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  • Seven members of family arrested for married woman's death in Jalgaon
  • Turkey confirms 1,815 new COVID-19 cases, 347,493 in total
  • IPL 2020: Punjab beat MI in second Super Over
  • Saudi Arabia resumes prayers at Mecca's Grand Mosque after COVID-19 hiatus
  • Saina, Sindhu's biggest Graffiti in India unveiled
  • No shortage of medical oxygen in country: Harsh Vardhan
WorldPosted at: Oct 19 2020 12:25AM


Saudi Arabia resumes prayers at Mecca's Grand Mosque after COVID-19 hiatus

Cairo, Oct 18 (Sputnik) Saudi Arabia reopened Mecca's Grand Mosque, the holiest site for Muslims, for prayers on Sunday, following a seven-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state SPA news agency reported.
The country has also switched to a second phase of the gradual resumption of the Umrah pilgrimage to the holy city for its citizens and residents inside the kingdom, expanding the capacity from 30 percent to 75 percent.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is making every effort to implement all necessary sanitary measures, according to the agency. Some 4,000 employees are involved in cleaning the territory of the mosque and conduct disinfection 10 times a day.
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Bangladesh: BNP alleges EC’s subservient role to government

18 Oct 2020 | 9:22 PM

Dhaka, Oct 18 (UNI) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a major political party in Bangladesh, alleged that Election Commission (EC) acted in favour of the government during the by-polls in three constituencies.
While addressing a press conference at Gulshan party office on Sunday, the BNP leader remarked in a reaction to speech by Chief Election Commissioner over by-polls in Pabna-4, Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 constituencies of the Parliament.
The polls were rigged in favour of ruling party backed candidates with the support of Awami League activists and law enforcers in the same way, which happened in national election in 2018. The EC acted as silent spectator, he said.

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nCoV: 1,274 new cases, 14 more deaths in last 24 hrs in Bangladesh

nCoV: 1,274 new cases, 14 more deaths in last 24 hrs in Bangladesh

18 Oct 2020 | 8:04 PM

Dhaka, Oct 18 (UNI) Bangladesh on Sunday recorded 1,274 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 3,88,869.

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Modi to attend Independence Day celebrations of B'desh on Mar 26

Modi to attend Independence Day celebrations of B'desh on Mar 26

18 Oct 2020 | 7:27 PM

Dhaka, Oct 18 ( UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh on March 26, to take part in the Independence Day celebrations of the country, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen confirmed on Sunday.

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Bangladesh to resume flights to India from October 28

Bangladesh to resume flights to India from October 28

18 Oct 2020 | 6:53 PM

Dhaka, Oct 18 (UNI) Bangladesh is going to start its air connectivity with India from October 28 under air bubble arrangement, after nearly eight months of flight suspension for containment of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Landslide in Vietnam kills 11 army personnel, more casualties feared

Landslide in Vietnam kills 11 army personnel, more casualties feared

18 Oct 2020 | 6:51 PM

Hanoi, Oct 18 (UNI) Rescue workers were fighting against time in Vietnam to find 11 soldiers of the country's 4th Military Region whose barracks were buried by a huge landslide on Sunday, even as the country battles its worst floods in years.

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