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72551. 269 US citizens leave Dhaka by chartered flightPublished: March 30, 2020 20:53:00

A total of 269 US citizens left Dhaka on Monday evening by a special chartered flight as the US government arranged the aircraft for those who opted to go back...


72552. Buyers cancel orders worth $2.87 billion: BGMEAPublished: March 30, 2020 20:23:18

Buyers have so far cancelled orders of readymade garment (RMG) products worth US$ 2.87 billion till Monday afternoon in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, according to BGMEA sources. About 1,041...


72553. DMP continues distributing food among the homelessPublished: March 30, 2020 20:05:30

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday continued distributing food among 2,500 homeless, destitute and poor people in the city amid global coronavirus pandemic outbreak. As part its initiative, the DMP...


72554. EU ombudsman rejects plea to withdraw GSP for BangladeshPublished: March 30, 2020 19:43:07

The Office of the Ombudsman of the European Union (EU), turned down the plea for withdrawal of GSP facilities by the EU for Bangladesh for violating labour rights. The EU...


72555. Olympics to begin on July 23 2021Published: March 30, 2020 19:12:10

Next year's Olympic Games have been set to begin on July 23, 2021 and will run until Aug 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, Yoshiro Mori said...


72556. Sick, elderly, people with coronavirus symptoms asked to pray at homePublished: March 30, 2020 19:03:13

The Islamic Foundation asked people having coronavirus symptoms, sick, elderly people or those arrived here from corona-hit countries or regions not to go to mosques but to offer prayers at...


72557. ‘Govt, media to work closely to tackle coronavirus’Published: March 30, 2020 18:59:53

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the government and the mass media will work more closely to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The minister made the remarks after a meeting...


72558. Move to create 17 more labs to detect coronavirusPublished: March 30, 2020 18:41:23

Health Minister Zahid Malik has said the government will establish at least 17 new laboratories across the country to accelerate the testing process for the coronavirus. The minister gave the...


72559. 269 US citizens to return backPublished: March 30, 2020 18:41:12

269 US citizens along with nine dogs will return to their country on Monday evening. They are scheduled to board a flight of Qatar Airways at 6 pm, according to...


72560. Prices of essentials decline significantly in Dhaka kitchen marketsPublished: March 30, 2020 18:28:54

The prices of daily essentials fell significantly in Dhaka’s kitchen markets as hundreds of thousands of people left the capital during the government announced holiday to prevent the spread of...


72561. DMP continues to spray disinfectantsPublished: March 30, 2020 18:24:49

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) continues spraying disinfectants through water cannons in the capital to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic for the sixth consecutive day. The DMP is spraying...


72562. Getting through COVID-19 togetherPublished: March 30, 2020 18:11:01

In a letter to the customers, Mr Rahel Ahmed, managing director and CEO of Prime Bank Limited urges all to maintain social distance to combat coronavirus and also assures that...


72563. Coronavirus: Global death toll jumps by 4,000 in a day to 34,005Published: March 30, 2020 18:06:52

The global death toll from the coronavirus has jumped by about 4,000 in a day to 34,005, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, according to bdnews24.com. Since it...


72564. Customs houses to remain open on holidaysPublished: March 30, 2020 18:04:08

All the customs houses and customs stations will remain open during the government declared general holidays in limited scale. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday issued an order...


72565. Wuhan reports no new coronavirus infection for sixth dayPublished: March 30, 2020 17:13:16

China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number of imported cases, while policymakers turned their efforts...


72566. Prisoners riot in Iran amid coronavirus outbreakPublished: March 30, 2020 16:57:57

Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which...


72567. Primary students to get televised lessons through Sangsad TVPublished: March 30, 2020 16:47:13

The state-run Sangsad Bangladesh Television is set to broadcast pre-recorded lessons for primary school students after the government was forced to shut down educational institutions across the country in order...


72568. Sylhet tea workers go on work abstention amid coronavirus fearPublished: March 30, 2020 16:39:46

At least 20,000 workers of different tea gardens here went on work abstention on Monday morning demanding suspension of their work to prevent the transmission of the deadly coronavirus. Raju...


72569. PCR testing machines reach Khulna, Sylhet hospitals for coronavirus testPublished: March 30, 2020 16:28:47

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing machines, used for detecting coronavirus infection and other complicated diseases, reached Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and Sylhet's MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Monday...


72570. Locomotive strikes autorickshaw in Rangpur, four people killedPublished: March 30, 2020 16:23:25

At least four people have died in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila, after a locomotive ploughed into an autorickshaw on the level crossing, reports bdnews24.com. The accident took place at the Anandanagar...


72571. ‘Low-income people to get food support countrywide’Published: March 30, 2020 16:16:09

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief preparing a list for providing the support The government has taken an initiative to provide food assistance to those who used to survive...


72572. Australia to spend $80b subsidy to protect jobsPublished: March 30, 2020 16:13:13

Australia will spend A$130 billion (64.5 billion pounds) to subsidise the wages of an estimated 6 million people, marking a third tranche of stimulus designed to limit the fallout of...


72573. Over 166m mobile phone subscribers in country: BTRCPublished: March 30, 2020 16:02:40

The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the country reached 166.114 million at the end of February 2020, according to data by telecom regulator. The number of subscribers of...


72574. US steps up coronavirus therapy developmentPublished: March 30, 2020 15:55:55

US President Donald Trump has said that the country is stepping up the development of treatments for COVID-19 (COVID-19 patients), including experimenting with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and blood-related therapies....


72575. Trump backs off plan to reopen businesses by mid-April amid coronavirus warningsPublished: March 30, 2020 15:46:01

President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticised plan to get the economy up and running by mid-April after a...


72576. China unexpectedly cuts reverse repo rate by most in five yearsPublished: March 30, 2020 15:41:27

China's central bank unexpectedly cut the rate on reverse repurchase agreements by 20 basis points on Monday, the largest in nearly five years, as authorities stepped up measures to relieve...


72577. Coronavirus: Greece pumps more financial aid in economyPublished: March 30, 2020 15:40:40

Greece announced new tax breaks and economic assistance to thousands of businesses and workers on Monday to buffer its economy from a national lockdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Greece’s...


72578. Vietnam asks mask firms to increase production to 5m a dayPublished: March 30, 2020 15:38:51

Vietnam has asked its local mask producers to ramp up their production to make 5.0 million masks a day, the government said on Monday, as coronavirus cases in the country...


72579. Carew steps up production of hand sanitizer to meet growing demandPublished: March 30, 2020 15:10:29

The state owned Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd has ramped up its production of hand sanitizers following the growing demand of it among the people, official said. The company has...


72580. PM to hold video conference with officials of 64 districts TuesdayPublished: March 30, 2020 14:37:56

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a video conference with the officials of 64 districts on Tuesday to coordinate the ongoing activities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The...


72581. Man suffering from cold, breathing problem dies in KushtiaPublished: March 30, 2020 13:56:09

Nine people, including two doctors and five staff of Kushtia Sadar Hospital, were kept in quarantine after an auto-rickshaw driver suffering from cold and breathing problems died there on Monday....


72582. BB asks banks to release foreign exchange of travellers’ cardsPublished: March 30, 2020 13:38:01

The central bank has relaxed its rules of foreign exchange release considering the situation of the travelling card holders stuck abroad due to restrictions arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic....


72583. India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor strugglePublished: March 30, 2020 13:32:25

India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday, as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and...


72584. IEDCR confirms one more coronavirus casePublished: March 30, 2020 13:04:38

One more person has been diagnosed with COVID-19 disease in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 49, said the...


72585. Coronavirus testing equipment reached Sylhet hospitalPublished: March 30, 2020 12:42:27

Coronavirus testing machines and related equipment were sent to Sylhet's MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. Brig Gen Md Yunusur Rahman, director of the hospital, said the RT-PCR...


72586. Europe cities get cleaner air as lockdown continuesPublished: March 30, 2020 12:02:01

Air pollution has decreased in urban areas across Europe during lockdowns to combat the coronavirus, new satellite images showed on Monday, but campaigners warned city-dwellers were still more vulnerable to...


72587. Mild heat wave to continuePublished: March 30, 2020 11:59:01

A mild heat wave sweeping over Faridpur, Madaripur, Sitakundu and Rangamati may continue, the Met Office said in its regular weather forecast on Monday. Temperature during the day may remain...


72588. DU student goes missing in ManikganjPublished: March 30, 2020 11:43:37

A student of Dhaka University has remained missing for three days after going home at Baliakhora village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj during holidays. The student, Saiful Islam, 26, is...


72589. Dhaka crime drops sharply on coronavirus fearsPublished: March 30, 2020 11:26:37

Police generally produce more than 200 arrestees in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court of Dhaka in a day, but the number dropped to 26 on Sunday amid a nationwide shutdown...


72590. Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirusPublished: March 30, 2020 11:03:11

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70. Shimura, one of the...


72591. Drop in China’s new coronavirus cases; none in Hubei for sixth dayPublished: March 30, 2020 11:00:07

Mainland China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as imported cases fell, while authorities shut the borders to foreign travellers and drastically slashed the number...


72592. Five houses locked down in Jashore amid virus fearsPublished: March 30, 2020 10:47:26

The local administration has locked down five houses in Chowgaccha upazila under Jashore district after a teenage girl was admitted to Jashore Medical College Hospital on Sunday night with symptoms...


72593. Three months that shook global marketsPublished: March 30, 2020 10:37:44

How much damage has the coronavirus and the oil price collapse inflicted on global financial markets this year? Put simply, it has probably been the most destructive sell-off since the...


72594. Toyota says most Europe plants won't restart until April 20 at earliestPublished: March 30, 2020 10:35:16

Toyota Motor said on Monday that it would extend a suspension at all of its factories in Europe with the exception of Russia until further notice, with a restart expected...


72595. Malware found in BB server, againPublished: March 30, 2020 10:10:40

The data server of Bangladesh Bank is again found to be at risk of cyber attack due to malware transmission, officials have said. The Bangladesh Computer Council, or BCC, has...


72596. Online food delivery business takes a big hitPublished: March 30, 2020 10:08:54

Online food delivery business in the country has been going through tough times in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Despite lucrative offers extended to customers, online food orders witnessed a...


72597. Coronavirus deaths fall again in Italy but lockdown extension loomsPublished: March 30, 2020 09:52:01

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy fell for the second consecutive day on Sunday but the country still looked almost certain to see an extension of stringent containment...


72598. Sharp fall in global LNG prices: Petrobangla makes hefty profitPublished: March 30, 2020 09:45:59

Global spread of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent fall in liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices in international market turned to be a 'boon' for the state-run Petrobangla. Like another major...


72599. H&M won't place new orders nowPublished: March 30, 2020 09:38:54

H&M, one of the country's largest global apparel buyers, has decided to temporarily suspend placing new orders to its listed supplier factories in Bangladesh amid the coronavirus outbreak. Sources said...


72600. Non-COVID patients left in the lurch as medics abstainPublished: March 30, 2020 09:38:32

The city's healthcare services for non-COVID-19 patients have come to almost a halt due to the abrupt absence of doctors who are staying home to prevent contracting new coronavirus, hospital...