.

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As coronavirus reappears in Italy, migrants become a target for politicians

As the summer vacation season draws to a close in Italy, a flare-up of COVID-19 cases is fuelling a surge in anti-immigrant sentiment, even though the government says that migrants are just a small part of the problem.

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Sarah Palin’s suit against New York Times will go to trial, judge rules

A federal judge said on Friday that there was enough evidence in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Co to send it to a jury trial, a victory for the former vice-presidential candidate and governor.

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Bangladeshi woman, daughter found dead in Kuwait apartment

The bodies of two Bangladeshi women have been recovered from a flat in Kuwait.

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'Black Panther' film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for his star turn in the blockbuster Marvel superhero film "Black Panther," has died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, according to an announcement posted on Friday on his Twitter and Facebook accounts.

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Lebanese presidency to convene consultations on Monday to designate new PM

The Lebanese presidency will convene consultations with parliamentary blocs on Monday to designate a new prime minister, the presidency said, after the government quit earlier this month following the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port.

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Is Ivanka Trump going to change anyone’s mind?

On night four of the Republican National Convention, viewers knew her as “The Honorable Ivanka Trump.”

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Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza over rockets, fire balloons

Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel, the military said, as mediators work for calm along the volatile frontier. There were no reports of casualties on either side.

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Taiwan unveils F-16 maintenance hub as China tensions build

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Friday to defend the island with a “solid” air force as she launched a US-backed maintenance centre for the island’s fleet of upgraded F-16 fighters amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

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International reaction to resignation of Japan's PM Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a stint at the helm of the world's third-biggest economy in which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences.

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What's next after Japan PM Abe quits? Potential successors?

The abrupt news that Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe is set to resign over a worsening health condition, set off a flurry of attention on Friday over the path ahead for the world's third-biggest economy.

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What do we know about the health of Japan's Shinzo Abe?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, said on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, ending a stint at the helm of the world's third-biggest economy during which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences.

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As pandemic rages on, Dhaka's slum-dwellers are unfazed

When the coronavirus epidemic struck Bangladesh in the early weeks of March, the vulnerability of Dhaka's densely-populated and congested slums to a major outbreak became a particular cause for concern in various quarters, due to the highly contagious nature of the disease.

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Bangladesh reports 2,211 new virus cases, another 47 die

Bangladesh has registered 47 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 4,174.

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Japanese PM Abe resigns over worsening health

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a stint at the helm of the world's third-biggest economy in which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences.

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China-backed AIIB approves $100m loan to Bangladesh to fight COVID-19

Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Friday it would lend $100 million to Bangladesh to help the country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Monsoon brings smiles to Bangladesh boat makers

Boats become a major means of transportation in the lowlands of Kaliganga-Dhaleswari river basin during monsoon. Ghior Sadar Upazila of Manikganj is a traditional hub of boats, connecting buyers and sellers.

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Japan's Shinzo Abe sought to revive economy, fulfil conservative agenda

Japan's Shinzo Abe swept back for a rare second stint as prime minister in 2012 pledging to revive a stagnant economy, loosen the limits of a post-World War Two pacifist constitution and restore traditional values.

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Trump assails rival Biden in White House speech accepting nomination

A defiant President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for a second term on Thursday with a scathing attack on rival Joe Biden, asserting that a Democratic victory in November would only exacerbate the racial strife and coronavirus pandemic besieging the nation.

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Indians seek out fortune tellers to fight COVID-19 blues

In his golden-hued office, decked out with peacock feathers and crystal balls, Indian mystic healer and astrologer Sanjay Sharma is busy offering his clients a peek into their future as the COVID-19 pandemic has muddied their present.

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India reports record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections

India reported a record daily jump of 77,266 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its total to 3.39 million, as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed.

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Experts call for more research into low virus infection rate among slum-dwellers

The coronavirus infection rate among the slum-dwellers in Dhaka has been found to be relatively low but many researchers have dismissed the notion they have developed immunity to the virus.

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Couple found dead at home in Dhaka's Nakhalpara

Police have recovered the bodies of a man and his wife from their home in Dhaka's Nakhalpara.

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India's coronavirus pandemic hits fast dwindling tribe in remote islands

Four members of a dwindling tribe in India's far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday as the country reported 75,760 new infections, the highest-single-day rise.

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Japan PM Abe set to resign, citing worsening health

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday, adding that the long-serving leader wanted to avoid causing problems for the government due to the worsening of a chronic health condition.

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Trump to attack Biden as US struggles with coronavirus and protests

President Donald Trump prepared to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden in front of a large crowd on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, as the United States struggles to address the coronavirus pandemic and a wave of anti-racism protests.

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Singapore battles record dengue outbreak with more mosquitoes

From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue.

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Bangladesh greenlights third phase trial of Sinovac vaccine

Bangladesh has approved the late-stage trial of a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

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Russia launches probe into hospitalization of Kremlin critic Navalny

Russia’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday it was launching an investigation into the hospitalization of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over what his allies suspect was a poisoning.

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Only 1 in 5 staff in UK cities back in workplaces, think-tank says

Only 17% of workers in British cities had returned to their workplaces by early August, underscoring the challenge for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to steer the country away from its coronavirus shutdown, data published on Thursday showed.

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Bangladesh cancels JSC, JDC exams in pandemic

The government has cancelled this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations due to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Christchurch killer's life sentence serves justice, but no quick healing

The harshest criminal punishment ever applied in New Zealand, life behind bars for the Christchurch mosque killer, gave justice and a relief but left a long and painful road to healing for survivors and relatives of those killed in the attack.

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Rescuers scour mud-clogged debris for Afghan flood victims; 150 dead

The death toll from flash floods in Afghanistan rose to 150 on Thursday as survivors and rescue workers combed through the debris of more than 1,500 homes that were destroyed to the north of the capital, Kabul.

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Bangladesh logs 2,436 new virus cases, 45 fatalities in a day

Bangladesh has registered 45 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the death toll to 4,127.

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ADB unveils $11bn lending plan for Bangladesh over 3 years

The Asian Development Bank has programmed $5.9 billion firm and $5.2 billion standby project assistance for Bangladesh in 2021-2023, according to the new Country Operations Business Plan for Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh extends shutdown of schools to Sept 30 amid pandemic

Bangladesh has extended the shutdown of educational institutions by one month to Sept 30 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the country.

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Court opens trial of Regent Hospital boss Shahed in arms case

A Dhaka court has opened trial proceedings against Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed alias Shahed Karim in a case related to the illegal possession of firearms.

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India reports record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections

India reported on Thursday a record daily jump of 75,760 coronavirus infections, taking its total caseload to 3.31 million as cases surged across the country, data from the federal health ministry showed.

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Facebook plans legal action after Thailand tells it to mute critics

Facebook is planning legal action against the government of Thailand for ordering the social media platform to partially shut down access to a group critical of the Thai monarchy, the company said Tuesday.

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A woman may have been cured of HIV without medical treatment

A woman who was infected with HIV in 1992 may be the first person cured of the virus without a risky bone marrow transplant or even medications, researchers reported Wednesday.

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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits

TikTok Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has left the company and General Manager Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

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With new arrests, Hong Kong’s police try to change the narrative

The images shocked Hong Kong and put the city’s authorities under a global spotlight. In shaky smartphone videos, a group of unidentified men wearing white T-shirts and wielding sticks and clubs set upon an unarmed group of residents at a subway station, some of them returning from a pro-democracy protest. The police were nowhere in sight.

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Myanmar shuts schools after biggest daily climb in coronavirus cases

Myanmar ordered all schools to close after reporting 70 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, its biggest daily rise, as authorities try to tackle a resurgence of the virus following weeks without confirmed domestic transmission.

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Alibaba puts India investment plan on hold amid China tensions: sources

China's Alibaba Group has put on hold plans to invest in Indian companies, two sources aware of the plans told Reuters, amid souring business relations and rising political tension between the two nations after a clash on their Himalayan border.

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Further coronavirus heart impact discovered; new clues to why women fare better than men

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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France creates reform roadmap for crisis-ridden Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron has created a roadmap for Lebanese politicians outlining political and financial reforms needed to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown, according to a document seen by Reuters.

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New Zealand court sentences mosque shooter to life imprisonment without parole

A New Zealand court sentenced a man who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand's deadliest shooting to life in prison without parole, the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country.

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears to work as well in older adults in early study

Moderna Inc said on Wednesday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine induced immune responses in older adults similar to those in younger participants, offering hope that it will be effective in people considered to be at high risk for severe complications from the coronavirus.

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bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi gets 8-week bail in ACC case

The High Court has granted bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi an eight-week anticipatory bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

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Maldives former president Gayoom tests positive for COVID-19

The former president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said he had tested positive for COVID-19, as the tourist-dependent island nation reports a pick-up in cases since re-opening its borders last month.

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Afghanistan policewoman turned filmmaker wounded in gun attack

A prominent female Afghan film director who is also an actress and senior police officer was recovering from bullet wounds on Wednesday after unidentified gunmen shot her as she was being driven through the capital, Kabul, her husband said.

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Father of youngest NZ mosque victim tells shooter there is no forgiveness

The father of slain three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that "true justice" awaited him in the next life and it would be more severe than prison.

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US presses other Muslim nations to establish ties with Israel

The Trump administration sought on Tuesday to test the waters to determine if it can persuade other Arab and Muslim countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel after a breakthrough agreement by the United Arab Emirates to open normal ties.

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India's coronavirus cases top 3.2 million

India recorded more than 60,000 cases of COVID-19 for the eighth day in a row on Wednesday, as total cases crossed 3.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.

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Melania Trump offers sympathy on coronavirus, racial suffering in convention speech

First lady Melania Trump urged voters to re-elect her husband during an impassioned speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday that offered sympathy for victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a plea for racial understanding.

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Woman, son found dead in Jamalpur home

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her son, presumed murdered, from a home in Jamalpur's Madarganj.

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Oil hits five-month highs as US producers cut output ahead of hurricane

Crude oil prices rose to a five-month high on Tuesday as US producers shut most offshore output in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Laura even as rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe capped gains.

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Myanmar reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections

Myanmar reported 70 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the Southeast Asian nation's biggest daily rise, amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without confirmed domestic transmission.

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How the UK restarted its restaurant industry: paying half the bill

When the British government told people they no longer had to stay home, it needed a convincing pitch to get everyone back outside and, crucially, spending money.

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Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Lebanon after firing at troops, military says

Israeli aircraft struck posts belonging to the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah early on Wednesday after shots were fired from Lebanon towards its troops, Israel's military said.

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India charges 19, including 7 Pakistanis, over Kashmir bombing

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged 19 people, including 7 Pakistani nationals, on Tuesday over a deadly bomb attack on a security convoy in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir last year.

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Can love survive this election?

Julie Sanchez, a business operations consultant in Orcutt, California, recently celebrated her 15th wedding anniversary — a milestone that she wasn’t sure she would hit, given the recent strain politics has brought to her marriage.

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How TikTok’s talks with Microsoft turned into a soap opera

When Microsoft began talking this summer with popular video app TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, no one had any intentions of pursuing a blockbuster deal.

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Facebook shares data on Myanmar with United Nations investigators

Facebook says it has shared data with United Nations investigators probing international crimes in Myanmar, after the lead investigator said the company was withholding evidence.

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Mercedes Barcha, Gabriel García Márquez’s wife and muse, dies at 87

Mercedes Barcha, the widow, muse and gatekeeper of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, who played a crucial role in the publication of his breakthrough novel, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” died Aug. 15 at her home in Mexico City. She was 87.

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Republicans make their case for Trump, cite his leadership on economy, religious freedom

Republicans pressed their case on Tuesday for US President Donald Trump's re-election over Democrat Joe Biden, arguing on their convention's second day that Trump's leadership was vital to the country's economic future and religious freedom.

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How India's Silicon Valley saw its COVID-19 success come undone

On June 9, an Indian health education minister posted an infographic on Twitter showing COVID-19 infections and deaths in the city of Bengaluru were running about half the rate in New Zealand, a country acclaimed globally for reining in the disease.

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IUB holds series of webinars to mark Mujib Year

The Independent University, Bangladesh or IUB has organised a series of webinars as part of activities to mark Mujib Barsha or Mujib Year, the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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Wolfsburg ride luck to beat Barca and reach Women's Champions League final

Wolfsburg ground out a 1-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday to reach the Women's Champions League final for a fifth time.

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Ant Group, the Alibaba payment affiliate, files to go public

Ant Group, the payment- and finance-focused sister company of the Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba, filed paperwork Tuesday to list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the first steps toward what could be a blockbuster initial public offering.

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Bangladesh's virus death toll surges past 4,000, cases approach 300,000

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has surpassed 4,000, hitting another grim milestone in the pandemic that has upended millions of lives in the country.

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Myanmar urged to restore internet in Rakhine to help contain virus

Humanitarian workers battling the novel coronavirus in Myanmar's Rakhine State have urged authorities to restore high-speed internet access to help tackle rising infections in an area where tens of thousands of people have been displaced.

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Bangladesh suspends primary education completion exams in pandemic

The government has suspended the primary education completion and equivalent examinations this year due to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election

Aspiring politician Abdul Rasheed was born in Myanmar and is one of the very few members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to have Myanmar citizenship.

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IPL bubble breach will have strong consequences, Bangalore warn players

Any wilful breach of the bio-secure bubble at this year's Indian Premier League by any Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player could jeopardise the tournament and will have "strong consequences" for him, the IPL team have said.

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Fastest man alive tests positive for coronavirus

World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free.

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OPEC Fund approves $70m in loans to Bangladesh for COVID-19 response

The OPEC Fund for International Development or the OPEC Fund has provided a $70 million loan to Bangladesh to help fight the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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President Hamid, PM Hasina express deep condolences over the death of war hero CR Dutta

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed their deepest condolences over the death of Bangladesh war hero Chitta Ranjan Dutta, better known as CR Dutta.

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Rohingya hold 'silent protest' on anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh

Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh held a "silent protest" on Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that set off a huge movement into Bangladesh of people seeking safety.

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Anxious families call for relatives in rubble of collapsed Indian building

Distressed families shouted names of relatives trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in western India on Tuesday, hoping to receive a response as rescue workers accelerated efforts to pull out dozens of survivors.

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For refusing a drink with the boss, he was slapped in the face

The new guy did not drink.

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Black chefs are landing more cookbook deals. Is that enough?

When Nicole Taylor’s agent suggested three years ago that she write a Juneteenth cookbook, Taylor, a food writer, shelved the idea. She didn’t think any publisher would buy it.

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He helped fellow immigrants see the world. Now his business is sinking

Ahmed Al-Hassan was country-hopping in Africa when the coronavirus pandemic shut down travel across much of the continent. He and his wife, Rosy, faced an indefinite stay at an airport in Nairobi, Kenya, with no easy way to return home to New York.

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India reports more than 60,000 coronavirus cases for a seventh straight day

India reported more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases for a seventh straight day on Tuesday, as infections moved beyond cities and spread further into smaller towns.

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Bangladesh war hero CR Dutta dies at 93

Bangladesh war hero Chitta Ranjan Dutta, popularly known as CR Dutta, has died in a Florida hospital at the age of 93, his family said.

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On Mideast trip, Pompeo mixes diplomacy with partisan politics

The backdrop for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned speech to the Republican National Convention promised to be spectacular: sweeping views of Jerusalem’s Old City, with the domes and spires of its holy sites.

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Trump, fellow Republicans paint dire portrait of a US under Biden

President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November, arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism.

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More than 60 survivors pulled from collapsed building in India

Rescue workers pulled more than 60 people alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in an industrial town near India's financial capital Mumbai, a senior official said on Tuesday, as rescue efforts continued.

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Born to the internet, grew up fast in a pandemic

A junior at Texas State University lost his jobs as a bartender and a barista when the pandemic started. Now he sells instant ramen and CBD-infused baked goods that he makes in his kitchen.

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'I could have suffocated': Peru's pandemic tensions burst with nightclub tragedy

Peru, battling one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks and a five-month lockdown, was reeling on Monday after the deaths of 13 people, most of them young women, in a stampede at an illegal nightclub triggered by a police raid.

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Daughter of NZ mosque victim tells gunman: consider 'beauty of diversity' while in prison

The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his sentencing hearing to use his life in prison to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy.

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Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardise testing of others

The top US infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines.

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ফাইনালে হার থেকে শিখতে চায় পিএসজি

খুব কাছে এসেও ছুঁয়ে দেখা হলো না স্বপ্নের শিরোপা। তবে হতাশায় ভেঙে না পড়ে হারের তিক্ত অভিজ্ঞতা থেকে শিক্ষা নিতে চায় পিএসজি। আরও শক্তিশালী দল গড়ে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে ফেরার প্রত্যয় দলটির কোচ টমাস টুখেলের।

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Bangladesh plans to open antigen tests for COVID-19

Bangladesh has decided to open antigen tests for the COVID-19 illness in government hospitals on a limited scale and cut test fees for travellers.

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Kowmi madrasas get permission for degree and master’s exams in pandemic

The government has allowed kowmi madrasas to organise degree and master’s exams amid the coronavirus pandemic provided they follow the health protocols.

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Inhabitants of Nijhum Dwip are adrift as high tide inundates the remote island

About 57,000 inhabitants of Nijhum Dwip in Noakhali have been facing trouble as the high tide has left the remote island inundated for a week.

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পরিসংখ্যানে লিসবনের ফাইনাল

সাত বছর পর আবারও ইউরোপ সেরা হওয়ার উৎসবে মেতেছে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ। অনেক স্বপ্ন নিয়ে শেষ ধাপে এসে পিএসজির সঙ্গী হারের বিষাদ। এই জয়-পরাজয়ের মাঝে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ ফাইনালের অনেক কিছুই পরিসংখ্যানের পাতায় আঁচড় কেটেছে।

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‘মি. বার্সেলোনা’ মেসিকে পেতে চান টুখেল, কিন্তু…

লিওনেল মেসিকে নিজ দলে পেতে চাইবেন না কোন কোচ! পিএসজি কোচ টমাস টুখেলও বললেন, আর্জেন্টাইন তারকাকে পেলে সাদরেই গ্রহণ করে নেবেন তিনি। তবে একসঙ্গে সুদীর্ঘ পথচলায় বার্সেলোনা ও মেসি অনেকটাই হয়ে উঠেছেন সমার্থক। টুখেলের ধারণা, ‘মিস্টার বার্সেলোনা’ মেসি ক্যারিয়ার শেষ করবেন কাম্প নউয়েই।

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US FDA authorises use of blood plasma to treat coronavirus

The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday said it authorised the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a treatment for the disease, a day after President Donald Trump blamed the agency for impeding the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons.

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Facebook to pay 104 million euros in back taxes in France: media

Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website.

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Trove of 1,000-year-old gold coins unearthed in Israel

Israeli youths have unearthed hundreds of gold coins stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a thousand years.

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Bangladesh counts 2,485 virus cases, death toll nears 4,000

Bangladesh has registered 42 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,983.

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Leader of India's opposition Congress offers to resign after dissent letter

The leader of India's main opposition Congress party offered to resign on Monday, domestic media said, after almost two dozen top leaders called for better decision-making in the party, which has ruled for much of the country's independent history.

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Nightmares, flashbacks, fatigue: Beirut faces mental health crisis after blast

More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound.

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Migrant workers came back to Bangladesh in pandemic. Now their wait at home is too long

Mahbubur Rahman, 35, a migrant worker came home to Sonaimuri, a remote sub-district in Noakhali, from Bahrain in February and could not go back.

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Russia may resume flights to seven more countries this week: Izvestia

Russian authorities may this week announce the resumption of international flights to France, Hungary, Malta, Cyprus, Jordan, Egypt and China's Shanghai, the Izvestia newspaper cited unnamed airport and airline sources as saying on Monday.

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Japan's Abe says wants to do his best at job, amid worries over health

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to take care of his health and do his utmost at his job, he said on Monday, after a second hospital visit within days sparked concern whether he could stay on as leader of the world's third biggest economy.

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Trump seeks to reboot struggling campaign with a 'hopeful' convention

Republicans will make their case this week that the United States' economic and political future depends on the re-election of Donald Trump at a party convention designed to highlight his pre-pandemic record as president and sow doubt about opponent Joe Biden.

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Bangladesh govt reminds employees not to speak to media without permission

No government employees will be allowed to speak to the media or publish statements, opinions or articles online without the permission of the head of the relevant department.

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Russia, expecting plaudits for vaccine, is miffed by its cool reception

It was with great fanfare that President Vladimir Putin and other officials announced this month that 1 billion doses of a Russian vaccine for the new coronavirus would soon be rolled out, supposedly putting an end to the worst pandemic in a century.

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New Zealand mosque shooter spent years preparing for attack: sentencing hearing

The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 meticulously planned his shooting rampage to maximise casualties, a prosecutor said at the start of sentencing hearings on Monday.

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White House adviser Kellyanne Conway to leave at end of August

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said late on Sunday that she will be leaving the administration of US President Donald Trump at the end of August, citing the need to focus on her family.

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Another hospital visit by Japan PM Abe stokes health worries

A motorcade carrying Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a Tokyo hospital on Monday again stoking concerns about his ability to continue as leader due to health issues and fatigue from handling the coronavirus crisis.

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Thousands evacuate as duelling storms take aim at US Gulf Coast

Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing thousands of coastal residents in Louisiana and Cuba to flee, and flooding roads in Haiti's capital, with damage across the region expected to worsen this week.

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নেইমারের জন্য রোনালদোর টোটকা

কোয়ার্টার-ফাইনাল ও শেষ চারে গোলের সুযোগ পেয়েছেন অনেক। কিন্তু বল জালে জড়াতে পেরেছেন কেবল একবার। ফিনিশিংয়ের সময় নেইমার মাথা ঠাণ্ডা রাখতে পারছেন না বলেই এমন হচ্ছে বলে মনে করেন বিশ্বকাপজয়ী সাবেক ফুটবলার রোনালদো। সমস্যার সমাধানে পিএসজির ফরোয়ার্ডকে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ ফাইনালে শান্ত থাকার পরামর্শ দিয়েছেন এই ব্রাজিলিয়ান কিংবদন্তি।

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Aritri suicide: Court scraps bail of two Viqarunnisa teachers

A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against two teachers of  Viqarunnisa School and College charged with instigating ninth-grader Aritri Adhikary to take her own life after cancelling their bail in the case.

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মেসি চলে গেলে বার্সার সমস্যা মিটবে না: রোনালদো

কাম্প নউয়ে লিওনেল মেসির ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে গুঞ্জন দিনে দিনে বাড়ছে। সংবাদমাধ্যমে আসছে নানা ধরনের খবর। শেষ পর্যন্ত যদি চলেই যান আর্জেন্টাইন তারকা, তাহলে কি হবে বার্সেলোনার? ব্রাজিলের বিশ্বকাপজয়ী ফুটবলার রোনালদোর মতে, মেসি চলে গেলে কাতালান ক্লাবটির সমস্যা মিটবে না মোটেও।

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ইতিহাস গড়তে প্রস্তুত এমবাপে

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ জয়ের লক্ষ্য নিয়ে তিন বছর আগে যোগ দিয়েছিলেন পিএসজিতে। অনেক চড়াই-উৎরাই পেরিয়ে অবশেষে এসেছে সুযোগ। ইউরোপ সেরার মুকুট জিতে নতুন করে ইতিহাস লিখতে চান কিলিয়ান এমবাপে।

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Bangladesh logs 34 new virus deaths, recoveries outstrip fresh cases again

Bangladesh has registered 34 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,941.

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Sculptor Mrinal Haque’s career mostly defined by controversy

As a sculptor, Mrinal Haque faced criticism for his works in every stage of his career. But many artists give him credit for his unique perspective of his craft, be it beautifying Dhaka by adorning its streets with murals or sculpting with whatever he had.

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NTV journalist Abdus Shahid dies from COVID-19

Abdus Shahid, joint chief news editor of NTV, has died during treatment for the novel coronavirus infection at the age of 63.

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Dhaka court opens trial of Papia, husband in arms case

A Dhaka court has ordered a trial against Shamima Noor Papia, an expelled leader of Jubo Mahila League, and her husband Mofizur Rahman alias Sumon Chowdhury in an illegal arms case.

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Religious affairs secretary, wife infected with COVID-19

Religious Affairs Secretary Md Nurul Islam and his family have contracted the novel coronavirus.

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Recognise misinformation on the internet

Older people are vulnerable to misinformation online even under normal circumstances. But the coronavirus has made the problem especially urgent. Older people are more susceptible to the virus, making discerning reliable health information important now.

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President’s sister describes Trump as liar with ‘no principles’ in recordings

Maryanne Trump Barry, President Donald Trump’s older sister and a former federal judge, described him as a liar who has “no principles” in a series of audio recordings made by her niece, Mary Trump, in 2018 and 2019.

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Kremlin critic Navalny is flown to German hospital; in 'worrying' condition

Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was evacuated to Germany for medical treatment on Saturday, flown out of the Siberian city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft and taken to a hospital in Berlin.

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Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France, minister says

The new coronavirus is circulating four times more among people under 40 in France than over among 65-year-olds, France's health minister said, though he warned that contamination was on the rise among the elderly and more vulnerable too.

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Tropical storms Marco and Laura both headed to the Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storms Marco and Laura continued to churn in the Caribbean on Saturday, prompting a wave of warnings and watches for several countries and leading the governor of Louisiana to declare a state of emergency.

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How to set pandemic boundaries for relatives

When pandemic-related shutdowns started, many people rushed to the rescue of their loved ones. They rallied to meet an extraordinary situation and extended themselves in deep and loving ways. They welcomed home adult children with open arms. They jumped to babysit for their grandkids. They volunteered to shop for neighbours and elderly relatives.

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Lukashenko says he will close Belarus factories that are seeing protests: RIA

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday he would close factories that have seen worker protests, the Russian RIA news agency reported, his latest attempt to quell a wave of opposition rallies since contested elections this month.

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Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a Buddhist monk flees Cambodia

In just four days, the reputation of a Buddhist monk who had spent decades fighting for the human rights of Cambodians was destroyed.

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California seeks help as wildfires threaten communities

Nearly two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of California on Saturday, fuelled by high temperatures and ongoing lightning strikes, including 100 that hit on Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) said.

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ফাইনালে কৌশল বদলাবেন না বায়ার্ন কোচ

ডিফেন্স লাইনকে স্বাভাবিকের থেকে ওপরে তুলে আক্রমণাত্মক ফুটবলে প্রতিপক্ষের রক্ষণে চাপ ধরে রেখে যে সাফল্য মিলেছে এতদিন, সেই কৌশল পরিবর্তনের কোনো কারণ দেখছেন না বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ কোচ হান্স ফ্লিক। নেইমার-এমবাপেদের নিয়ে গড়া পিএসজির আক্রমণভাগের বিপক্ষে কিছুটা শঙ্কা থাকছে বটে, তবে নিজের দলের সামর্থ্যে আস্থা রেখে পুরনো কৌশলেই অনড় তিনি।

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A glimmer of hope for Trump? How Bush mounted a comeback in 1988

George H W Bush was in trouble. It was July 1988 and Michael Dukakis, the Democratic candidate for president, was on a roll after his party’s convention in Atlanta. A Gallup poll showed Bush trailing by 17 points.

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TikTok to challenge Trump's executive order

TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibits transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Reuters exclusively reported on Friday that TikTok would challenge Trump's executive order as early as Monday.

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Shouting turns to violence in Portland as duelling protests converge

Right-wing and left-wing groups clashed in front of the US courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, weeks after federal agents pulled back from the site of protests that have gripped part of the city’s downtown for months.

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টিভি সূচি (রোববার, ২৩ অগাস্ট ২০২০)

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Kamala Harris’ father, a footnote in her speeches, is a prominent economist

In a warm, encyclopedic tribute to her family Wednesday night, as she formally accepted the vice-presidential nomination, Sen Kamala Harris skimmed past any discussion of her father, Donald Harris, a Jamaican-born professor of economics at Stanford University.

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কৌশলে অনড় না বদল, দ্বিধায় ফ্লিক

আক্রমণাত্মক ফুটবলে প্রতিপক্ষকে দুমড়ে মুচড়ে দাও-এই মন্ত্রে অদম্য হয়ে উঠেছে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ। ‘অফেন্স ইজ দ্য বেস্ট ডিফেন্স’, ক্রীড়া জগতের চিরাচরিত প্রবাদটাও তাদের খেলায় নতুন করে কার্যকর প্রমাণিত হয়েছে। তবে, অতি আক্রমণাত্মক হতে গিয়ে বারবার রক্ষণ হয়ে পড়েছে উন্মুক্ত। পিএসজির তারকাসমৃদ্ধ আক্রমণভাগের বিপক্ষে যা ডেকে আনতে পারে বিপদ। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ ফাইনালের আগে তাই ভাবনায় কোচ হান্স ফ্লিক; নেইমার-এমবাপেদের মতো গতিময় আক্রমণভাগের বিপক্ষে অনড় থাকবেন পুরনো কৌশলে নাকি ঘর সামলানোয় শক্তি বাড়াবেন?

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‘ঘরের’ মাঠে খেলার অনুভূতি দি মারিয়ার

ইউরোপে ক্যারিয়ার শুরু করেছিলেন যে মাঠে সেখানেই আরেকটি ফাইনালের আগে পুরনো দিনের স্মৃতি ভিড় করছে আনহেল দি মারিয়ার মনে। পিএসজির এই মিডফিল্ডারের মনে হচ্ছে যেন, চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের শেষ অংশ খেলছেন ঘরের মাঠেই।

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Russia's coronavirus infection tally passes 950,000

Russia reported 4,921 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing its confirmed national tally up to 951,897.

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COVID-19 scary? Japan group offers coffins, chainsaws for stress relief

Finding the pandemic scary? A Japanese group is trying to take people's minds off COVID-19 - by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsaw-wielding zombies.

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Will we ever touch (professionally) again?

The handshake has been through a lot.

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লিসবন রাঙানোর অপেক্ষায় লেভানদোভস্কি

একটা জায়গায় প্রতিপক্ষ পিএসজির সঙ্গে রবের্ত লেভানদোভস্কির চাওয়া এক সুঁতোয় গাঁথা! প্রথমবারের মতো চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের শিরোপা জয়ের হাতছানি পিএসজির সামনে। ক্লাব ক্যারিয়ারে অনেক শিরোপার স্বাদ পেলেও বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের ফরোয়ার্ড লেভানদোভস্কির কাছেও ইউরোপ সেরার মুকুট আজও অধরা! পিএসজির স্বপ্ন গুঁড়িয়ে এবার নিজের প্রথমের গল্প লিখতে পারবেন কি লেভানদোভস্কি?

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Bangladesh reports 2,265 new virus cases, deaths cross 3,900

Bangladesh has recorded 2,265 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 292,625.

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Trump holds a rare White House funeral for his younger brother, Robert

Growing up in Queens, Robert Trump learned to survive in the shadow of a rambunctious older brother, Donald, who monopolised attention. In adulthood, his older brother was his boss at the Trump Organisation. And near the end of his life, he became his older brother’s defender, joining him in publicly excoriating their niece, Mary, who had written a memoir about life inside a family she characterised as cold and cruel.

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Why antibody tests won’t help you much

Getting an antibody test to see if you had COVID-19 months ago is pointless, according to guidelines issued this week by a major medical society.

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India coronavirus cases jump by record as tally nears 3m

India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began.

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UK exam chaos prompts stampede for college places

The calls to Newcastle University started early this week, flooding in at the rate of 1,500 in a day. At Reading University, staff were forced to set up a makeshift phone bank in the library. Durham University, facing overwhelming demand for places in September’s freshman class, offered a cash reward to some young people if they deferred their education for a year.

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Scary movies for when the world is a fright

In “Reel Terror,” David Konow’s knife-sharp history of scary movies, “Psycho” screenwriter Joseph Stefano talked about why fright matters.

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With coronavirus cases surging, Europe braces for new phase in pandemic

For all of the challenges in controlling the spread of the coronavirus, Europe’s initial strategy was relatively straightforward: nearly universal, strictly enforced lockdowns.

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Xi declares war on food waste, and China races to tighten its belt

Chinese regulators are calling out livestreamers who binge-eat for promoting excessive consumption. A school said it would bar students from applying for scholarships if their daily leftovers exceeded a set amount. A restaurant placed electronic scales at its entrance for customers to weigh themselves to avoid ordering too much.

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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years

The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday, if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine.

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Plane carrying Navalny, top Putin critic, leaves for Germany after day of delays

A plane carrying a prominent Russian opposition figure to a German hospital for treatment of suspected poisoning took off early Saturday from a Siberian city, his spokeswoman said, after a day of delays in which Russian doctors offered a variety of reasons to block his transfer.

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Facebook braces itself for Trump to cast doubt on election results

Facebook spent years preparing to ward off any tampering on its site before November’s presidential election. Now the social network is getting ready in case President Donald Trump interferes once the vote is over.

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Sculptor Mrinal Haque, known for making murals on the streets of Dhaka, dies at 62

Mrinal Haque, a sculptor best known for making murals on the streets of Dhaka, has died at the age of 62.

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India COVID-19 cases near 3mn as Mumbai festival approaches

A jump in coronavirus infections on Friday pushed India closer to the 3 million mark, piling pressure on authorities to prevent huge gatherings this weekend as Mumbai celebrates the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesh.

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Six dead after bus ploughs into car in Mymensingh

At least 6 people have died after a bus rammed into a car in Mymensingh.

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Malaysia deports Bangladeshi man who criticised treatment of migrants in documentary

Malaysia has deported a Bangladeshi worker who criticised the government's treatment of migrants in a documentary made by broadcaster Al Jazeera, the country's director general of immigration confirmed on Saturday.

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Let me die in dignity: terminally ill man's plea to French leader

In exactly two weeks, Alain Cocq says he will begin his own slow and agonising death by refusing the round-the-clock medical care that is keeping him alive.

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323,911 accusations of NYPD misconduct are released online

More than 323,000 accusations of misconduct against current and former New York City police officers were published online Thursday, a major milestone in a long and contentious political battle to open records of police discipline to public scrutiny.

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Allies of Putin critic Navalny accuse Kremlin of blocking evacuation to Germany

Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused Russian authorities of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday, saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was under-equipped.

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Belarusian opposition politician calls for more strikes to force new elections

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday called on her supporters to step up their strikes at factories across the country to try to force new presidential elections.

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Saudi price for ties with Israel is Palestinian state: Saudi royal

Saudi Arabia’s price for normalising relations with Israel is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, a senior member of the Saudi royal family reaffirmed on Friday.

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Singapore scientists find coronavirus variant with milder infections

Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week.

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US moves to restore all UN sanctions on Iran in dispute over nuclear deal

The United States moved on Thursday to restore UN sanctions on Iran, including an arms embargo, arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though Washington itself abandoned that agreement two years ago.

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New Zealand court set to sentence killer in Christchurch mosque massacre

A New Zealand court will begin hearings on Monday on the sentencing of a suspected white supremacist accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers in a massacre that shocked the world and prompted a global campaign to stamp out online hate.

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‘Silence is not an option’: Pop sensation Billie Eilish urges Americans to vote against Trump

Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish debuted a new song at the Democratic National Convention, but not before urging viewers to vote.

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After dining ban, takeaway waste clutters Hong Kong's pavements, parks and waterways

A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage.

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Bangladesh records 39 new virus deaths, cases top 290,000

Bangladesh has reported 2,401 fresh cases of COVID-19 over a 24-hour period, taking the tally of infections to 290,360.

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বার্সায় মেসির কাছ থেকে শিখতে চান পেদ্রি

সব গুঞ্জন মিথ্যে করে দিয়ে কাম্প নউয়েই থাকবেন মেসি-আশা বার্সেলোনার তরুণ ফুটবলার পেদ্রির। বড় মঞ্চের তারকা হয়ে উঠতে ‘বিশ্বের সেরা ফুটবলারের’ কাছ থেকে শিখতে চান গত মাসে কাতালান ক্লাবটিতে যোগ দেওয়া ১৭ বছর বয়সী অ্যাটাকিং মিডফিল্ডার।

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As wildfires rage, Californians fear the virus at shelters

A wildfire was raging outside, but inside the evacuation centres there were risks, too.

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We weren't even allowed to speak out against Aug 21 attack, says Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition government's efforts to stifle any attempt by the Awami League to speak out against the grenade attack in 2004 points to their 'direct involvement' in the plot.

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India coronavirus cases surge to 2.9 million

India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed.

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As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement

On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar living in bamboo and plastic shelters in refugee camps.

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Joe Biden accepts Democratic nomination: ‘I will draw on the best of us’

Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, beginning a general-election challenge to President Donald Trump that Democrats have cast as a rescue mission for a country equally besieged by a crippling pandemic and a White House defined by incompetence, racism and abuse of power.

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Aug 21 grenade attack convicts: Where are they?

Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced 19 people to death, handed 19 others life terms and penalised another 11 with different jail terms on Oct 11, 2018 for their roles in the 2004 grenade attack.

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Global warming could unlock carbon from tropical soil

Humble dirt could pack an unexpected climate punch, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. An experiment that heated soil underneath a tropical rainforest to mimic temperatures expected in the coming decades found that hotter soils released 55% more planet-warming carbon dioxide than did nearby unwarmed areas.

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Cuban dons full-body cardboard shield against coronavirus

Ever since the novel coronavirus reached Cuba, a tall cardboard box with arms and legs can be seen tottering around a Havana suburb, popping into the bakery or butchers, or browsing the newspaper stand.

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চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ: রোমাঞ্চকর ফাইনালের অপেক্ষায় লিসবন

নানা বাঁক পেরিয়ে শেষের দুয়ারে দাঁড়িয়ে এবারের চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ। ফাইনালে মুখোমুখি হবে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ ও পিএসজি। এক দলের সামনে ইউরোপ সেরার মঞ্চে নিজেদের ষষ্ঠ শিরোপা উঁচিয়ে ধরার হাতছানি, আরেক দলের সামনে প্রথম।

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Steve Bannon, key to Trump's rise, charged with defrauding border-wall supporters

Steve Bannon, an architect of Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, was arrested on a yacht on Thursday and pleaded not guilty after he was charged with defrauding donors in a scheme to help build the president's signature wall along the US-Mexico border.

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Hundreds of police killings in India, but no mass protests

A father and son were hauled into a small police station in the southern Indian town of Sathankulam in June after arguing with police officers. When friends and family members went to the station, they heard screams emanating from inside, growing louder as night fell.

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Bangladesh logs 41 virus deaths in a day, recoveries higher than fresh cases

Bangladesh has registered 41 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,822.

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Iran announces locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid US tensions

Iran displayed a surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile, ignoring US demands that Tehran halt its missile programme.

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Dhaka court opens trials of JKG chief Ariful, wife Sabrina in COVID-19 test scam

A Dhaka court has ordered trials against the eight people accused in the JGK Healthcare scam, including CEO Ariful Haque Chaudhury and his wife Dr Sabrina.

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North Korea’s leader admits his economic goals have failed

Battered by international sanctions, a global pandemic and flood damage, North Korea on Thursday admitted for the first time that it had failed to achieve the economic goals of its leader, Kim Jong Un.

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নিবেদন দেখাও, নয়তো চলে যাও: কুমান

দলের লক্ষ্য পূরণের চেষ্টায় ও পেশাদারিত্বে ঘাটতি দেখা দিলেই দেখিয়ে দেওয়া হবে বিদায়ের রাস্তা-ক্লাবে ফিরেই খেলোয়াড়দের প্রতি কড়া বার্তা দিলেন বার্সেলোনার নতুন কোচ রোনাল্ড কুমান। একই সঙ্গে কঠোর পরিশ্রমের মধ্যে দিয়ে দলের গৌরব ফিরিয়ে আনার অঙ্গীকার করেছেন দলটির সাবেক এই তারকা খেলোয়াড়।

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কিংস কোচের চোখে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ ফাইনালে ফেভারিট বায়ার্ন

বিশ্ব ফুটবল আপাতত বুঁদ উয়েফা চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগে। ইউরোপ সেরা ক্লাবের লড়াই নিয়ে আগ্রহের কমতি নেই বাংলাদেশেও। অসংখ্য ফুটবল অনুসারীর কৌতূহল যেমন তুমুল, তেমনি বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগের চ্যাম্পিয়ন বসুন্ধরা কিংস কোচ অস্কার ব্রুসনও খুব আগ্রহ নিয়ে আছেন অপেক্ষায়। ফাইনালে স্প্যানিশ এই কোচের বাজি বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ।

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Bangladesh scraps mandatory NID rule for rail passengers

The government has lifted a rule that required railway passengers to carry their national identity cards while travelling on trains.

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Hong Kong will suspend some legal cooperation with US, China says

Hong Kong will suspend an agreement on mutual legal assistance with the United States, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a tit-for-tat response to Washington ending some agreements with Hong Kong.

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Putin critic Navalny in coma, aides suspect poisoning

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was in a coma in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking a cup of tea that his spokeswoman said she believed was laced with poison.

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Go back to work, Malians told, as colonel Goita declares himself junta head

Army colonel Assimi Goita presented himself as head of the junta that ousted Mali's president, as its spokesman sought to reassure citizens that daily life could resume as normal from Thursday.

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Have wheels, will learn? India bets on free scooters for top girl students

The Indian state of Assam is trying a new tack to keep girls learning - rewarding 22,000 of its top performers with a free scooter for passing final school exams.

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The anxiety of being a wedding guest

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way many people look at wedding invitations. While they want to be supportive of a couple, and celebrate with friends and family, they may be unsure whether to RSVP yes or just stay home. Before booking a flight, renting a car or slapping down a credit card for a hotel stay, here are a few important questions to consider.

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Kamala Harris takes the spotlight, a moment for her and history

Kamala Harris stood before the Democratic Party on Wednesday as the bridge between a moderate generation of leaders and younger liberals on the rise, balancing the obligations of promoting Joe Biden while offering herself to someday lead the party into a post-Biden era.

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Gmail hit by massive outage worldwide

Google's email service Gmail has been hit by an outage with users across the globe reporting problems accessing their emails.

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Good prices, happy jute growers

A better jute harvest has brought smiles to farmers in Manikganj this year. Ghior Upazila, a wholesale hub of jute, buzzes with buyers and sellers. Farmers are happy with the prices.

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Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy: sources, memos

Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in its biggest market, according to sources with direct knowledge and internal posts seen by Reuters.

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Kamala Harris makes US history, accepts Democrats' vice presidential nod

US Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden president and accusing Donald Trump of failed leadership that had cost lives and livelihoods.

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Obama assails Trump as unfit, says Biden will preserve US democracy

Former US President Barack Obama on Wednesday assailed his successor, Donald Trump, as deeply unfit for the office he occupies and argued that voting for his former No. 2, Joe Biden, was necessary to ensure the very survival of American democracy.

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Local officials in China hid coronavirus dangers from Beijing, US agencies find

Trump administration officials have tried taking a political sledgehammer to China over the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that the Chinese Communist Party covered up the initial outbreak and allowed the virus to spread around the globe.

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Bangladesh receives record $1.98bn foreign loans in June amid pandemic

The government received a record $1.98 billion in loans from donor countries and agencies in June amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Obama returns to the DNC with a chance to rescue his legacy from Trump

Shortly before the 2016 election, President Barack Obama told supporters that he would consider it “a personal insult” if America chose a bombastic reality television star who trafficked in racist conspiracy theories and stood against everything that he had spent eight years building.

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Bangladesh counts 41 new virus deaths in a day, recoveries outpace infections

Bangladesh has registered 41 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,781.

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Why the world is watching a military takeover in Mali

The military in Mali arrested the country’s president and prime minister Tuesday in a coup staged after weeks of destabilising protests over a disputed election, government corruption and a violent Islamist insurgency that has lasted for eight years.

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Pakistan's PM Khan plays down differences with ally Saudi Arabia

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down differences with longtime ally Saudi Arabia after his army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease a row over policy towards the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

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UK data shows most COVID-19 transmissions happen in homes, minister says

Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission, health secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.

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Biman cuts flights to Abu Dhabi after UAE denies Bangladeshis entry

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to reduce the number of flights on the Dhaka-Abu Dhabi route after Bangladeshi migrant workers were denied entry to the capital of the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Shhh! We’re heading off on vacation

Next month, Elena Gaudino will fly from New York to Las Vegas, rent an SUV and drive to the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree National Park and other desert destinations. The 10-day road trip stands in for her favourite annual tradition — Burning Man, the Nevada arts festival that was cancelled this year because of the pandemic — and gives her something to look forward to after a coronavirus-induced travel dry spell.

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২ বছরের চুক্তিতে বার্সার কোচ কুমান

ক্লাব প্রেসিডেন্ট আগের দিন রাতেই নিশ্চিত করেছিলেন। পরদিন সকালেই এলো আনুষ্ঠানিক চূড়ান্ত ঘোষণা; ২০২২ সালের জুন পর্যন্ত চুক্তিতে বার্সেলোনার দায়িত্ব নিয়েছেন কোচ রোনাল্ড কুমান।

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Bangladesh cuts coronavirus test fees by half

The government has reduced coronavirus test fees by 50 percent from Tk 200 to Tk 100 for state-run hospitals.

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Floods destroy Tk 13.23bn worth of crops in Bangladesh: minister

An estimated Tk 13.23 billion worth of crops have been lost in the three waves of flooding that hit Bangladesh this year, according to Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque.

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Why we cover what politicians wear

Ever since Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party, celebrations of the historic moment have ensued. So too have the related moans about how, because she is a woman, her clothes will be used to diminish and define her.

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Businesses working with slavery survivors in India seek ways to offset COVID

Bhimavva Chalwadi, the supervisor of a laundry in Goa, is back behind the counter but it is not business as usual.

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Beaten back, the coronavirus regains strength in France

As the two women sat in deck chairs enjoying the last rays of sunshine near the Canal de l’Ourcq in Paris on Sunday evening, nearby loudspeakers jolted them with a reminder that they were in a new mask-mandatory zone.

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WHO blasts 'vaccine nationalism' in last-ditch push against hoarding

Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact.

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Water lillies keep families afloat in monsoon

The vast swamps in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan and Srinagar remain inundated for about four months during the monsoon. As farmers are left virtually unemployed, many make ends meet by collecting and selling Shapla or water lillies, the national flower of the country.

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Indians erect banners, pray for Kamala Harris to win US election

Indians in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which US vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners, held special prayers and wished her success.

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Bangladesh top court cancels annual vacations

The Supreme Court has decided to cancel its annual vacations this year in an attempt to make up for lost work due to the COVID-19 crisis. 

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Much changed world, same Joe Biden seeking to undo what Trump has done

John Kerry constantly made the case for Joseph R Biden Jr’s foreign policy credentials on the road this year as he stumped for his former Senate colleague across Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Reliance buys majority stake in online pharmacy Netmeds for $83 million

Reliance Industries Ltd has acquired a majority stake in online pharmacy Netmeds for about 6.2 billion rupees ($83.08 million) in cash, days after e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc launched an online drug sales service in India.

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She was a Communist Party insider in China. Then she denounced Xi

During her career teaching at the Communist Party’s top academy, Cai Xia cheered on signs that China’s leaders might ease their political grip, making her an uncommonly prominent voice for democratic change near the heart of the party.

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Brazil coronavirus cases top 3.4 million, death toll nears 110,000

Brazil reported 47,784 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,352 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

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Democrats nominate Joe Biden for president, vowing he will end Trump 'chaos'

Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, with elder statesmen and rising stars promising he would repair a pandemic-devastated America and end the chaos of Republican President Donald Trump.

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Millions in India face eviction amid coronavirus recovery push

Thousands of people were evicted across India during lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic, with millions more at risk of being uprooted as authorities push infrastructure projects to spur economic growth, housing rights campaigners said.

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More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing', says disease expert

An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor.

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BFIU freezes bank accounts of OC Pradip and 7 others in Sinha killing

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit or BFIU froze the bank accounts of eight people allegedly involved in the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Cox’s Bazar.

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'My spirit broken': Mexicans battle to ban conversion therapy

When she was 15 years old, Paola Santillan was raped by two men who claimed they would "take the lesbian" out of her. She kept the experience a secret for 10 years.

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Bangladesh logs 46 new virus deaths, 3,200 cases in a day

Bangladesh has registered 46 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,740.

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অস্ত্রোপচারের টেবিলে টের স্টেগেন

ডান হাঁটুতে অস্ত্রোপচার করাতে যাচ্ছেন বার্সেলোনা গোলরক্ষক মার্ক-আন্ড্রে টের স্টেগেন।

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স্পেনে ফিরলেন সিলভা

লা লিগার দল রিয়াল সোসিয়েদাদে যোগ দিয়েছেন ম্যানস্টোর সিটির সাবেক প্লেমেকার দাভিদ সিলভা।

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India interior minister back in hospital after recovering from COVID-19

India's interior minister Amit Shah was hospitalised again on Tuesday after complaining of fatigue and body ache, four days after he said he had recovered from COVID-19, as cases in the country surged to more than 2.7 million.

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How queer women powered the suffrage movement

In 1920, suffragist Molly Dewson sat down to write a letter of congratulations to Maud Wood Park, who had just been chosen as the first president of the League of Women Voters, formed in anticipation of the passage of the 19th Amendment to help millions of women carry out their newfound right as voters.

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Rocket attack in Kabul wounds at least 10, triggers embassy lockdowns

More than a dozen rockets struck Kabul on Tuesday, wounding at least ten people, including children, prompting some foreign embassies to order a lockdown, officials and sources in the Afghan capital said.

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Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups.

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Several rockets strike Afghan capital near main diplomatic area

Several rockets struck Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Tuesday, shaking the main diplomatic district and sending foreign embassies into lockdown, officials and sources said.

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Indian Foreign Secretary Shringla arrives in Dhaka

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has arrived in Dhaka for a brief visit.

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Lights, camera, not much action: Hollywood slow to restart in a pandemic

As home-bound audiences eagerly await new programming during the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood has been slow to get cameras rolling again, even with quarantined sets and innovations such as love scenes using mannequins.

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Six killed in Kashmir in one of deadliest days since autonomy revoked

Four Indian security forces and two militants were killed in related incidents in Kashmir on Monday, in one of the deadliest days in the disputed Muslim-majority region since its autonomy was ended last year.

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Michelle Obama presses fight for Biden with scathing attack on Trump

Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trump's presidency.

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Eight die in road accident in Mymensingh

Eight people, including children, have died after a microbus veered out of control and plunged into a pond in Phulpur Upazila of Mymensingh, police said.

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Sayeeda Khanam, the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh, dies at 83

Sayeeda Khanam, the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh, has died at the age of 83.

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Migrants return to Delhi as India's COVID-19 deaths top 50,000

India's COVID-19 deaths topped 50,000 on Monday, five months after the country reported its first such fatality, as migrant workers poured back into major cities in hopes of regaining work after the easing of anti-virus restrictions.

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Struggling under lockdown, schools worldwide relearn the value of TV

In a hillside shantytown of Lima, Peru, Delia Huamani’s school day starts not with the bustle of classmates, but with the flicker of a television. With physical schools closed indefinitely, she gets her lessons at home, from the country’s brand-new library of slickly made educational broadcasts.

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Death Valley just recorded hottest temperature on Earth

In the popular imagination, Death Valley in Southern California is the hottest place on Earth. At 3:41 pm local time Sunday, it lived up to that reputation when the temperature at the aptly named Furnace Creek reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NOAA Weather Prediction centre.

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Novavax begins mid-stage study of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa

US drug developer Novavax Inc said on Monday it started a mid-stage study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus cases.

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Trump administration finalises oil drilling plan in Alaska wildlife refuge

The Trump administration on Monday finalised a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decades-long leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in US leadership.

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Lukashenko says he is ready to share power in Belarus as protests mount

Facing growing protests that have posed the biggest challenge to his 26 years in power, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he was ready to share power in Belarus, although not under pressure from the streets.

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Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman said, as the Islamist group launched a similar assault on a Somali military base.

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করোনাভাইরাস: আক্রান্ত নিশিকোরি

ইউএস ওপেন শুরুর দুই সপ্তাহ আগে করোনাভাইরাস পজিটিভ হয়েছেন জাপানের টেনিস খেলোয়াড় কেই নিশিকোরি।

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India's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 50,000 as pandemic spreads beyond big cities

India's COVID-19 death toll topped the 50,000 mark on Monday and the total number of recorded cases neared 2.65 million as the outbreak spread further into smaller towns and rural areas, the latest government data showed.

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Sinha killing: Pradip, Liakat face interrogation in Cox’s Bazar jail

Investigators have begun interrogating three policemen over their alleged involvement in the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Cox’s Bazar.

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Bangladesh court keeps freeze on 4 cases of violence against BNP chief Khaleda

The Appellate Division has suspended the proceedings of four cases of violence filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia five years ago.

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Bangladesh logs 2,595 new virus cases, another 37 die

Bangladesh has registered 37 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the death toll to 3,694.

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সেমি-ফাইনালে নাভাসকে পাচ্ছে না পিএসজি

উয়েফা চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের সেমি-ফাইনালের আগে বেশ বড় এক ধাক্কা খেয়েছে পিএসজি। ঊরুর চোটে লাইপজিগের বিপক্ষে এই ম্যাচে খেলতে পারবেন না দলটির প্রথম পছন্দের গোলরক্ষক কেইলর নাভাস। 

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Netflix tools up in SE Asia as Disney+ Indonesia launch sets scene for streaming battle

US streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just as arch-rival Disney arrives in the fast-growing market.

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Melinda Gates on COVID-19: It’s time to demand more of all our leaders

On March 7, 2020, Melinda Gates published an op-ed in The New York Times to mark International Women’s Day.

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Facebook faces heat from Indian lawmakers on content practices

Indian politicians are trading barbs over a media report that Facebook Inc's content policies favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, putting the social network at the centre of a political storm in its biggest market by users.

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Fearing a ‘twindemic,’ health experts push urgently for flu shots

As public health officials look to fall and winter, the spectre of a new surge of COVID-19 gives them chills. But there is a scenario they dread even more: a severe flu season, resulting in a “twindemic.”

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Scientists see signs of lasting immunity to COVID-19, even after mild infections

To the immune system, not all germs are equally memorable. But our body’s cells seem to be seriously studying up on the coronavirus.

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DMP fines online shop Tk 250,000 for fraud

A mobile court run by Dhaka Metropolitan Police has slapped a Tk  250,000 fine on an online shop for not delivering products after taking orders.

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New Zealand's Ardern postpones election as coronavirus flares up

New Zealand's prime minister postponed the country's general election on Monday by a month to Oct 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak.

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How Kamala Harris’ family in India helped shape her values

One of Sen Kamala Harris’ brightest childhood memories was walking down the beach hand in hand with her Indian grandfather.

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India's main opposition seeks probe into Facebook's treatment of Modi's party

India's main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favourable treatment by Facebook's India team towards the country's ruling party.

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US coronavirus death toll hits 170,000 ahead of fall flu season

The United States surpassed 170,000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as health officials express concerns over COVID-19 complicating the fall flu season.

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Protesters pack Belarus capital, Russia says military help available

Belarusians chanting "Step down!" filled the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday in the biggest protest so far against what they said was the fraudulent re-election a week ago of longtime president Alexander Lukashenko.

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Protests grow in Thailand, where speaking out can be perilous

They gathered at a monument celebrating Thai democracy. They raised their hands in defiance below a giant image of the king dressed in coronation regalia.

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Coronavirus speeds up push for congestion charge in cities

The coronavirus outbreak gives city authorities an opportunity to implement congestion pricing to curb traffic and pollution, urban experts said, even as the pandemic has forced Singapore to put its new satellite-based system on hold.

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At least seven dead after gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel

Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20 as they detonated a car bomb then opened fire with assault rifles in the latest attack in the Somali capital.

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Standard Chartered Bank pioneers Bangladesh’s first blockchain Letter of Credit

Standard Chartered Bank has executed Bangladesh’s first blockchain transaction by issuing a Letter of Credit for Viyellatex Ltd over the Contour network.

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প্রিমিয়ার লিগের বর্ষসেরা ফুটবলার ডে ব্রুইনে

ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগে গত মৌসুমের বর্ষসেরা ফুটবলার নির্বাচিত হয়েছেন ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির মিডফিল্ডার কেভিন ডে ব্রুইনে।

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কৌশলগত লড়াইয়ে হার-জিত নিয়ে গুয়ার্দিওলা-গার্সিয়ার দ্বিমত

কোয়ার্টার-ফাইনালে এসে ছক বদলেছিলেন পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলা। তরুণ এরিক গার্সিয়াকে দিয়েছিলেন মূল ডিফেন্ডারের দায়িত্ব। ছকে কাজ না হওয়ায় ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি ছিটকে গেছে চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ থেকে। গুয়ার্দিওলার দাবি, কৌশলগত কারণে হারেনি তার দল। অন্যদিকে, অলিম্পিক লিওঁ কোচ রুডি গার্সিয়ার দাবি কৌশলগত লড়াই জিতে বাজিমাত করেছে তার ছেলেরা।

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Bangladesh records 2,024 virus cases, 32 deaths in daily count

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 3,657 after 32 more fatalities were registered over a 24-hour period.

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Virus spike pushes Sarajevo Film Festival online

The Sarajevo Film Festival will be launched entirely online on Friday after a spike in coronavirus cases forced organisers to cancel plans to stage Europe’s first in-person movie fair since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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CPD casts doubt on economic growth data for FY20

The Centre for Policy Dialogue has called into question the credibility of the provisional data used by the government to arrive at 5.24 percent GDP growth in FY20 in light of the coronavirus pandemic's devastating impact on the economy.

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Chinese firms hit by new import hurdles in India: sources

Chinese firms like Xiaomi are facing delays getting approvals from India's quality control agency for their goods, five industry sources told Reuters, as the business environment deteriorates after a clash on their Himalayan border.

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Southeast University launches Mujib Corner

Southeast University has launched a Mujib Corner to mark Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary.

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Getting signed isn’t everything in online

This spring, Marcus Olin moved into a sprawling mansion in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles with seven other TikTok creators. His bedroom overlooked downtown Los Angeles, and waking up to the view every morning felt like a dream.

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Bangladesh garment exporters hope for a rebound after falling behind peers in Vietnam

Garment exporters are not worried over falling behind their peers in Vietnam in overseas sales. They hope exports will rebound by December, buoyed by demand in the Western world ahead of Christmas.

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Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller

US President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House's disfavour toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app.

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Coronavirus crisis has made Brazil an ideal vaccine laboratory

The chaotic response to the coronavirus in Brazil, where it has killed more than 105,000 people, made the country’s experience a cautionary tale that many around the world have watched with alarm.

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Battling protests, Lukashenko says Putin agreed to help security of Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had secured a pledge from Russia to provide comprehensive assistance if needed to ensure the security of his country in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

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How do you solve a moon mystery? Fire a laser at it

The moon is drifting away. Every year, it gets about an inch and a half farther from us. Hundreds of millions of years from now, our companion in the sky will be distant enough that there will be no more total solar eclipses.

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Trump says looking at pressuring other Chinese companies after Bytedance

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok.

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Postal crisis ripples across nation as election looms

Each day, when Nick Casselli, president of a Philadelphia postal workers union, sits down at his desk on Main Street in the historic town of Darby, where trolley cars still run and the post office is a source of civic pride, his phone is full of alarmed messages about increasing delays in mail delivery.

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Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor - now living in Russia - whose spectacular leaks shook the US intelligence community in 2013.

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Shifting dynamics of the Mideast pushed Israel and UAE together

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu buoyantly approached the microphone, beaming at his diplomatic coup.

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Robert Trump, president's brother who shunned the spotlight, dies

Robert Trump, the younger brother of US President Donald Trump and a business executive who avoided the spotlight, died on Saturday night, a day after the president visited him in a New York hospital.

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As relations with US sink, China tones down ‘hotheaded’ nationalism

For weeks, China fanned nationalist sentiment in its escalating war of words with the Trump administration. Now, it is toning down its message and calling for a truce, as President Donald Trump increasingly makes Beijing a target in his bid for reelection in November.

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Bangladesh rawhide merchants pleased as tanners pay asking prices

Mosques, madrasas, orphanages and individual stakeholders had initially been aghast at the money they got for the rawhides of cattle sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha. But their qualms were eventually allayed as the merchants sold the hides at the prices they expected.

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টিভি সূচি (রোববার, ১৬ অগাস্ট ২০২০)

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Japanese ship involved in Mauritius oil spill breaks apart

A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, authorities said on Saturday.

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Britain's Princess Anne turns 70 with low-key celebration

Britain's Princess Anne will mark her 70th birthday on Saturday with a low-key celebration, as befits the traditionally hardest-working member of the royal family, after COVID-19 forced a gathering to be cancelled.

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৫০০০ মিটারে নতুন বিশ্বরেকর্ড

৫০০০ মিটার দৌড়ে ১৬ বছরের পুরনো বিশ্বরেকর্ড ভেঙে দিয়েছেন উগান্ডার জশুয়া চেপটেগাই।

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Latin America's coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, according to a Reuters tally, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures.

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Parents of college students worry, should they stay or go?

When Jacqueline Tourville, of Wells, Maine, thinks about sending her daughter off to college this month, the same questions keep circling in her mind.

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‘জানতাম বার্সাকে চাপে রাখলে সুযোগ পাব’

শুরু থেকে বার্সেলোনাকে চাপে রেখে প্রথমার্ধে তুলে নেয় চার গোল। দ্বিতীয়ার্ধে আরও চারটি। রেকর্ড গড়া জয়ের পর বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ কোচ হান্স ফ্লিক জানালেন, আগে থেকেই জানতেন বার্সেলোনাকে চাপে রাখলে সুযোগ মিলবে।

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এ হার ভীষণ বেদনাদায়ক: সেতিয়েন

শেষ দিকে এসে হাতছাড়া হয়েছে লা লিগা। বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের বিপক্ষে ভরাডুবিতে ভাঙল চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের মুকুট ফিরে পাওয়ার স্বপ্নও। আগে থেকে দুলতে থাকা কিকে সেতিয়েনের ভবিষ্যৎ হয়ে গেছে আরও নড়বড়ে। তবে এখনই বার্সেলোনা কোচ হিসেবে নিজের ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে কথা বলতে রাজি নন তিনি। বায়ার্নের কাছে উড়ে যাওয়ার হতাশা এ মুহূর্তে সেতিয়েনকে পোড়াচ্ছে বেশি।

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‘সিন্ধান্ত নিয়ে ফেলেছেন’ বার্সা প্রেসিডেন্ট

চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের কোয়ার্টার-ফাইনালে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের বিপক্ষে রেকর্ড ব্যবধানে হারের পর তীব্র সমালোচনার মুখে পড়েছে বার্সেলোনা। দলটির ডিফেন্ডার জেরার্দ পিকেও যেমন সামনের পথচলায় অনেক পরবর্তনের প্রয়োজন দেখছেন। কাতালান ক্লাবটির প্রেসিডেন্ট জোজেপ মারিয়া বার্তোমেউও দিলেন তেমনি আভাস। কিছু সিদ্ধান্ত এরই মধ্যে নেওয়া হয়েছে বলে জানালেন তিনি।

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Bangladesh logs 2,644 virus cases, 34 deaths in a day

The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 3,625 after 34 fatalities were registered over a 24-hour period.

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‘This is unforgivable’: Anger mounts over Mauritius oil spill

Zareen Bandhoo was at work last week in the central Mauritius town of Curepipe when she heard that oil was spilling from a ship into the island nation’s pristine lagoons.

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Drying Brandenburg lake is symbol of climate change, say scientists

After years of summer heatwaves and minimal rainfall, eastern Germany's lakelands are drying out, local scientists say, to the detriment of fish and plant life as well as fishermen.

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Walmart's Flipkart eyes alcohol delivery foray with Indian startup, letters show

Walmart's e-commerce platform Flipkart has partnered with a startup backed by spirits giant Diageo to deliver alcohol in two Indian states, according to government letters seen by Reuters, months after Amazon planned a similar foray.

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Russia starts production of COVID-19 vaccine: Interfax

Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry.

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Five-minute coronavirus stress resets

In this emotional equivalent to an ultramarathon, it’s key to have some stress-reducing strategies available that work quickly and efficiently to help you hit the reset button.

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One in five at Kashmir jail tests positive as India COVID cases soar

One in five prisoners at the largest jail in Indian Kashmir has tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, as the health ministry reported a daily nationwide rise of more than 60,000 cases for the third straight day.

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করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত বার্সার উমতিতি

কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষায় পজিটিভ হয়েছেন স্প্যানিশ ক্লাব বার্সেলোনার ফুটবলার সামুয়েল উমতিতি।

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Modi says India set to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine, launches digital health mission

India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday, also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen.

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Protests swell in Belarus, Lukashenko blames foreigners

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay at home to avoid becoming "cannon fodder" for what he said were foreign-backed revolutionaries after huge crowds took to the streets for a sixth consecutive day to demand he step down.

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Beirut’s Shiites like the idea of change, but like Hezbollah more

Near sunset, squads of young men gather along the narrow roads that lead in and out of their working-class Shiite neighbourhood.

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US loses Iran arms embargo bid as Putin pushes summit to avoid nuclear deal showdown

The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over a US threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Tehran.

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