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The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) authorities on Sunday directed to close all restaurants, hotels, tea stalls, bakery, confessionary, and roadside food carts following growing concern over a potential coronavirus...
Coronavirus cases around the world have surpassed 300,000 with deaths from the disease topping 13000. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, a total of 308,257 people were infected...
The Islamic Foundation has urged all Muslims to say Shab-e-Meraj prayers at home in view of the threat of the coronavirus. The event will be observed across the country on...
Bangladesh will contribute US$1.5 million to the Saarc Emergency Fund proposed by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to fight coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region. There are commitments from other countries...
Cargo handling at the Petrapole port on the India-Bangladesh border came to a halt on Sunday after India launched a 14-hour curfew to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the...
Dhaka stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Sunday despite the securities regulator having imposed a new circuit breaker to boost the ailing capital market. Trading will be...
Juventus and Argentina soccer forward Paulo Dybala has tested positive for coronavirus but has no symptoms, the Italian Serie A club said on Saturday, making him one of the most...
The boards of directors of two insurers - United Insurance and Bangladesh General Insurance Company have recommended 11 per cent cash dividend each for the year ended on December 31,...
Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its US warehouses as the world’s largest online retailer tries to meet the rapidly growing demand...
Italy recorded a jump in deaths from coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world’s hardest-hit country to almost 5,000. In its latest desperate effort to...
The Spanish government said on Saturday it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and warned that "the worst is yet to come" after the national toll...
The customs authority is set to waive all the taxes on import of safety kits and its raw materials to expedite import of those materials amid the coronavirus outbreak across...
An elderly woman has died in the isolation ward of Sylhet Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed District Hospital, according to authorities. The 61-year-old woman, who had returned from London on March 4,...
The prices of key essentials in the city's kitchen markets maintained their high level following panic buying over the coronavirus pandemic. During visit to different kitchen markets it was found...
India launched a 14-hour long curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease....
Increased budgetary allocations will be required to address the challenges of coronavirus epidemic, including distribution of medicines, improving health services and medical equipment, a think-tank said on Saturday. The Centre...
A collision between a truck and a pick-up van has left more than 10 people dead in Lohagora area of Chattogram on Saturday night. At least 10 people were also...
Awami League candidate Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has won the by-election to Dhaka-10 constituency, after bagging 15,955 votes amid coronavirus scare. His nearest rival, the BNP’s Sheikh Rabiul Alam, got 817...
A process that began many months ago with a promise of the commercial banks to reduce their lending rates to single digits appears to be finally moving to a forced...
The rapidly spreading corona virus is not only creating a health crisis but also impacting on the health of the global economy as global growth forecast are revised sharply down....
World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday suggested Bangladesh government take urgent action like partial or complete lockdown in combating the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Experts of the global health body also...
A few concessions that have been offered by the central bank last week for the coronavirus-hit businesses through relaxation of relevant rules are appropriate and timely. Those are, obviously, intended...
Nearly 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to rapid industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural settlements. Such a situation is pushing the country's food security...
Despite the presence of hundreds of archaeological ruins in the country, the relics have been surviving undisturbed for ages. No unscrupulous quarters have ever felt inclined to cause harm to...
It is now clear that most East Asian government responses to novel coronavirus or Covid-19 outbreaks have been effective. In Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan, the number infected have...
The global economy was ripe for a recession even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Many commentators have been warning that stock markets were overheated, that advanced economies were heading for...
It is now widely known that COVID-19 has created a disease pandemic, a fear contagion, decimating the stock market everywhere, creating -- what some people started calling -- "an economic...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said China is sending 10,000 testing kits and 10,000 preventive equipment to help in containing coronavirus outbreak and those will arrive anytime soon....
400 new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds will be added to country’s government hospitals to tackle coronavirus situation, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday. “Already, there’re 200 ICU beds...
The country on saturday scrapped the Independence Day ceremonies after a meeting of President Abdul Hamid with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Bangabhaban, a presidential palace spokesman said, reports BSS....
Bangladesh should address the vulnerability to pandemic coronavirus outbreak and ensure sufficient health services available and accessible to all, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. “Countries all over the world...
The two-day special session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been suspended due to the COVID-19...
Bangladeshi mountaineer and social activist Wasfia Nazreen has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reports bdnews24.com. Wasfia confirmed the matter in a Facebook post on Saturday. “Yes, I’m battling Covid-19...
Pakistan on Saturday suspended all international flight operations for two weeks in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the civil aviation authority said. "The Government of Pakistan has decided...
The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia, including Bangladesh, to help the global fight against COVID-19. The governments of...
Two mobile courts in Satkhira fined nine traders Tk 179,000 for selling daily commodities at higher prices at Sultanpur bazaar in Sadar and Tala upazilas on Saturday. Sadar Upazila Assistant...
The Election Commission (EC) has suspended Chattogram city polls, scheduled for March 29, amid coronavirus fears. The by-polls were scheduled to be held in Bogura-1 and Jashore-3 parliamentary seats along...
Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 258 on Saturday after 35 fresh cases were reported in various parts of the country, the Health Ministry said, reports thehindubusinessline.com. However, according...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Bangladesh in tackling novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak challenges. “As a long-standing development partner, ADB is committed to assist Bangladesh in this difficult time....
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced that it will follow the ‘work from home’ policy from March 22, aiming to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. The staff who are...
Awami League candidate Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has been unable to cast his vote in the by-polls to the Dhaka-10 parliamentary seat as his name did not appear on the voter...
A Bangladeshi expatriate died from coronavirus in Italy on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Golam Mawla, 56, son of Hafez Ali Akbar of Companiganj upazila in Noakhali. Golam...
Bangladesh on Saturday reported the country’s second death from coronavirus that also infected four more, raising the total corona cases to 24. Another person died from coronavirus in Bangladesh, announced...
Two overseas returnees were sent to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital on Saturday morning from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for having high body temperature. “One of them is from Maldives...
The World Bank has approved $170 million to improve sanitation services in Dhaka city, benefiting around 1.5 million people. The Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project will help improve Dhaka’s livability with...
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur has condoled the death of noted folklorist Dr Ashraf Siddiqui. "This is an irreparable loss to our literature and we pray for the salvation of his...
Starbucks Corp said on Friday it will close most of its company operated cafes across north America for two weeks, limiting its services to drive-throughs, to help stem the spread...
The 327th Board Meeting of Standard Bank Ltd was held on 19 March at SBL Board Room, Head Office, Dhaka. Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr.Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all not to hoard food grains and other essential items out of panic as the country has enough stock of everything. "Some people...
An initiative to increase impact investment in the country’s social business as well as environmental sectors has been launched. Three organizations jointly launched the programme titled ‘Biniyog Briddhi (B-Briddhi)- Scaling...
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