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Covid-19: 32 die, 2,611 infected, 1,020 recover in 24 hours

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Thirty-two people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing today.

With this, the death toll due to Covid-19 in the country has reached 3,365 and the death rate now stands at 1.32 percent.

Two thousand six hundred and eleven people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

With the fresh cases, the total number of positive cases so far in the country stands at 2,55,113 and the current infection rate is 22.25 percent.

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National

Dhaka’s relations with Delhi, Beijing must not be compared: foreign minister

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh’s relations with India and China should not be compared, adding that Bangladesh emphasises its development through cooperation and collaboration.

“Bangladesh’s relations with India is rock-solid and historic while Bangladesh has economic ties with China. We must not compare,” he said emphasising on joint efforts.

Momen made the remarks after visiting Mujibnagar Muktijoddha Memorial Complex where he paid tributes placing wreath.

His wife Selina Momen, among others, was present.

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National

OC Pradeep, Inspector Liakat among 7 policemen suspended

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OC Pradeep

Seven police personnel including former officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das–who are accused of Major (Retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case–have been suspended from their posts.

Other suspended police personnel are Baharchhara Police Outpost’s in-charge Inspector Liakat Ali, SI Nanda Dulal Rakshit, ASI Liton Mia, constable Safanur Karim, constable Kamal Hossain and constable Abdullah Al Mamun.

Cox’s Bazar police super ABM Masud Hossain confirmed the media about it on Friday night.

He said OC Pradeep Kumar Das and Inspector Liakat Ali have been suspended by Police Headquarters in Dhaka, while the rest were suspended by the Cox’s Bazar District Police.

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National

‘Enrollment in tech education to be increased to 50% by 2050’

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Education Minister Dipu Moni has underscored the need to build tech-based skilled human resources and said that enrollment rate in technical education in Bangladesh will be raised to 50 percent by 2050.

“Our government has set a target to increase the enrollment rate in technical education to 50 percent by 2050, to build technology based skilled human resources to cope with the fourth industrial revolution of artificial intelligence,” Dipu Moni said.

The education minister came up with the observation while addressing an online seminar on “the fourth industrial revolution and the importance of technical education” organised by Bangladesh Technical Education Board in Dhaka today.

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Major (retd) Sinha murder: OC Pradeep, Inspector Liakat, 5 others sent to jail

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Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and six other accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan killing case were sent to jail this afternoon.

The court of Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Helal Uddin passed the order after rejecting their bail petitions during a hearing of the case in presence of seven of the nine accused in the case.

Earlier, six accused, including Inspector Liakat Ali, in-charge of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre and also the prime accused of the case, were taken to the court at Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner’s office around 3:45pm, reports our Cox’s Bazar correspondent.

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Killing of ex-Major Sinha: Teknaf OC taken into custody

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Police have taken Pradeep Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, into custody this afternoon, hours after an arrest warrant was issued against him in a case filed over killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.

Pradeep Kumar came to know that an arrest warrant was issued against him when he went to Divisional Police Hospital in Chattogram city’s Dampara area for receiving treatment today, said Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman.

After getting the information, the OC told police that he wanted to surrender before the Cox’s Bazar court that issued the arrest warrant against him, he said.

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Tests reduce yet cases rise in 5 days

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Though the number of tests dropped significantly in the last five days, including the Eid holidays, the country witnessed a spike in the rate of daily Covid-19 positive case.

Between July 21 and 30, a total of 1,22,534 samples were tested, and results showed that 22.39 percent were positive.

From July 31 to yesterday, 9,131 were positive out of 37,061 samples tested, taking the infection rate to 24.6 percent.

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National

Killing of Ex-Major Sinha: Cops’ FIR, inquest report contradict each other

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The first information report and the inquest report prepared by police over the death of Sinha Md Rashed Khan contradict each other, raising doubts about the precise sequence of events that led to the former army officer’s death.

The FIR, filed by Sub-inspector Nandadulal Raxit of Teknaf Police Station, claimed that Liaqat Ali, in-charge of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre, fired four shots at Maj (retd) Sinha to protect himself and the lives of his fellow officers.

However, the inquest report said a total of six gunshot wounds were found in the ex-army major’s body after it was brought to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue.

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International World

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

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Massive Beirut blast

A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.

It was not clear what caused the blast, which struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, according to Germany’s geosciences center GFZ, and was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean. Lebanon’s interior minister said it appeared that a large cache of ammonium nitrate in the port had detonated.

The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and a severe economic and financial crisis.

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Study solves mystery origin of Stonehenge’s iconic boulders

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Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from?

That last question may finally have an answer after a study published Wednesday found that most of the giant stones — known as sarsens — seem to share a common origin 25 kilometres (16 miles) away in West Woods, an area that teemed with prehistoric activity.

The finding boosts the theory that the megaliths were brought to Stonehenge about the same time: around 2,500 BCE, the monument’s second phase of construction, ……….

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