MILAN (BSS/AFP) – A leading Italian doctor specialising in infectious diseases said on Monday he would be against Serie A restarting its season next month. Football across the country, which has recorded more than 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic,…
NEW DELHI (BSS/AFP) – The fate of this year’s Indian Premier League rests in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country’s cricket board said Monday. The world’s richest Twenty20 tournament has been postponed until Wednesday, which coincides with…
WASHINGTON (BSS/AFP) – Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he’s still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: “social distancing”. Bolt’s post, featuring a…
Data compiled by Finbold.com shows that in the next five years global 5G connections will be 2.7 billion. According to the data, this will be a growth of at least 20 times from this year’s 120 million connections.
Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bejgaon bus terminal area of Sreenagar Upazila on Tuesday. Md Enayet Hossain Mannan, superintendent of police of Rab-11 in Munshiganj, said the duo committed robbery at…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – A $2.5 trillion support package is needed for developing countries facing unprecedented economic damage from the Covid-19 crisis, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said. “The economic fallout from the shock is ongoing…
New Checklist Offers Guide for Rights-Promoting Response New York – Governments should take urgent action to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and care for those most affected without sacrificing human rights. In its new 40-question checklist on the Covid-19 crisis,…
“Under-valued and under-protected, the vulnerabilities of health and food systems are laid bare by COVID-19” Brussels, 14 April 2020 –The COVID-19 pandemic shows that health and food systems, and the people underpinning them, have been “under-valued and under-protected” for years…
Fifteen villages in Rowmari upazila were put under lockdown on Tuesday after a teen tested positive for Covid-19.
People blocked the Dhaka-Barishal Highway in Muksudpur upazila on Tuesday demanding relief materials amid the ongoing general holidays to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Nine members of Tabligh Jamaat were sent to quarantine at a school in Jashore Sadar upazila on Tuesday.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Australian High Commissioner in Dhaka Jeremy Bruer on Tuesday greeted Bangladeshis on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year.
BNP on Tuesday demanded that army be entrusted with the responsibility to make the list of marginalised people and distribute relief and government other assistance for ensuring transparency and checking irregularities.
Drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws are passing their days amid great miseries as they have been left without work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the coronavirus.
Seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the death toll in the country to 46.
Sylhet, April 14 – A mild tremor jolted different parts of Sylhet early Tuesday.
Dhaka, April 14 – The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed providing with Tk 8,000 per month for two months to each of 1.9 crore households, close to the lower poverty line, as COVID-19 pandemic put the poor people…
Dhaka, April 14 – The global death toll from coronavirus reached 119,696 as of Tuesday morning. There have been 1,924,893 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last, according to…
Dhaka, April 14 – The Food Ministry on Monday suspended the sale of rice at Tk 10 kg as people do not maintain social distancing properly while buying it.
President Donald Trump has claimed “total” power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, contradicting governors and legal experts. “The president of the United States calls the shots,” Mr Trump said during a combative press conference in which he feuded with…
AHM Bazlur Rahman Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has been mobilizing all community radios for developing and broadcasting awareness-building programs on COVID-19: Coronavirus contamination to protect lives and livelihoods since March 1, 2020. www.bnnrc.net