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American economist Nouriel Roubini has warned of a prolonged downturn and sluggish recovery from the coronavirus. Nicknamed Dr Doom for his gloomy predictions, Professor Roubini, who teaches at New York...
Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal...
Twenty eight more people died of the highly infectious coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours to 8:00 am on Sunday. With the latest, the death toll from COVID-19 now...
Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com’s local unit and Walmart Inc’s...
The coronavirus lockdown seems to have given zoo animals a breath of fresh air as crowds stay home amid contagion risks. For the past two months, animals have been spending...
A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus has recovered, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The woman, Saltanat Akbari, was admitted to the Khansari...
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday said that data from its trial of Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir show that the drug offers the most benefit for COVID-19...
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu opens on Sunday in a Jerusalem court, where he will become the first serving Israeli prime minister to face criminal prosecution, in a case...
Malaysian doctor Muhammad Syahidd Al-Hatim was used to being away from his family on Eid al-Fitr, having spent the past two years celebrating the end of the holy Ramadan fasting...
Novoair will operate two special flights on Kolkata-Dhaka route on May 29 and 31 to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who are willing to return. Interested passengers have been requested...
Bangladesh’s apparel units have said many foreign buyers pushed them to an extra difficult situation by trying to undo existing contracts even after product shipments, though financial data suggest the...
Thirteen more people, including a policeman and a local UP chairman, were diagnosed with coronavirus in Lakshmipur on Sunday. With the latest ones, the total number of COVID-19 patients in...
Hundreds of striking Bangladeshi waste-sector labourers in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, have returned to work after reaching a pay agreement with their Lebanese employer, Arab News reports. Around...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Sunday evening on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. "The Prime Minister will address the nation at 7:30pm on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr,"...
Thailand on Sunday reported no new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, maintaining the total to 3,040 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak began in January. Sunday was...
Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijing’s controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, where a tight police presence guarded China’s...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a military meeting to discuss new policies to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States, Reuters reported...
The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as well as its handling of...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appreciated Bangladesh and India for their efforts to keep people safe well ahead of cyclone Amphan that affected badly both the countries. The Secretary-General...
The Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan starting Sunday, via a tweet on Saturday from the hardline Islamist group, and the country’s president said the government would reciprocate....
Spain will reopen its borders to tourists in July and its top soccer division will kick off again in June, the Prime Minister said on Saturday, marking another phase in...
Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Group, and his wife Niloufer Manzur, the founding head of Sunbeams school, have contracted COVID-19. According to a message received from the Manzur Family,...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 431 to 178,281, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll...
Ever since the first cases of the coronavirus were reported in Bangladesh, experts have stressed the need to expand the country's testing capacity in order to gauge the scope of...
The government’s decision to allow people to travel to their village homes to celebrate Eid is a “suicidal move” amid the coronavirus outbreak, which will help the virus spread to...
A total of 3,574 policemen were infected with coronavirus and 12 members of the force have died across the country from the COVID-19 until Saturday. Among the total infected police...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Saturday extended greetings to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr over a telephonic conversation “The Bhutanese premier made...
Dhaka University researchers have successfully decoded genome sequences of five covid-19 samples. The project was completed with five samples of Covid-19, reserved by the laboratory of university’s Advanced Research in...
Cyclone Amphan has severally affected coastal areas, and protecting next crop in the monsoon will be a major challenge. Tk 4 billion can be allocated in repairing embankments to protect...
A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention centre for undocumented migrants, authorities said on Saturday. Earlier, Malaysia arrested more than 2,000 foreigners for...
Thailand on Saturday began testing a vaccine against the coronavirus on monkeys after positive trials in mice. Thailand's minister of higher education, science, and research and innovation, Suvit Maesincee, said...
Nearly 60,000 “health packages” have been stuck in ports for over a month, as relevant US authorities were deliberately delaying the approval procedure, a source familiar with the matter told...
The Rohingya people are still suffering persecution in Myanmar despite international court order, says UK-based right body Amnesty International. “Despite the International Court’s order, nothing has changed for the estimated...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to join the Global Vaccine Summit virtually to be hosted by the UK on June 4 as the countries across the globe want to...
‘Food for Nation’, an online platform for agricultural products, was launched on Saturday for the first time in the country to maintain food supply chain. The platform will help to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Sunday evening on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr, reports UNB. "The Prime Minister will address the nation at 7:30 pm on...
Muslims in Bangladesh will celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday as the moon of the Islamic calendar month of Shawwal was not sighted on Saturday. The National Moon-Sighting Committee announced the...
Estimated electricity bills are being served to the consumers as officials are not being able to visit the consumers’ meters for health safety concerns due to Covid-19 situation. “If there...
The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver...
Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group Bhd is in talks to buy a smaller rival in Indonesia in a share-swap deal to cut costs and competition in its biggest market, as...
National Char Alliance (NCA) has asked for a separate Covid-19 testing booth in remote charlands to ensure health security of char people, said a press relase. The NCA has placed...
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from site of a place crash in Karachi, an airline spokesman said on Saturday, reports Reuters. "The black box...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged all to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr following health guidelines to contain coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and check deaths from the disease. “Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious...
At a time when public transport movement remains suspended across the country, the government’s decision allowing Eid holiday makers to travel in private vehicles is apparently suicidal, said Jatri Kalyan...
Deputy Minister of Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim on Saturday said all the officials of the Water Development Board as well as public representatives have been instructed to continue...
South Korea reported 23 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, mostly from the densely populated Seoul area where authorities shut down thousands of nightclubs, bars and karaoke rooms to stem transmissions....
Cyclone ‘Amphan’ caused a loss of Taka 100.0 million in power sector at 21 districts of Khulna and Barisal divisions as well as partial of Dhaka division, according to primary...
Supply chain disruption and lack of effective measures by authorities concerned during the coronavirus pandemic have led to the closure of dozens of poultry farms in Thakurgaon. Besides, restriction on...
A powerful cyclone that tore through India's eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1.0 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials...
Brazil registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with 20,803 cases reported, and exceeded 1,000 deaths in one day for the third time, the...
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