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New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of COVID-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days - one on Sunday – country’s Prime...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government will set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in all districts of the country. “We’ll set up an ICU in a good...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Monday extended the suspension of all international and domestic flights until May 7 in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus...
A test lab for conducting coronavirus test was inaugurated at Comilla Medical College Hospital (CoMCH) on Monday. AKM Baharuddin Bahar, MP, inaugurated the lab at the Microbiology department at noon,...
In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions of dollars into bets with extraordinarily low odds of...
Bangladesh has recorded another seven deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, according to the DGHS official. With the latest victims, the death toll...
Emirates has ramped up its capability to process refunds to its customers and travel trade partners impacted by travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With nearly half a million...
Dhaka Bank Limited donated Tk 1.0 million to Bagerhat DC Office to support poor & underprivileged people of Baderhat district to fight against coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Mehedi Zaman Khan, Manager,...
The US embassy in Dhaka has invited its citizens to join Ambassador Earl Miller and other members of the embassy for a virtual Town Hall meeting via WebEx to be...
Employees of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) have donated their one-day salary for the people in need, who have been suffering during the nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic...
A man infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) has been caught and sent back into quarantine after he fled from a hospital in Chandpur district. The 35-year-old man, who hails from Poa...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is opening a special liquidity facility of up to 500 billion rupees ($6.6 billion) to help mutual funds tide over a severe liquidity strain...
No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A daily update from DGHS said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the businesspeople who took loans for operating their business entities need not worry about their loan interest. "You were doing your business taking...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate mobile court drives on Sunday fined different people and organisations a total of Tk 18,400 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid...
The government will consider waiving small businesspersons’ bank loan interest as they are incurring losses due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday...
It is a Ramadan like never before for Muslims across Asia as mosques that would normally be packed for prayers are deserted and in some places locked up as governments...
The White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump's public focus to burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Days after he publicly...
Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by...
South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill or is being isolated because of coronavirus concerns, emphasising that they...
More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID-19 patients, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval...
All educational institutions, including schools and colleges, may be needed to be shut due to the coronavirus outbreak until at least September this year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on...
Around 400 Bangladeshis died from coronavirus in different countries, including the United States of America and the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. She gave the information while...
Another wave of states prepared to ease coronavirus restrictions on US commerce this week, despite health experts warning there is still too little diagnostic testing, while the White House forecast...
Ten more people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Chattogram in the last 24 hours, raising the number of confirmed cases to 55, according to a news agency report Monday. Among...
Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March....
A Saudi Arabia-led coalition said on Monday all parties need to return to the status that existed before the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen declared an emergency in Aden,...
For the first time in the country's history, city dwellers are breaking their fast without traditional food items this Ramadan as most of outlets remain closed due to the countrywide...
Mass deportation of Bangladeshi workers from some countries in the Middle-East (M-E) has started with sending back of 430 workers on last Friday and Sunday. Besides, 121 workers are scheduled...
Most of the educational institutions have launched online classes on a limited scale due to continuation of the coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh. As the shutdown is unlikely to end soon...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse has been on a downward trend for the last one year as the overseas investors continued to pull out their fund amid prolonged...
The reopening of factories from Sunday has given rise to confusion and uncertainty among readymade garment workers over their job security and payment of April wages. Hundreds of workers had...
The country's motorcycle industry has sought financial assistance and policy support from the government to pay salaries and wages for three months, according to a press statement. Bangladesh Motorcycle Assemblers...
Foreign currency dealers have requested its member banks to maintain a benchmark for quoting exchange rates to the overseas firms engaged in remitting money to the country. The Bangladesh Foreign...
New challenges have emerged in preparing financial statements for business entities in the aftermath of COVID 19. The auditors, in a report submitted to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) recently,...
Praava Health launched an online COVID-19 self-assessment tool, a Facebook Chatbot, and a dedicated COVID-19 Webpage in response to the global coronavirus pandemic. These services are meant to help patients...
Gazi Group, one of the leading business organizations in the country, has provided lifesaving gear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health workers, including doctors at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College...
Local administration has decided to put the whole district of Jashore under lockdown for an indefinite period from Monday morning, to prevent transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Mohamamd Shafiul Arif,...
Satkhira district police is using drone-mounted cameras to ensure that people are maintaining social distancing and to detect people who made unnecessary gatherings in defiance of restrictions to prevent transmission...
Scientists are in a race against time to beat coronavirus now rampaging all across the world. As the death toll is about to reach the 0.2 million mark, therapeutic remedy...
The novel coronavirus continues to be a mystery. Frantic efforts are on and funds worth billions of dollar have been deployed in an all-out war against this deadly invisible enemy...
Currently, the city of Dhaka is witnessing things which were unthinkable even a month ago. With the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic gaining increased ferocity by the day, troubling spectacles...
Commerce Ministry has urged different ministries and departments to take necessary measures to keep on the production, import and transportation of essential commodities including all medical and electronic goods. In...
Saudi Arabia eased curfews on Sunday across the country but kept 24-hour lockdown in place in the city of Mecca and neighbourhoods previously put in isolation to curb the spread...
Children are born to be creative, like eagles are born to soar, see the world, and find food, not scratch and fight for scraps in a coop. Instead of competing...
Iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country that have been consistently free of the coronavirus outbreak as restrictions on Iranians gradually ease, President Hassan Rouhani said on...
The Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry has allocated additional Tk 522.5 million for the local government institutions to tackle the crisis created over coronavirus outbreak. A general order...
The year 2000 saw 189 UN Member States agree on certain socio-economic development goals. Discussion carried out between economists, politicians and development experts since 1984 was able to identify certain...
Three more people died of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Narayanganj district in the last 24 hours until Sunday. With latest deaths, a total of 42 people died in the district...
COVID-19 continues to affect people's lives in various ways. People are staying indoors because of restrictions on movement and from a fear of being infected. While this is the right...
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