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The central bank has resumed sale of the US dollar (US$) to banks directly for offsetting extra pressure on the market, caused by lower remittance inflow following the ongoing coronavirus...
It is a most treacherous time --- a time when a person does not keep faith in the hands that feed, let alone others within family or beyond. Studies reveal...
As I write, Bangladesh reported 48 confirmed cases - including two physicians - and 5 (five) deaths from the novel coronavirus. The country is on a semi-lockdown for 10 days...
'Desperate times call for desperate measures' is an old adage that was probably derived from another proverb, 'extreme diseases must have extreme remedies'. The saying, it seems, now best suits...
Besides not being among the countries experiencing the impacts of a full-blown COVID-19 attack, the case of Bangladesh remains on the whole moderate. It has not yet enforced stringent measures...
The Covid-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on the public health systems around the world, and millions of people in the world's most advanced economies are in some form of...
The finance minister of the regional state of Germany’s financial centre Frankfurt has committed suicide, police and the public prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement on Saturday. Thomas Schaefer,...
Because hand-to-hand exchange of physical currency could transmit the coronavirus, countries around the world are being forced to reconsider the use of cash. In fact, COVID-19 might turn out to...
Experts have urged the government to negotiate fast to get financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to fight COVID-19. Welcoming the finance minister’s...
Researchers at Daffodil International University of Bangladesh claim to have developed an Artificial Intelligence technology that can diagnose COVID-19 by using x-ray results. The university’s Department of Public Health, AI...
Iran’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 2,640, a health ministry official said on Sunday, as the Middle East’s worst-hit country grapples with the fast-spreading outbreak, reports Reuters. “In the...
Strategic analysts have been following the carefully organised efforts being undertaken by great powers in their efforts to underline their influence within the international paradigm. This is being viewed against...
Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on many countries. Nationwide lockdowns have already been imposed in Italy, Spain, France and India, among others. Some experts state national lockdown as a "panacea"...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has stepped in to provide healthcare professionals and other essential service workers with personal health safety equipment to help fight...
Around 8,000 cleaners of both the city corporations in Dhaka, who cannot afford sanitisers, masks and protective equipment, are doing their jobs taking the high risk of coronavirus infection and...
Bangladesh Autorickshaw-Autotempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) urged the government, transport owners and affluent people to provide food and other essentials to the transport workers who have become jobless due to,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the people not to worry and remain prepared to face any situation in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus across the globe....
Smuggled pangolins have been found to carry viruses closely related to the one sweeping the world. Scientists say the sale of the animals in wildlife markets should be strictly prohibited...
The government is using mobile phone operators’ networks to develop a risk-analysis database to stop the spread of deadly COVID-19 in Bangladesh. To this end, a text message from the...
Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world’s most popular contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like “The Shining” and “Shutter Island,” died...
Prisoners set fire to the canteen of jail in northeastern Thailand and several inmates escaped during a riot on Sunday that was sparked by rumours of a coronavirus outbreak, a...
Inspector General of Bangladesh Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary on Sunday asked the countrymen to refrain from spreading any false or misleading information regarding coronavirus on the social media. The...
The British government is "very concerned" following the latest figures which show more than 1,000 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, senior minister Michael Gove said on Sunday....
Spain and Italy demanded more European help as they fight still-surging coronavirus infections amid the continent's worst crisis since World War II. In the US, authorities urged millions in the...
State-run Sangsad Bangladesh Television started airing lessons for secondary level students, from class VI to class IX, from Sunday as all educational institutions remain closed in the wake of novel...
Dhaka Metropolitan Shop Owners Association on Sunday decided to extend the closure of all shopping complexes and malls in the city till April 4 coinciding with the government’s 10-day public...
Health Minister Zahid Malik has dismissed rumours that he has contracted coronavirus infection, fuelled by his lack of media appearances over the last few days. The minister said he is...
The United States is flying out American citizens living in Dhaka on a special chartered flight tomorrow (Monday), a spokesperson of the US Embassy said on Sunday. “The US Department...
Spain's health ministry has announced 838 new coronavirus deaths, marking the country's highest daily jump in fatalities and bringing its total to 6,528, according to Al Jazeera and Reuters. Second...
The construction of Akij Group's specialised hospital to treat people infected with the novel coronavirus has resumed in Dhaka’s Tejgaon a day after protests by local people brought the initiative...
Qatar Airways will continue flight operations as long as necessary to get stranded travellers home, Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker said on Sunday, but warned that the carrier could soon run...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) wants to export personal protective equipment (PPE) after meeting domestic demand as their demand is growing across the globe amid coronavirus pandemic....
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation's poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a...
After coronavirus testing kits, Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation sent 300,000 masks to Bangladesh which arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. Yan Hualong, Deputy Chief of Mission at Chinese...
Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan said his Sandoz generics unit's malaria, lupus and arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine is the company's biggest hope against the coronavirus, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported on Sunday....
When Satyaki Mitra’s father developed a mild fever in mid-March, the graduate student in Philadelphia wasn’t especially worried. He told his 57-year-old father, living in the eastern Indian city of...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged the affluent people of the society to extend their helping hands during the crisis created over global coronavirus outbreak. He made...
As countries are locking borders to contain the spread of coronavirus, 203 Bangladeshis returned home from India through Satkhira's Bhomra Land port in the last 48 hours. Bishwajit Sarkar, officer-in-charge...
Three members of a family have suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house in Dhaka. The fire stared at a tin-roofed house in No 13 section...
After a brutal meltdown, some investors have been wading back into US stocks. But others are wary of another leg down as the coronavirus spreads and its economic impact is...
Saudi Arabia shut down entry and exit into the Jeddah governorate and brought forward a curfew there to begin at 3 pm local time (1200 GMT), state news agency SPA...
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South...
Three people with symptoms of novel coronavirus died on Sunday in Barishal and Khulna. In Barishal, two persons with coronavirus symptoms died at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC). The deceased were...
India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for patients with coronavirus, as authorities scramble to prepare the country’s health infrastructure for an...
No new patient has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, in Bangladesh in the last two days, keeping the total number of confirmed cases in the country...
Two Indian refiners declared force majeure on crude purchases from the Middle East on Friday after fuel demand plummeted due to a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus...
In the past 24 hours in Turkey, 16 more people lost their lives due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 108, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday...
The United States wants to buy 25 types of coronavirus protective gear from Bangladesh. The US Embassy in Dhaka recently submitted a list of the items to the foreign ministry....
The city consumers witnessed short supply of few grocery items on Saturday, the third day of the ten-day holiday declared by the government amid coronavirus pandemic. There were shortages of...
The country's software and information sector has sought a special compensation or grant package for the sector to run their business amid coronavirus outbreak. They also wanted a special soft...
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