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A senior reporter of Jamuna TV has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), prompting the authorities of the private television station to put 34 of his colleagues into quarantine in Dhaka....
Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday (UK standard time) evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office...
The owner of a readymade garment factory (RMG) with underlying health conditions has died from coronavirus (COVID-19) at a hospital in Dhaka. Mohammad Taslim Akhter, the managing director of Prince...
Prof Dr Shahidullah Sikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus. BSMMU vice-chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter in the evening, UNB reported. “Shahidullah,...
The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 95,722 as of Friday morning. There have been 1,603,719 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported...
US deaths due to coronavirus topped 16,400 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the outbreak might be nearing a peak. US officials warned Americans to...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said a decision has been made to set up a 2,000-bed isolation unit at Bashundhara Convention Centre. “The work will begin within 15-20 days...
The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" in 2020, triggering the worst fallout since the 1930s Great Depression, with only a partial recovery seen in...
Bangladesh and Singapore have agreed to work together to facilitate the repatriation of Bangladeshi nationals and workers who want to return home, and to bring Singaporeans back home from Bangladesh...
The authorities have put a mosque and the adjacent neighbourhood in Dhaka’s Rayer Bazar on lockdown after a “Khadem” tested positive for COVID-19. All people of the mosque, including the...
Life under COVID-19 has given many Mexicans that extra nudge they needed to let go of their fears of online fraud and credit card theft to wade into the world...
The coronavirus pandemic has forced Australia’s Test tour of Bangladesh, scheduled for June, to be postponed indefinitely. In a press release on Thursday, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the development....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinaon Thursday has called for boosting international cooperation to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister made the call in a letter she wrote to Chinese...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and World Health Organization (WHO) are launching a worldwide survey to report the challenges faced by the private sector due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....
Bangladesh has imposed a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing from Myanmar, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, reports...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday launched hotline numbers to ensure smooth distribution of relief goods among the disadvantaged, unemployed and poor people in its area in the wake...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has re-fixed the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 4.0 per cent on bi-weekly average basis with a provision of minimum 3.5 per cent on a daily basis...
The district administration has decided to put Chandpur under complete lockdown from Thursday evening to limit the transmission of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Md Mazedur Rahman announced the decision after a...
Fears of contracting the novel coronavirus are running rife among bankers in Dhaka following a recent surge in the number of infections, reports bdnews24.com. Banks have continued offering services to...
UK-based fair trade watchdog Traidcraft Exchange has asked fashion brands and retailers to keep their promises as they continued to scrap contracts or stop payments to suppliers from ‘poorer countries’,...
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a directive, saying that some emergency services and the supply chain will remain out of the purview of the nationwide shutdown declared in...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has warned that the government would take stern actions against those involved in spreading rumours over coronavirus-induced disease, COVID-19. “No matter whether rumours are spread...
Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. A BBC News investigation found fake drugs for sale...
France’s competition authority ruled on Thursday that Google must pay French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content, reports Reuters. The US tech firm said it would comply...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was recently released from jail for six months, will remain in self-isolation until the coronavirus situation improves in Bangladesh. “The entire country has been apparently...
China is capable of navigating its economy amid the COVID-19 fallout, and opportunities for the world's largest developing economy are promising in the long run despite virus-prompted challenges, economists and...
Bangladesh will bring back its nationals stranded in different countries due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic whenever the situation permits. Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen gave the information after...
China has urged intensified detection and prompt response to people infected with the novel coronavirus but showing no symptoms, according to a circular issued by the Joint Prevention and Control...
Bangladesh Bank has scaled down banking hours for customers to 12.30pm as the coronavirus crisis intensified. The central bank on Thursday issued a circular, ordering banks to remain open until...
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday suspended all classes and examinations for an indefinite period due to the crisis created over coronavirus pandemic. Notice will be issued at...
Aiming to ensure efficient use of electricity, state-owned Eastern Tubes Limited (ETL) is going to produce energy-efficient LED light in the country soon. To this end, the installation of LED...
The land ministry has extended the deadline for paying dues and the current year’s land development tax by May 13. The minister also postponed the Land Service Week and the...
Local administration on Thursday sent 215 people to institutional quarantine and kept three houses under lockdown in Manpura upazila of Bhola district, reports UNB. Bozla Rahman, officer-in-charge of Doulatkhan Police...
For young doctors like 26-year-old Christian Vigil, battling on the frontline against the new coronavirus is a journey back in time to an era they can scarcely imagine. “We feel...
Keeping up its unwavering commitment to deliver food, medical supplies and other essential commodities to markets across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, Emirates SkyCargo has rapidly scaled up its...
Emirates Skywards, the loyalty programme of the airline, is supporting its 27+ million members by understanding their needs, relaxing policies, adding flexibility, and including extensions during the corona pandemic. Emirates...
Two children at Ziapur village in Burichang upazila of Cumilla found coronavirus positive in IEDCR test after the death of their grandmother from the virus infection. Civil Surgeon Dr Abul...
The highly infectious coronavirus disease has killed one more person in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 21 in the country. Meanwhile, the total number...
The revenue collection in Bangladesh will face a severe blow due to slowdown in economic activities in the country and elsewhere in the world following the coronavirus outbreak. "Yes, there’ll...
The local administration has imposed a restriction on the plying of all kinds of vehicles, including rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, in Sylhet for two days from Thursday. The restriction which will...
President Abdul Hamid has turned town the mercy petition of Capt (retd) Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, clearing the...
Disney's new video streaming service has reached more than 50 million subscribers since its launch five months ago. When Disney Plus last announced viewing figures in February it had reached...
The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty,...
Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a study published on Wednesday, prompting the WHO to say it will take...
As the number of COVID-19 cases is on a gradual rise in the country, the local administration of Khulna has imposed restrictions on the movement of vehicles throughout the district....
The US embassy in Dhaka has issued a travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus outbreak. To this effect, the embassy and the US Department of State...
A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee died from fever and cold at Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex in Brahmanbaria district on Wednesday. The deceased, Mohammad Raihan, 20, son of Mokhlesur Rahman...
India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing restrictions elsewhere as a way out of a three-week lockdown that...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical staff, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday (UK...
The US economy is set for a deep slide in coming months with the coronavirus forcing businesses to shut and putting millions out of work, but Federal Reserve policymakers are...
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