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Powered by its brutal caravan Covid-19, Corona is busy travelling from race to race, religion to religion, and country to country -- simultaneously and irrespectively. Socialisation, the vital nature of...
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to allow only the regular students to stay at its dormitories after reopening the university. The decision came from a meeting of the...
Amercian research-based biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug, Remdesivir, helped improve symptoms in COVID-19 patients who were given the drug early than among those who were treated later....
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday said more than 20,000 corona isolation beds are now ready across the country for treatment of coronavirus patients. The minister came up with the...
The government has begun recruiting 2,000 doctors and 5,000 nurses to speed up the treatment of patients amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) held a meeting...
Charity Right Bangladesh, an international social welfare organization, is taking extensive initiative to fight against the recent corona virus outbreak by ensuring and securing the daily essentials for underprivileged...
A coronavirus testing laboratory, funded by Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, was opened on Wednesday at Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district, one of the worst-affected areas in Bangladesh....
Nearly half of global workforce is at risk of losing livelihoods due to growing number of job losses amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The continued sharp decline in working hours globally...
A constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday night after contracting Covid-19. The deceased, constable Md Jasim Uddin, 40, was posted at a...
As coronavirus continues to spread across the country, 440 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Wednesday, said Bangladesh Doctors...
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on Wednesday assured that his country will not cancel any garment product order from Bangladesh. "We'll continue importing RMG products from Bangladesh," he said while...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flight operations on domestic and international routes until May 15 amid an escalating coronavirus crisis. Biman's Managing Director Mokabbir Hossain announced the move...
The government will bring back Bangladesh nationals, who got stuck in India amid countrywide lockdown, by another special flight on May 5. This will be operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines,...
The government has granted permission to three private hospitals in Dhaka to COVID-19 tests amid a surge in cases and deaths in Bangladesh. Evercare, Square and United are the latest...
For the first time in Bangladesh, a polymerase chain reaction laboratory or PCR lab has been launched in a private initiative in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district to facilitate diagnosis and treatment...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passenger welfare forum, on Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to impose restriction on going home during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr vacation to contain the spread...
Oracle on Wednesday announced that Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is turning to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support its growth and evolving business needs as the enterprise video communications company continues...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has requested Bangladesh Bank (BB) to extend application deadline of opening mobile financial service (MFS) until May 2. According to a press...
PepsiCo in Bangladesh and the PepsiCo Foundation have partnered with BRAC to provide over 1.4 million meals to low-income and ultra-poor families affected by the coronavirus across Bangladesh. BRAC will...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has recently distributed food packets and breathing masks among the local communities around its Meghna Plant of Sonargaon Upazilla in Narayanganj in collaboration with Sonargaon UNO Office. Bakaul...
A fire at a construction site in South Korea killed at least 25 people and injured another seven on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing fire authorities. All of the...
Fishermen in the Gulf of Thailand filmed a rare encounter with pink dolphins, which scientists say are becoming bolder in the absence of tourists during the coronavirus pandemic. According to...
As policymakers from America's central bank prepare to meet - virtually - this week, they will be looking to see if the extraordinary steps they have taken to confront the...
The departing UN human rights envoy for Myanmar has said its military may be committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states, where fighting between government...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of their baby. Johnson’s office says Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy at a...
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said...
The local administration has put Singra Health Complex and Singra upazila under lockdown as two health workers of the hospital have tested positive for coronavirus. Nasrin Banu, upazila nirbahi officer...
Saudi Arabia’s central bank foreign reserves fell in March at their fastest rate in at least 20 years and to their lowest since 2011, while the kingdom slipped into a...
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) has called giving farmers for interest-free loan, rather than a 4.0 per cent interest loan for them. Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director of...
Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh reached 7,103 on Wednesday, a rise of 641 from the previous day, while related deaths increased by eight to 163, according to data...
The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Ltd has recommended final 200 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on March 31, 2020. The board recommended the dividend and...
Germany on Wednesday reported 1,304 more cases of the novel coronavirus while the number of deaths rose by 202 compared to the previous day, data from the Robert Koch Institute...
Coronavirus is going to change the way we do things in our society- from handshake to how we behave in public places. The social distancing, physical distancing to be accurate,...
Homayuan Kabir Khokon, a journalist who died within an hour of his admittance to a Dhaka hospital with complaints of respiratory distress and a headache, had been infected with the...
Actor Irrfan Khan has died at the age of 54, after being admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Tuesday, where was under observation for colon infection. The actor...
Nine more prison guards of Dhaka Central Jail have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total number to 10. Jailer Mahbubul Islam said the prison guards had been suffering...
The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown drive up demand for the...
High Street fashion emporiums around the world have closed their doors for lockdowns, but the largely forgotten victims are thousands of miles from the glass and steel-fronted shopping arcades. Sabina...
Asian shares rose for a third session on the trot on Wednesday as investors took heart from easing coronavirus lockdowns in some parts of the world while oil prices jumped...
Movies that debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Oscars, but only for this year. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences...
Boeing is working with investment banks on a multibillion-dollar bond-fuelled financing package, aiming to shore up its balance sheet amid a sharp travel downturn from the pandemic, three people familiar...
A veteran of organising elections and pilgrimages in stifling dust and heat, Indian bureaucrat Pranabjyoti Nath sees a precious opportunity in the coronavirus crisis - documenting the country's legions of...
Another policeman was found infected with coronavirus in Chattogram in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, said Civil Surgeon Sheikh Fazle Rabbi. The policeman, aged about 50, is posted at...
Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years in the first quarter as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales. The January-March earnings for Google parent...
The US coronavirus death toll climbed above 58,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War, as Florida’s governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss...
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump's remark that COVID-19 may be treated by injecting infected...
A journalist died at a Dhaka hospital on Tuesday night from what doctors believe was coronavirus infection. Homayuan Kabir Khokon, the city editor and chief reporter of The Daily Shomoyer...
Gazipur Mayor Zahangir Alam has announced his decision to reopen mosques in the city corporation areas to worshipers during Ramadan despite strict restrictions imposed by the government to contain the...
The RMG (ready-made garment) and textile companies should maintain 'operational manual' to contain the spread of COVID-19 among workers ahead of full resumption of production in the companies. However, the...
Veterinary services have virtually come to a halt across the country due to the ongoing lockdown, putting the livestock and poultry sectors at risk, according to officials and farmers. Though...
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