Brazil’s top football clubs are handing over their stadiums to allow health authorities to turn them into field hospitals and clinics to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Month: March 2020
Coronavirus: PM to address nation March 25
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the nation on the overall coronavirus situation in the country on March 25, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Monday.
BD garment exporters want shipments, production till July
So far $1.5bn lost impacting lives of 1.2mn workers, says BGMEA President Dhaka, March 23 – Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the international community and brands to take in all their goods and allow shipments and…
Global Covid- 19 death toll hits 14,655
Dhaka, March 23 – The death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached 14,655 globally on Monday. It has so far infected 337,570 people around the world, according to worldometer.
All supermarkets, malls to remain shut from Mar 25 to 31
Dhaka, March 23 – All the shopping complexes and malls across the country will remain closed from March 25 to 31 as part of an effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Policeman, suspected robber injured in Gazipur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, March 23 – A policeman and a suspected robber sustained gunshot wounds in an alleged gunfight between two groups in Rajendrapur on Sunday night.
Anti-bacterial sprays on Sylhet City roads to check virus
Sylhet, March 23 – Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has started to spray anti-bacterial medicine on city roads to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
World Water Day India 2020: Top Positive Stories from Farmers
March 21, 2020 SANDRP The theme for World Water Day 2020 is ‘Water and Climate Change’. Indeed the changing climate has been altering the weather system in multiple ways. Extreme weather events like flash floods, intense heat, prolonged droughts, intense…
Water resources essential part of solution to climate change
World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are an essential part of the solution to climate change On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change…
Simple self-check for coronavirus infection
GreenWatch News Desk US STANFORD HOSPITAL BOARD INTERNAL MESSAGE, Read and understand The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days. How can one know if he/she is infected? By the time they have fever and/or cough…
করোনা ভাইরাস নিয়ে সরকার দলীয় মন্ত্রীদের বক্তব্য শিষ্টচার বহির্ভূত -আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব প্রিন্সিপাল মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেছেন, করোনা ভাইরাস নিয়ে সরকার দলীয় মন্ত্রীদের বক্তব্য শিষ্টাচার বহির্ভূত। তিনি বলেন, করোনা ভাইরাস নিয়ে নোংরা রাজনীতি পরিহার করে দেশ, ইসলাম ও জনগণের কল্যাণে কাজ করতে হবে। তিনি এক প্রভাবশালী মন্ত্রীর, ‘করোনা…
Former Real Madrid president dies from coronavirus
MADRID (AP/UNB) — Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died Saturday from the new coronavirus, his family said. He was 76. Sanz had been in intensive care since the beginning of the week while being treated for the virus. Sanz…
A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, ’40 and ’44
With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it’s worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events. Three other times, the games were canceled altogether because of World…
Cricket organizer Reza-e-Karim passes away
Dhaka — Celebrated Bangladeshi cricket organizer Reza-e-Karim breathed his last at a city hospital here on Sunday. He was 82. “Karim passed away in the early hours on Sunday at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in Dhaka after a long battle with…
Shakib Al Hasan in self-isolation in USA
Dhaka—Bangladeshi superstar cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, currently serving a two-year ban (with one year suspended) from cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has gone into self-isolation in a hotel upon arriving in the United States of America on Saturday…
Coronavirus: Hockey Federation office closed till March 31
Dhaka -Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) office at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here, remained closed from Sunday (March 22) to March 31 due to outbreak of deadlys Corona virus in the country and all over the world. As per direction of…
Islami Bank inaugurates sub-branch at Niketon Bazar of Dhaka
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Niketon Bazar sub-branch in Dhaka on 18 March 2020, Wednesday at Niketon Bazar, Dhaka. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the sub-branch as chief guest. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Deputy…
Only 332 out of 23000 returnees in Jessore in quarantine
More than 23,000 people have returned home in Jashore from different countries in the last one month but among them, only 332 were sent to home quarantine.
Lower court activities scaled down
The Supreme Court (SC) administration has scaled down the lower court activities to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Monday’s Cabinet meeting cancelled
The weekly Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held on March 23 has been canceled due to coronavirus outbreak. The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Sunday. source: UNB
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rise to 27: IEDCR
Three more people have been tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 27.
BNP halts its reorganisation activities until Apr 15
BNP has postponed until April 15 the reorganisational activities of the party, including the formation of committees at all levels, to help contain the coronavirus spread.
Shakib Al Hasan in self-isolation in USA
Bangladeshi superstar cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, currently serving a two-year ban (with one year suspended) from cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has gone into self-isolation in a hotel upon arriving in the United States of America on Saturday…
Spl committee for each ward to prevent coronavirus: Khokon
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Sunday said they will form special committee in all wards to prevent coronavirus.
Music legend Kenny Rogers dies
American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81.
Star Cineplex closes down amid coronavirus outbreak
Culture Desk The authority of Star Cineplex decided to stop its operation temporarily due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh. According to this decision, all of the branches of Star Cineplex are said to be closed down till…
Coronavirus: DSCC orders closing shops, restaurants, tea stalls
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 outbreak in the country.
Air quality picking up in quarantined countries
Air quality is improving in countriesunder coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.
Crowdsourced virtual supercomputer revs up virus research
Gamers, bitcoin “miners” and companies large and small have teamed up for an unprecedented data-crunching effort that aims to harness idle computing power to accelerate research for a coronavirus treatment.
Thousands flock to see Olympic flame in Japan
Tens of thousands of people flocked to a cauldron with the Olympic flame in northeastern Japan over the weekend despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.