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 commissioner and chief of Narsingdi Coronavirus Prevention Emergency Cell, said…
The government-declared shutdown to contain transmission of coronavirus disrupted the supply chain and brought economic activities to a grinding halt, hitting the low-income group and small-scale farmers the hardest. The unprecedented situation forced farmers in many places to sell their…
DHAKA – The Bangladesh fast bowlers tried to find out a way to shine the ball without using saliva as the procedure may have been deemed risky after the Covid-19 pandemic. Saliva has long been used as a way of…
A man diagnosed with coronavirus was forced to leave his rented flat after being threatened by his house owner in Ramganj upazila.
An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force ( BAF) left Dhaka for Maldives on Monday with 71 Maldivians and a 10- member Armed Forces Medical Team for providing coronavirus treatment to infected Bangladeshi nationals in Maldives.
India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world’s strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday 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 properly maintained and protective measures taken for their…
The death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as 10 more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours till Monday, taking the total casualties in the country to 101.
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 days.
As the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh showed no sign of slowing down and the death toll jumped to 101 in 20 hours, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said,…
A gunman in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has killed at least 16 people, including one police officer, during a 12-hour shooting rampage. The suspect was later shot dead by police.
Dhaka, April 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government will procure 2.1 million metric tons (MT) of food grains in the current season to ensure food security in the country and fair prices of farmers’ produce.
Frances Mao, Sydney I’ve just spoken with a local cafe owner very pleased about the news. Tony Burrows owns the Coogee Bite Cafe perched at the north end of Coogee Beach. He was down on the sand this morning at…
Dhaka, April 20 – The global death toll from coronavirus reached 165,058 on Monday morning. So far, 2,406,905 cases have been confirmed around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last year, according…
Chittagong, April 20 – A former vocalist of a band and executive member of Chattogram Krira Sangstha allegedly took his own life at Badar Aulia Mazar area early Monday.
Dhaka, April 20 – Although Narayanganj has been declared a hotspot of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh, no hospital has yet been prepared in the city to treat Covid-19 patients.
The outbreak of the coronavirus has forced the entire nation of India to be in a state of lockdown. Though most people are relaxing at home with their families, there are several others who are fighting for basic needs.
Australia on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the World Health Organization’s handling of the crisis.
South African novelist Deon Meyer wished the deadly virus wrecking havoc in his 2016 thriller “Fever” had not turned into an eerily accurate depiction of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world.
Sylhet, April 20 – Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) on Sunday signed a deal with a Chinese company for the extension of the Osmani International Airport in Sylhet at a cost of Taka 2116 crore to increase its passenger handling…
Dhaka, April 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of eight districts of Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions Monday on the present coronavirus situation in the country.
Kishoreganj, April 20 – Twenty-three more people, including six physicians and four policemen, were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Kishoreganj in the last 24 hours till Sunday night.
কওমী ও প্রাইভেট মাদ্রাসা শিক্ষক-কর্মচারী এবং মসজিদের খতীব, ইমাম, মুয়াজ্জিন, খাদেম সাহেবদের দাবি নিয়ে জাতীয় ওয়ায়েজীন পরিষদ বাংলাদেশ এর পক্ষ থেকে মাননীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার নিকট খোলা চিঠি
RIO DE JANEIRO (BSS/XINHUA) – Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo were among 50 global football icons to pay tribute to workers striving to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a video posted by FIFA on Saturday. The video, which lasts almost one-and-a-half…
Dhaka – One of the country’s favourite cricketers, Mushfiqur Rahim, is planning to auction his most cherished bat to raise funds to fight the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country. The money from the auction will be spent to…
Prof. Dr. Md. Sekender Ali The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a crisis of a completely different magnitude and it requires a response of unprecedented scale. Public and private Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) of Bangladesh should come…
Seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours on Sunday, taking the death toll in the country to 91.
BNP on Sunday demanded the government give army and other law enforcement agencies the responsibility for transporting the ‘food items’ to ensure adequate supply of goods across the country.
At least 40 interns refrained from work at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal on Saturday demanding adequate safety gears amid the coronavirus outbreak.
A court here on Sunday sent a local Awami League leader to jail in a case filed over seizure of 67 sacks OMS rice meant for sale to the poor at Tk 10 per kg under a government programme from…