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The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) fallout has turned alarming across the world. According to the United Nations (UN), the coronavirus spread-out will significantly increase global unemployment and underemployment. This may leave...
In times of pervasive woes and bad news, heartening scenes are also found in abundance. These spectacles can be likened to the glimpses of sun in a sky overcast with...
Even at this time of the ongoing countrywide emergency and near lockdown, production of some manufacturing and industrial units has to be maintained on a war footing. If health-service providers...
In the last couple of months, unparalleled to any past events, economic and social impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak have become the main topic of global discussion. The pandemic, originated...
Surrounded by the panic created by Covid-19 -- practising social distancing, going around with a mask on one's face, not being able to be part of the congregation in a...
A total of 67 more people were infected with coronavirus in Kishoreganj in last 24 hours, taking the number of coronavirus cases in the district to 141. Among the infected...
With a view to providing effective tools to the public in all sectors for combating not just COVID-19 but other diseases as well, Save the Children in Bangladesh (SCiBD) launched...
The Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP forum, on Monday alleged that over 200 physicians in the country were infected with coronavirus while providing healthcare services to such patients....
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has proposed a Tk 10.50 billion package for its small investors and brokers to survive from huge business losses due to the ongoing crisis of...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa on Monday said they are working hard to respond to Bangladesh's request of $600 million emergency assistance to help it effectively implement its...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has asked authorities concerned to ensure uninterrupted power supply during the coronavirus pandemic. “Ensuring proper protection, I ask all concerned...
The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has warned its member states against misuse of extraordinary powers to silence independent media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. The states have assumed the powers...
After procurement of Aman paddy through digital application, the government will now procure food grains from the farmers directly using mobile application – billed as ‘Krishoker App’- from 22 upazilas...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought $1.0 billion budget support in the next fiscal year (FY21) in addition to $500 million budget support in current fiscal to overcome the...
Under the ongoing lockdown and social distancing situation, Guardian Life Insurance is all set keep its commitment to the customers by introducing “Online Claim Submission (OCS)” platform to submit claims...
The Group of 77 (G77) and China on Sunday issued a statement expressing their support for the World Health Organization (WHO) in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. "The Group...
Gazi Group, one of the leading business entities in the country, has provided with consignment of life-saving safety gear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health workers, including doctors, at two...
The Bangladesh Bank has announced a Tk 30 billion refinancing fund for low-income professionals, farmers and small-business owners affected by the coronavirus shutdown. The interest rate on the loans has...
The government has assigned senior secretaries, secretaries and officials of equivalent rank to coordinate efforts in districts to slow the coronavirus outbreak and relief distribution. One official has been given...
Thirty more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the total number of cases to 134 in the district. Imrul Kayes, additional deputy...
A total of 23 doctors and 19 other staff, including 10 nurses, of Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) or Mitford Hospital have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the last three...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the authorities concerned to monitor the supply of N-95 masks to hospitals for the use of coronavirus patients and health workers. The prime minister...
SAARC countries will come together on Sunday through a videoconference to chalk out a strong strategy for combating coronavirus in the region. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead Bangladesh while...
For more than two months, residents in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, were required to stay home to stop the spread of the coronavirus; now, officials in the city are...
Dhaka District Railway Police on Monday distributed relief goods to 110 porters and 90 other needy and homeless people at the Kamalapur Railway Station amid the coronavirus shutdown. The relief...
With a Tk 100 contribution from each interested person, the Chattogram Field Hospital is almost operational with required facilities within a short time for COVID-19 patients. "Everything is ready. We’ll...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday arrested a fraudster from the capital’s Mouchak area amid the coronavirus (COVID 19) shutdown. The arrestee, Tipu Sultan, aged 35, was allegedly selling a...
The Shilpa Bhaban Corporate Branch of Sonali Bank Limited at Motijheel in the capital was locked down on Monday after one of its officials tested positive for the novel coronavirus....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government has a plan to allow the reopening of some export-oriented industries on a limited scale if the guidelines on health and safety are...
Workers have been preparing publications to be distributed to quarantined people in the National Library of Kuwait in Kuwait City, Kuwait, reports Xinhua. Kuwaiti National Council for Culture, Arts and...
The first batch of Bangladesh nationals, who got stuck in India due to countrywide lockdown there, returned home from Chennai on Monday. The government in coordination with Bangladesh High Commission...
Md. Rezaul Karim, Chairman of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh, handed over a packet of food items out of one thousands to Atiqul Islam, Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation, in presence...
A total of eight people tested positive for coronavirus or COVID-19 in the district since April 7. Health Division Assistant Director Dr Anisur Rahman confirmed the matter and said samples...
The government has stepped up its efforts to stop the misappropriation of relief materials allocated for the destitute people during the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. As part of the...
As the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh showed no sign of slowing down and the death toll jumped to 101 in 20 hours, Director General of the Directorate General of Health...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different mobile court drives on Sunday fined people a total of Tk 198,500 for allegedly violating the government’s social distancing measures amid the ongoing coronavirus...
Ghana is using delivery drones from US-based startup Zipline to enable it to test people more quickly outside major cities for the novel coronavirus, the company said on Monday. Ghana...
State minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder on Monday gave sanitisers and gloves to Mirpur zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He handed over the safety equipments, including 200 bottles...
Ten more people died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Monday, raising the tally to 101. Meanwhile, 492 others were diagnosed with...
Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to curb the spread of...
Crude oil futures fell on Monday, with US futures dropping more than 10 per cent to levels unseen since 1999 amid concerns that US storage facilities will soon be brimful...
Sirajganj reported its first confirmed coronavirus case on Monday as a 65-year-old man from Goprekhi village of Belkuchi upazila tested positive. The local administration has put five villages under lockdown,...
Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMC) has started testing coronavirus (COVID-19). It is capable of testing 94 samples a day, reports UNB. For testing samples, a PCR machine has been set...
South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing rules amid a continued downward trend in coronavirus...
The Indian media has reported the arrest of Risaldar Moslemuddin, another convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had long remained at large. The Bangladesh government is yet to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government will procure 2.1 million metric tonnes of food grains in the current season to ensure food security in the country and...
Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) has started providing health related treatment service through tele-communication to all workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some 11 DIFE doctors (assistant inspector...
Coronavirus infections on a large scale among the health workers like doctors and nurses can worsen the situation in Bangladesh, which already has an acute shortage of such workers, compounded...
With four new cases, the total number of coronavirus patients has climbed to 26 in Lakhmipur. Confirming the matter on Sunday night, Civil Surgeon Abdul Gaffar said the four...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB, has approved a $170 million loan to Bangladesh to accelerate the country’s efforts to deliver improved sanitation services to underserved communities. The Dhaka...
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