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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a nationwide lockdown from Tuesday midnight for 21 days, as part of his government’s stringent efforts to tackle coronavirus disease Covid-19. “Today, I...
The first case of the coronavirus infection has been detected in Cox’s Bazar, the most popular tourist hotspot in Bangladesh. A woman, who is over 60 years old and returned...
The Bangladesh Bank has asked the scheduled banks to keep unchanged the classification status of loan, lease or advance until June 30 to facilitate business activities amid the coronavirus outbreak....
The coronavirus has made the world more globalised albeit virtually, despite the segregation of humans caged and fenced off through land, air and sea blockades. Courtesy of the social media,...
The central bank has relaxed its regulations allowing the banks to extend usance period in import of life saving drugs by their clients up to maximum 180 days instead of...
It's like brain freeze for the world has never before December 2019 anticipated such widespread disruptions in business. Mad rush of masses to commercial places has almost stopped and offices...
The government has incorporated the life-threatening novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in 'The Communicable Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act, 2018’ to take legal action to check the disease. The health service...
Activities of all courts of the country will remain suspended from March 29 to April 2 to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. A notification signed by the Supreme Court registrar...
The government has started discussions with major importer countries for Bangladeshi goods on how to offset the loss incurred from the coronavirus spread. “We are in discussion with the EU,...
10 physicians, eight nurses and three conservancy workers -- were sent to home quarantine in Sadar upazila on Tuesday as they came in contact with an elderly woman who was...
The International Olympic Committee and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed, and held no later than the summer of 2021, the IOC...
Several more US governors on Monday joined the procession of states ordering millions of Americans to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, while President Trump signalled...
BNP’ senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has urged the his party leaders and activists not to crowd at the BSMMU hospital, from where their chief Khaleda Zia is...
Over 100 Indian nationals got stuck at the Benapole checkpost on Tuesday as Petrapole immigration authorities in India did not allow them to enter their country following a lockdown in...
Banking transactions across the country will remain open for two hours during the government-declared general holidays, said a Bangladesh Bank circular on Tuesday. As per circular, transactions in banks will...
Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 107 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase to date in the Southeast Asian country, bringing the total number of cases to 686, Health Ministry official...
The second batch of medical logistics including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1,000 infrared thermometers will arrive in the city from Kunming, China on Thursday. The...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her contribution to the Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund to fight the deadly coronavirus. “Grateful to Prime...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) urged the Bangladesh Bank (BB) amid coronavirus pandemic to create an emergency fund with 1.0 per cent interest using foreign exchange reserve to...
The government has appointed M Riaz Hamidullah, currently serving as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, as the new Ambassador to the Netherlands. Ambassador Hamidullah is a career...
The countrymen should stay at home during the general holidays as the government declared the holidays to curb the spread of COVID-19, not for enjoyment. “The aim of declaring general...
The government has decided to release BNP chief Khaleda Zia from prison suspending her conviction orders for six months upon two conditions. Law Minister Annisul Huq came up with the...
The trading and official activities on the bourses will remain closed from March 26 to April 4 in line with the government holiday, officials said. The government on Monday announced...
The Police Headquarters asked all expatriate returnees, who came to the country since March 01, to inform local police stations about their current addresses. Even they have been asked to...
The government shut down all passenger train services, except freight trains, from Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh. Railway Minister Nurul Islam made the announcement in a...
Another person has died from the coronavirus in Bangladesh, taking the total death toll from Covid-19 disease in the country to four, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and...
The Ministry of Education has extended the shutdown of all schools to April 09 from March 31 amid virus fears, reports bdnews24.com The government previously announced the shutdown of schools...
All flights on the domestic routes — Barishal, Chattogram, Saidpur, Cox's Bazar, Jashore, Rajshahi and Sylhet — will be suspended from this midnight. The suspension will take off at 12:01am...
The government has cancelled leave for all employees in the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh and the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection amid growing concerns over the outbreak of the...
Stock slipped back in the red Tuesday, after a single-day break, as investors turned jittery amid mounting fears over coronavirus outbreak. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange,...
All passenger train services will be suspended from this evening until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak. Railways minister Nurul Islam Sujan announced this at a press conference at...
People who have returned from abroad since March 1 and staying at addresses different than the ones in their passports have been asked to contact nearby police stations. All returnees...
Jashore’s district administration sent another 555 overseas returnees to home quarantine in the last 24 hours until Monday night to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Among them, 414 returnees are...
Industry leaders do not want to shut down factories as a measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, so they are waiting for government directives on workers and...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has decided to shut river transportation from today (Tuesday) afternoon to prevent the spread of coronavirus. “Vessels, including launches, will not be allowed to...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that mass transportation will remain shut from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. He made...
Australia reported a jump in coronavirus cases on Tuesday that was almost entirely due to passengers who disembarked a cruise ship in Sydney several days ago, prompting widespread criticism of...
Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western governments to impose lockdowns, threatening supplies of vital products including medicines into...
Turkey imposed restrictions on Tuesday on grocery store opening hours and numbers of shop customers and bus passengers, adding to steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus after the...
A youth showing coronavirus symptoms fled his home in Feni Sadar upazila and travelled to Dhaka by bus for tests. Feni Civil Surgeon Dr Sajjad Hossain said the man’s house...
Square Pharmaceuticals has signed agreements with two pharmaceuticals companies for manufacturing some products on behalf of the company to meet the growing demand. “The board of Square Pharma has approved...
Stocks witnessed downturn in early trading on Tuesday amid growing tension over the impacts of coronavirus outbreak. The presences of investors on the trading floor very thin due to mounting...
The Health Commission for China’s Hubei province said on Tuesday it will remove all travel restrictions in and out of the province on March 25, with the exception of the...
The global economy is expected to contract 1.5 per cent in 2020 amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, according to the forecast released by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) on...
The elderly woman who died in Sylhet was not infected with the novel coronavirus, says IEDCR, the government’s disease control agency. IEDCR Chief Scientific Officer ASM Alamgir confirmed the matter...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities have suspended all 257 local, commuter and mail trains across the country due to the prevailing coronavirus situation. The suspension took effect from Monday night and it would...
Prices of some disinfectants and chemical stocks are soaring as investors are anticipating brisk business amid rising coronavirus cases in Bangladesh. Shares of Central Pharma, ACI Formulations and ACI Ltd...
Industries ministry has imposed a two-week ban on the import of ships in the interests of ship-breaking workers' health safety amid the coronavirus pandemic. To this effect, the ministry will...
The central bank has relaxed its regulations, allowing the banks to extend usance period in import of industrial raw materials by their clients up to maximum one year instead of...
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has proposed bringing changes to the fiscal measures on a 'prospective' basis and reducing corporate taxes by 5.0 to 10 per...
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