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A member of Bangladesh Navy, who was suffering from fever and cough, died in Meherpur sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Md Nazmus Salehin, 33, of...
The World Bank is likely to confirm US$100 million loan disbursement for Bangladesh within a couple of days to help the country tackle the deadly coronavirus outbreak, a senior official...
The restaurant and fast food industry in Dhaka city is in dire straits following closure of eateries amid a state directive to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Most outlets here...
The coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to wreak havoc on many countries. National lockdown strategy, as a panacea, has been adopted by all countries. This strategy imposed a plethora of Covid-19 protecting...
Nishinda plant or Vitex Negundo has been widely used in herbal medicine for around five to seven thousand years. Up until now, its beneficial effects have been recognised in possessing...
As governments introduce social-distancing rules of varying strictness to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the question of how long these measures should remain in place will likely spark vigorous debate. Many...
Eighty-one Bangladeshi nationals, who got stuck in different areas of West Bengal during the ongoing lockdown in entire India, returned home through Benapole Check-post on Friday. They entered Bangladesh in...
Developing Asia’s already slowing economic growth is set to weaken even more sharply this year, hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic before it bounces back strongly next year,...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Friday refuted a report that only Army and Navy will distribute government-provided relief materials from now on. "This is totally false and fabricated," PM's...
The recent government instruction of facilitating livestock sector, including dairy farmers, during countrywide lockdown has hardly benefited local marginal dairy farmers. As a result, the country’s dairy farmers are still...
"United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres's warning at last December's COP25 climate conference that "we are knowingly destroying the very support systems keeping us alive" might be the most alarming words...
When educational institutions around the world are closed as a precaution against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Bangladesh also had to take the same decision. Although the government has found a way...
Other things remaining the same, it is assumed that the welfare of a household depends on the number of members it has to feed --- a reduction in the household...
Global spread of deadly coronavirus is also taking its toll now in Bangladesh. In a bid to contain the spread of the virus, the government earlier announced 10-day public holiday...
Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 53,000 fatalities, a Reuters tally showed on Friday, as death tolls soared in the United States...
Samples of 10 people have been collected in Sherpur to ascertain whether they are infected with coronavirus. Dr Mobarak Hossain, health and family planning officer of Sadar upazila, said the...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) on Friday urged the government to create emergency fund for micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs) amid coronavirus outbreak at a lower interest...
Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) distributed aids among some helpless people at Khilgao Model College in the capital’s Khilgaon area on April 02, 2020. The aids were...
More than 230 political parties, including the Communist Party of China, have called for closer international cooperation against COVID-19 pandemic it has posed serious challenge to the humanity and world...
All employees of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited have decided to donate one day’s salary to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to help the government fight the present crisis,...
A reporter of Independent TV, a private television channel in Bangladesh, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. He is being treated at Dhaka's Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital after...
Wuhan, the Chinese city hardest hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak, conducted disinfection Friday on the local airport as operations will soon resume on April 8 when the city lifts...
The 2,500 Bangladeshis, who are stuck in India, will be brought back after normalisation of the current situation there, said the government on Friday. All kinds of domestic travel has...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self-quarantine and returned to the chancellery on Friday after testing negative for coronavirus several times, her spokesman said. Merkel had been self-quarantining and...
Private hospitals, clinics and doctors’ chambers will face punishment if these remain closed during the coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Zahid Malik said on Friday. Many doctors are not providing services...
Emirates has received approvals to carry passengers on certain flights. Effective from April 6, initial flights will commence from Dubai to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Zurich, with 4...
Bangladesh needs to inject more cash into the economy to tackle the impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Manmohan Parkash. He also underscored...
China has expressed its deep commitment to implement the key development projects in Bangladesh and to continue bilateral supply chain to help Bangladesh fighting the onslaught of corona outbreak. Chinese...
Thailand's popular resort island of Phuket will close all its hotel services from Saturday until further notice. The announcement was made Friday by Phuket Governor Pakkapong Thaweepat in the wake...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) urged the government to create a 3-year long emergency fund with 1. 0 per cent interest to support the financially stressed local MSMEs...
OPEC and allies are working on a deal for an unprecedented production cut equivalent to around 10 per cent of global supply, an OPEC source said after US President Donald...
Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is receiving treatment at her Gulshan residence after her jail sentence was suspended, is now in stable physical condition. Dr Zubaida Rahman, the wife of...
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) has donated BDT 50 million to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund to help fight the outbreak of coronavirus recently. The bank handed over...
Visits to retail shops and recreational locations in Bangladesh slumped 68 per cent between February 16 and March 29 as the impact of the nationwide shutdown panned out, according to...
Syed Mahmudul Huq has been elected as the new president of France Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry for a two year term (2020-2022) recently. Mr. Huq is the Vice...
The economic crisis spawned by the coronavirus pandemic has produced a wave of grim US data, with likely more to come as millions lose jobs, businesses shutter and spending stops....
The US Department of State and US Embassy Bangladesh have arranged a special chartered flight for US citizens and their families which will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka...
The government will bring back Bangladeshi citizens who remain stranded in various countries including India due to lockdown there once the situation becomes convenient, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Indonesia confirmed on Friday 196 new coronavirus infections, marking the biggest daily rise since the first cases were announced a month ago, said a health ministry official. Achmad Yurianto, the...
A college student, suffering from fever, cold and respiratory problem, died at his own residence at Narayanpur village in Satkhira Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Hasan...
The Bangladesh economy is expected to remain strong in fiscal 2020, with a strong GDP growth rate of 7.8 per cent, according to the Asian Development Bank. The gross domestic...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) along with 50 other organisations in a joint letter urged the government to lift ongoing mobile internet restrictions and halt the construction of barbed wire fencing...
China will hold a national mourning Saturday for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and compatriots died of the disease, according to the...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), for the 10th consecutive day on Friday, continued spraying disinfectants in the capital in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus. The DMP is...
Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it has developed a new test for the novel coronavirus that reduces the results time to about two hours. The test was developed by subsidiary Fujifilm...
As the world struggles with containing and treating the new coronavirus disease COVID-19 in the absence of any vaccine or medication, misinformation on the disease keeps spreading online. Given this,...
Bangladesh on Friday announced the detection of five new coronavirus patients, raising the number of such cases in the country to 61. Health Minister Zahid Maleque said this through a...
The regional economic growth in developing Asia will decline sharply in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic before recovering in 2021, according to the Asian Development Bank...
As the country’s export-oriented industries are in deep trouble due to the global spread of the deadly coronavirus, it will also affect the domestics industries negatively, observed a business leader....
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