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HC fines 4 factories for polluting Buriganga
The High Court fines four factories in Dhaka’s Shyampur area for running without effluent treatment plants (ETPs), thus polluting Buriganga River and suppressing information about it to the court.
28 January 2020
Doctors find evidence of rape of 3 Tangail schoolgirls
Doctors of Tangail General Hospital claim to have found evidence of rape in forensic test of three schoolgirls who were assaulted after being held hostage in Ghatail upazila of the district on Sunday.
28 January 2020
Coronavirus: Germany confirms first human transmission in Europe
A German man who tested positive for the strain of coronavirus currently sweeping China was infected by a work colleague, officials say, in what is believed to be the first human transmission in Europe.
28 January 2020
Comply with authorities’ directives: Shahriar Alam to Bangladeshis in China
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam urges Bangladeshi citizens in China to comply with every directive of the country’s government to combat the coronavirus situation.
28 January 2020
3 killed in Gopalganj as train hits motorbike at unmanned level crossing
Three youths died after a train hit the motorbike they were on while crossing an unmanned level crossing in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila this afternoon.
28 January 2020
Biker killed after bus runs him over in Sayedabad
A man dies after a bus ran him over at Dhaka’s Sayedabad area in the capital.
28 January 2020
2 killed in Ctg as bus plunges into ditch
Two people are killed and 15 others injured as a bus carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Raozan upazila of Chattogram.
28 January 2020
No cases of coronavirus detected in Bangladesh yet: health minister
Health Minister Zahid Maleque says there is no need to worry about coronavirus as no one in the country has been detected with the virus yet.
28 January 2020
Japan confirms coronavirus in man who hadn’t been to China
Japanese authorities say a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus -- apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began.
28 January 2020
GK Shamim, 7 bodyguards indicted in arms case
A Dhaka court frames charges against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, and his seven bodyguards in an arms case.
28 January 2020
Midday Brief, Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on January 28, 2020
28 January 2020
Govt asked to appoint 27 BCS candidates within 60 days
The High Court directs the government to appoint 27 candidates, who passed the 34th and 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams, but were not given appointments.
28 January 2020
Dhaka city polls: Voting centres to be under CCTV surveillance
The Election Commission has decided to monitor all voting centres with CCTV camera on the day of elections to Dhaka North and South City Corporations, scheduled for February 1, for increasing security.
28 January 2020
BNP’s Ishraque promises a modern, better Dhaka in manifesto
BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Ishraque Hossain pledges a modern and world-class metropolis where heritage blends with modern amenities.
28 January 2020
Graft case: Destiny MD Rafiqul Amin gets 3 years’ jail
Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny Group, has been sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed for not submitting his wealth statement to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
28 January 2020
Chief minister of India’s Mizoram to visit Bangladesh in March
Chief Minister of India’s Mizoram Zoramthanga will visit Bangladesh in March to attend an event marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, says the state’s Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo.
28 January 2020
Five of a family burnt to death in Moulvibazar
Five people are burnt to death when a fire breaks out at a building in Moulvibazar town.
28 January 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan residents chant word of resilience
Amid growing adversity and a lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, residents in Wuhan of China are chanting ‘Jiayou’, which roughly translated means fuel or oil but is rarely ever used in that context.
28 January 2020
Ringleader killed in Noakhali gunfight: Cops
An alleged leader of a robber gang, apprehended by police five hours earlier, has been killed in a “gunfight” between police and his cohorts in Sebbagh upazila of Noakhali around 2:45am today, according to police.
28 January 2020
Saudi says Israelis cannot visit 'for now'
Israeli citizens are not allowed to come to Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's foreign minister announces after the Jewish state said it gave its citizens the green light to visit.
28 January 2020