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As many as 4,544 members of Bangladesh Police were infected by coronavirus while performing their duties until Friday. “Among the total infected policemen, 1,563 have made full recovery,” said Sohel...
The spread of deadly coronavirus has compelled the peoples across the world to think differently about their future. From state leaders, professionals and social thinkers to ordinary people --all have...
COVID-19's impact on my country, Kyrgyzstan, first hit home for me on March 19, when my son arrived at Bishkek's international airport from a "highly infected" European country. I was...
As the Prime Minister has aptly quoted the adage 'misfortune does not come alone', the Amphan havoc amid the covid-induced disasters has brought about more misery than the country was...
Police in Minneapolis released a CNN reporter who was led off in handcuffs along with his film crew while reporting live on television early Friday morning during violent protests in...
A pharmaceutical company in Pakistan plans to import the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating coronavirus patients, from Bangladesh. The firm, Searle Company Limited, made the announcement...
Egypt has expressed its interest to assist Bangladesh in the development of fisheries and livestock sectors. Egyptian Ambassador to Bangladesh Walid Ahmed Shamseldin expressed his interest after paying a courtesy...
A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The...
You may need a face mask to see the Mona Lisa. You will have your temperature taken at the Colosseum in Rome. And to see views of Paris from the...
Spain's La Liga will resume on June 11 with next season starting on September 12, says the league's president Javier Tebas. On Monday, Tebas said a behind closed doors derby...
The government has so far announced a set of stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion (Taka 1.011 trillion to offset the COVID-19 shock on various sectors of the country and...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will begin the excavation of AD8 canal on Saturday to resolve the waterlogging problem in Ashkona area. Mayor Atiqul Islam earlier visited the place and...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said buses will have to keep 25-30 per cent seats vacant and cannot carry standing passengers while plying roads from Sunday....
Although public transport remains suspended, thousands of people have started coming back to their workplaces in Dhaka after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at home, availing all kinds of transport from ferries through...
The number of job postings on online job portals in Bangladesh dropped by 87 per cent in April this year, compared to same month of previous year, due to COVID-19...
Education Minister Dipu Moni will discuss the different aspects of this year's SSC and equivalent examinations in a live stream on Facebook amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Sheikh...
World's oldest man Bob Weighton, from Alton of Hampshire, has died at the age of 112. He became the oldest man in February following the death of Chitetsu Watanabe of...
Several countries including Turkey, Nepal, Palestine, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran and Bosnia have expressed solidarity with Bangladesh in its ongoing fight against coronavirus. Foreign Ministers of these countries...
Australia’s highest court ruled on Friday to make public letters between Queen Elizabeth II and her representative that would reveal what knowledge she had, if any, of the dismissal of...
Police of the Minnesota, a midwestern US state bordering Canada and Lake Superior, arrested a CNN reporter reporting live on television early Friday morning while covering the Minneapolis protests, without...
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce the results through a videoconference from Ganobhaban...
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening US inequality in income and race, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday. "This health crisis has not so much changed things as simply exposed,...
Malaysia's former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been ousted from his ethnic Malay political party in the latest twist of a power struggle with his successor, but he has vowed...
Bangladesh has urged the Libyan government to punish the killer of 26 Bangladeshis and to provide compensation to the families of the victims. The government also vowed to find out...
Indonesia on Friday reported 678 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 25,216, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto reported 24...
A total of 20,938 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country in 10 days as of Thursday. Hearing on 33,287 bail petitions were...
India’s umbrella body of export organisations has sought West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s intervention for an early resumption of India-Bangladesh trade through land ports. The Federation of Indian Export...
Twitter hid a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday and accused him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence”, after he tweeted that looters at protests in Minneapolis would...
Pattaya beaches in Thailand will reopen to all visitors and local villagers under social distancing rules on June 1. Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunpleum said on Friday that all the...
The coronavirus pandemic has emptied offices and shuttered shops but filled warehouses and highlighted demand for work-from-home spaces, leaving investors wondering if they should flee real estate or double down...
Bangladesh reported 2,523 new cases of novel coronavirus on Friday, the health directorate said, its biggest daily increase yet in infections, bringing the total case count to 42,844. Authorities also...
All domestic flights will be operated maintaining social distance and following health guidelines, said State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali. The Minister came up with...
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Embassy representatives of the US military’s Indo-Pacific Command delivered on Friday essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Kamalapur Railway General Hospita. The...
It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a...
Volkswagen AG (VW) said on Friday it has agreed to invest 2.1 billion euros ($2.33 billion) in two separate Chinese electric vehicle players, upping its bet on the world’s biggest auto...
For the first time in the United Nations Peacekeeping history, the UN chartered a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, the flagship carrier of the country for carrying Bangladeshi UN Peacekeepers to...
Emirates airline, well known for its family friendliness, has launched a special activity page on its website to keep kids entertained over the summer holidays while leisure travel is suspended...
Vietnam's export and import turnovers in the first five months of 2020 decreased by 1.7 per cent and 3.8 per cent year-on-year respectively, the country's General Statistics Office said Friday....
Nepal increased spending on health infrastructure in its annual budget unveiled on Thursday to stop the spread of the coronavirus and introduced measures to revive an economy that depends on...
Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two years in the March quarter as the...
Had it not been for the coronavirus, Nepali climbing guide Tashi Lakpa Sherpa would have been on Mount Everest now, guiding clients and trying to add another feather in his...
Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China, and warned that withdrawal of the financial hub’s...
More than 200 schools across South Korea have been forced to return to online teaching just days after being allowed back in classrooms. Most of the affected schools are in...
Prince Charles in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed sympathy over the losses caused by super cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh. PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said Prince...
China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation between...
The government is hiring another 2,000 doctors and 3,000 medical technologists, technicians and radiographers to tackle an aggressive coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the recruitment...
Moscow's authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for the month of April. The city's health department now says 1,561 people died...
After Dhaka Medical College Hospital, now Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) has started Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) on experimental basis, aiming to save lives of COVID-19 infected patients. A physician,...
The head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Friday that “one country, two systems” and “peaceful reunification” is the best way to bring China and Taiwan together. Outside attempts...
Ten more members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been infected with coronavirus in Nilphamari district. District Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Kumar Barman came up with the information on Thursday...
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