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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that the novel coronavirus could cost as many as a million jobs in the country as many industries considered not essential remain...
Bangladesh confirmed 1,166 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 36,751. Meanwhile, 21 more people died of the lethal disease in the...
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh has provoked the imposition of several drastic and unprecedented measures as part of a nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus....
Japan has tightened border control and widened ban on entry of people from few more countries, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. A notice on...
Anwara Begum, the wife of Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah, has died during treatment at the age of 67. She breathed her last at 10:40 am on Tuesday at the...
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3 as a steep pressure gradient persists over the north...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School Niloufer Manzur, BSS reports. In a condolence message...
Italy’s nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a...
Five districts have reported 18 new cases, including two physicians and six policemen, of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours. Bogura Deputy Civil Surgeon Mostafizur Rahman on Monday night...
Over 40 million doctors, nurses, and other health professionals from 90 countries urged G20 leaders to put public health at the centre of their economic recovery packages to help avoid...
Armed with mass testing and tracing capabilities, a growing number of European countries are expressing confidence that they can avoid a return to economically-devastating coronavirus lockdowns. While most European countries...
At least 40 houses were damaged after a nor’wester hit two villages in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday night. Mizanur Rahman, Rohonpur union parishad member, said that the...
Singapore downgraded its 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for the third time on Tuesday, the trade ministry said, as the bellwether economy braces for its deepest ever recession. The...
The Bahrain media has reported that a Bangladesh project to revive Bangladeshi-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bahrain in the post-Covid-19 days is in the pipeline. The first-of-its-kind collaboration...
China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes...
The ratio of the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s market-cap to the GDP remained low in the region amid lack of listing of new big issues and price erosion of large-cap companies....
The dollar inched lower on Tuesday as growing optimism about a global recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic supported riskier currencies, though concerns about Sino-US tensions held further moves in...
Renault and Nissan have shelved plans to push towards the full merger former leader Carlos Ghosn craved and will instead fix their troubled alliance to try to recover from the...
The air quality of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka showed signs of continuous improvement during Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. It was categorised as ‘moderate’ on Tuesday morning in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with...
Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry. Brazil registered 807...
The European Union has announced an initial funding of 1.1 million euro for cyclone Amphan-affected people in Bangladesh. Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, announced it in a statement...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Levin, near the country’s capital Wellington, a day after a 5.8 tremor was recorded in the same area, government seismic...
A researcher leading Thailand’s push to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine says its aim is to make it cost-effective and accessible to Southeast Asia, and play a part in preventing a...
Children under the age of two shouldn’t wear masks because they can make breathing difficult and increase the risk of choking, a Japan medical group said, launching an urgent appeal...
Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Saudi Arabia will revise curfew times this week, and lift it entirely across the Kingdom with the exception of the holy city of Mecca starting June 21, state news agency...
Kutubuddin Ahmed, the founder and chairman of Envoy Group, has been hospitalised with COVID-19 in Dhaka. He was admitted to the Square Hospital on Saturday after his coronavirus test result...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 432 to 179,002, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll...
A clinical trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients has been suspended amid safety concerns, World Health Organisation or WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, Reuters...
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Monday said he was diagnosed with coronavirus. Dr Zafrullah told reports that he was tested with Rapid Dot Blot kit developed by Gonoshasthaya...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina over phone and greeted her on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide Dominic Cummings, accused of flouting the coronavirus lockdown...
At the 17th Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), China Broadband Development Alliance, Altice Portugal, and Huawei jointly launched the Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G)...
When Aminul Islam tested positive for the novel coronavirus on May 24, he was immediately admitted to the Bangladesh Kuwait Government Friendship Hospital specialising in treating Covid-19 patients. He still...
In a landmark, Bangladesh joined the select group of countries that manufacture world-class, large-scale Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by shipping 6.5 million PPE gowns to US brand Hanes, for ultimate...
Despite the relaxing of social distancing, concerns about the continued spread of the coronavirus are hindering the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr across Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. Though people were allowed to congregate...
Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing, said it plans to sell face masks made of fabric used for its Airism underwear line in response to strong demand...
India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of Covid-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations, even as the government allowed domestic air travel...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles...
NOVOAIR, a private airline of the country, is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with 2,000 distressed people at its office premises in Uttara area of Dhaka. On the occasion of Eid, NOVOAIR distributed...
India's three-times Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh has died at the age of 95 after a prolonged pulmonary illness, reports Reuters. Singh helped India win its first Olympic gold as...
As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ull-Fitr to mark the end of the fasting month, thousands of migrant workers in Singapore have had to spend the holiday in quarantine because...
The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries. TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted a state of emergency in the Tokyo...
India has drafted rules proposing tighter scrutiny of new Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from China and Hong Kong, three government sources told Reuters, its latest effort to check foreign inflows...
Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that the world is still...
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of Muslim Ummah, is being celebrated on Monday amid COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation across the country. The Eid festival is being celebrated...
Bangladesh breached the 500 mark of coronavirus deaths in 24 hours on Monday, coinciding with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s annual economic growth target could have been set around 6.0 per cent had the new coronavirus epidemic not happened, according to state media reports...
When Manit Parikh’s mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai’s private Lilavati Hospital, but officials told the family no critical-care beds were available....
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted rain or thundershowers for parts of the country in the next 24 hours commencing from 9:00am today (Monday). “Rain or thundershowers accompanied by...
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