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Newly-appointed Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Benazir Ahmed was adorned with the IGP Rank Badge on Wednesday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Senior Secretary of the Public Security Division under...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Bangladesh’s GDP growth would come down to 2 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY2019-2020) due to the global coronavirus pandemic....
The local administration in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram district has put 20 houses under lockdown as a septuagenarian man tested positive for coronavirus there on Tuesday. Civil Surgeon Sheikh Gazle...
Asian share markets took a breather on Wednesday as warnings of the worst global recession since the 1930s underlined the economic damage already done even as some countries tried to...
Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs (called prone positioning) helps increase the amount of oxygen that's getting to their lungs, according to a CNN...
A college student died of fever, cold and breathing complications at Debidwar Health Complex on Tuesday night. The victim, Dulal Bhuiyan, a 3rd year Honours student of Cumilla Victoria College...
India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to millions of people because of a prolonged lockdown to halt...
A man who died from fever and cold in Karimganj upazila of Dhaka on Monday was found to be infected with coronavirus, said Civil Surgeon of the district Dr Mohammad...
South Koreans began going to the polls on Wednesday to elect members of parliament, wearing masks and plastic gloves as part of strict safety measures in one of the first...
Apple has launched a tool that reveals changes in the travel behaviour of people who use its Maps app. The Mobility Trends Report produces three daily percentage figures, showing how...
Workers of two readymade garment (RMG) factories staged demonstrations in Mirpur area of Dhaka on Wednesday morning demanding that their arrears be cleared. The workers of ‘Needs Fashions LTD’ and...
The air quality of Dhaka showed a sign of improvement on Wednesday morning. The capital ranked 18th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 118. The...
A physician of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital died of coronavirus at a Dhaka hospital on Wednesday. Dr Moyeen Uddin, assistant professor of the Medicine department of the hospital,...
The global death toll from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 126,604 as of Wednesday morning. There have been 1,998,111 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was...
Three Bangladeshi nationals have so far died from coronavirus in Qatar while more than 500 are undergoing treatment at different hospitals there after being diagnosed with the deadly virus. "Over...
Thousands of Indians who fled cities to return to their villages after the government imposed a coronavirus lockdown have been running away from quarantine centres. In government schools and village...
Eleven people, including a doctor, have been tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chattogram. Hasan Shahriar Kabir, Chattogram divisional health director, announced the new cases around 10:00pm on Tuesday. “Bangladesh...
A total of 214 Canadian citizens on Tuesday night left Dhaka for Toronto by a special chartered flight of Qatar Airways amid the coronavirus pandemic. A Qatar Airlines Boeing 787...
A number of doctors and nurses of two hospitals in Dhaka have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19), forcing the authorities to shut one down while the other has closed two departments....
The government and the humanitarian community, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are now delivering a "wide array of supports" to ensure that health services for both Rohingyas and...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (US standard time) he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews...
As the COVID 19 pandemic swept throughout the world, our lives are not the same any more. Fighting the pandemic required stricter controls on how people interact with each other...
COVID-19 and the inevitable lockdown has stripped our lives of normalcy. However, the pandemic has gifted us time, something we greatly lack in our fast-paced lives. Professionals and students have...
Former US President Barack Obama finally endorsed his vice president Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Tuesday in an effort to bring the Democratic Party together ahead of the election, reports...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considering options to restructure its cooperation and labour relations with countries refusing to receive their nationals working in UAE private sector, its embassy in...
Locals stopped the burial of a woman at Abupur village in Feni Sadar Upazila on Monday, suspecting that she might have died from coronavirus. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Nasrin Sultana said...
The nation celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, in a different way, basically making virtual media and digital devices the major means of deriving joy and...
China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed...
GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Sanofi SA said on Tuesday they would develop a vaccine to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. The drugmakers said they expect to start clinical trials for the vaccine...
Doctors, nurses and other health workers — providing healthcare facilities to coronavirus patients in the dedicated hospitals — will get accommodation facilities in 20 hotels, including Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel...
India extended a lockdown on its 1.3 billion people until at least May 3 on Tuesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said economic sacrifices were needed to save lives as...
Britain's death toll from the coronavirus could run some 15 per cent higher than official figures have indicated so far, according to broader data published on Tuesday that include deaths...
The local administration on Tuesday put Nilphamari under lockdown citing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, reports UNB. Deputy Commissioner Md Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury made the announcement in...
Terming Chattogram Port as economic lifeline of the country, speakers at a meeting have underscored the need for comprehensive measures to ensure smooth delivery of containers in the port to...
Hundreds of extra Covid-19 deaths have been revealed in the UK, reports BBC. About one in 10 coronavirus-related deaths in England and Wales took place outside hospital in the week...
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the world economy and cast a staggering gloom over growth prospects far and wide, incurring a short-term collapse in global output and widening...
People blocked the Dhaka-Barishal Highway in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj district on Tuesday demanding relief materials amid the ongoing general holidays to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country....
The number of new cases of COVID-19 is easing in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but outbreaks are still growing in Britain and Turkey and countries of...
Outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary On Tuesday said he tried to turn police into a people-oriented force during his tenure lasting just over 26 months....
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against Union Parishad member Sekendar Mia who reportedly took money for issuing registration cards under a government food programme. Assistant Director of...
Two children drowned in the Pagla River at Alidanga of Shibganj municipality in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as 10-year old Jui, a fourth-grader and daughter...
Healthcare authorities overnight involved non-government sector to expand COVID-19 facilities nationwide to intensify combat against the virus, following a South Korea’s “kiosk” or “booth” model. “The government is introducing booths...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a guideline for the stimulus package of Tk 200.00 billion announced by the government for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises to boost production...
The seventh session of current parliament, set to begin on April 18 to fulfill the constitutional obligation, will be very short considering the issue of safety amid the coronavirus pandemic....
Some credit card holders are confused about interest for late payment as they received text notification from their banks for repayment in the first week of this month after the...
China's foreign trade dipped 6.4 per cent year-on-year to 6.57 trillion yuan ($933 billion) in the first quarter (Q1), as the country faces increased pressure from the worldwide COVID-19 spread...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Jeremy Bruer on Tuesday greeted Bangladeshis on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New...
Drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws are passing their days amid great miseries as they have been left without work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the coronavirus. Under the current...
Seventeen labour welfare centres across the country will provide telemedicine services to the workers. The Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the initiative in a media statement on Tuesday, reports...
Information Center on Nuclear Energy (ICONE) Dhaka continues its educational activities during the coronavirus pandemic. ICONE Dhaka with the support from Rosatom (Russia’s state atomic energy corporation) will hold a...
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