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Month: April 2020
Bangladesh’s law enforcers on the frontline of corona battle
Police and Armed Forces members, the government’s frontline staff, are playing a proactive role in convincing people about government directives to maintain social distancing as well as home-quarantine by overseas returnees in a bid to curb the deadly coronavirus, apart…
Don’t visit graveyards: Dhaka North City urges people
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has requested people to refrain from offering ziarat at the graveyards under the city corporation to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Tabligh Jamat asks its followers to return home
DHAKA, April 7, 2020 (BSS) – Tabligh Jamat Bangladesh today urged its followers, who are now in different chillas (pattern of spending time to different mosques for preaching Islam), to return home from their respective tours. In a statement signed…
3 Tablig Jamaat men test coronavirus positive in Manikganj
Three Tablig Jamaat attendees tested positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Oikya Front seeks national consensus to tackle corona
Calling for forging a national consensus to tackle the coronavirus crisis, Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Tuesday placed a five-point proposal.
5 more die from coronavirus in Bangladesh; 41 new infected
Five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 17, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Novel coronairus: A battle to win
M ZAHIDUL HAQUE Ever since the intrusion of novel Corona virus, our smiling planet has been turned into a mortuary; everyday people are dying in every nook and corner of the globe. The world has become as if a dystopia…
Former Atletico, Real Madrid, Barca coach Antic dies
Serbian coach Radomir Antic, the only person to manage Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, died on Monday at the age of 71 following a long illness.
BB asks to open MFS accounts for industry workers
News Desk Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued an instruction on opening mobile financial service (MFS) accounts for all workers and employees of export-oriented industries and factories by April 20 to facilitate providing salaries and allowances from government’s financial package.
Japan to declare state of emergency over coronavirus
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will on Tuesday declare a state of emergency in parts of the country, including Tokyo, over a spike in coronavirus infections.
Fugitive Bangabandhu murder trial convict Majed arrested
A specialised police unit overnight arrested one of the fugitive Bangabandhu Murder Trail convict, former military captain Abdul Majed, who was on the run to escape hangman’s noose, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said.
US singer Gloria updates 80s hit for pandemic
Gloria Estefan, one of the biggest stars of the Miami music scene during the 1980s and 1990s, has updated her hit “Get On Your Feet” to raise awareness about how to stem infection from the coronavirus.
Khulna city put under lockdown
Khulna Correspondent As a total of 123 people have been found coronavirus-positive in 15 different districts of the country, police have put Khulna city under lockdown to avert any further spread of COVID-19.
Virus spreads to 15 districts; four clusters seen in BD
Coronavirus has spread to 15 districts of Bangladesh with four clusters detected in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Madaripur and Gaibandha, Director General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad said while detaillng on the district-wise data of coronavirus infection on Monday.
Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
New York, AP/UNB, April 07 – A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal…
DU student ‘denied treatment by hospitals’ dies
Dhaka, April 07 – An MA student of Dhaka University (DU) died on Monday in Khagrachhari after several hospitals in the capital allegedly denied him treatment fearing that he was a coronavirus patient.
Incentives for doctors, nurses, health workers: PM Hasina
Dhaka, April 07 – The government has decided to give incentives for doctors, nurses, health workers and other employees of the republic, who deployed themselves with bravery, in the war against COVID-19, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced Tuesday.
Boris Johnson spends night in intensive care after symptoms worsen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
With lockdown strengthened it’s time to expedite virus tests
Mostafa Kamal Majumder With the Muazzin (a man who calls devotees to prayers) asking devotees over loudspeakers on Monday to say prayers at homes, instead of going to mosques, five times a day, the public awareness about the war against…
Ganga-Yamuna-Cauvery flow cleaner in lockdown: The lesson
April 6, 2020 SANDRP A number of reports have appeared that show that the state of a number of rivers of India, including Hindon, Yamuna, Ganga and Cauvery has improved during the current lockdown due to Covid 19 crisis. That…
National footballer Sabina’s house attacked in Satkhira
Bangladesh national women’s football team captain Sabina Khatun and three others were injured in an attack on her house on Sunday evening at Sabujbagh of Satkhira Sadar Upazila. Sabina’s sister Salma Khatun was admitted to Sadar Hospital with severe injuries.…
Participation of NGOs to tackle coronavirus sought
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam on Monday underscored the need for participation of NGOs and civil society alongside the government to tackle the challenge of coronavirus.
Dhaka condemns missile attacks targeting Riyadh by Houthis
Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent missile attacks targeting Riyadh and the southern city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jazan by the Houthi rebels.
ACC director Saifuzzaman laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard
Jalal Uddin Mohammad Saifuzzaman, director (Administration) of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) who died from the coronavirus, was laid to eternal rest at Azimpur graveyard in the capital on Monday afternoon.
Dhaka Police orders closure of markets, Dept-stores by 7 pm
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday ordered the closure of recognised kitchen markets and super shops in the capital by 7pm starting from 6 am every day.
Dhaka reports 3 more virus deaths, 35 new cases in 24 hrs
The death toll from coronavirus has touched 12 in Bangladesh as the country confirmed three more deaths on Monday, said IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora on Monday.
Implement govt directives to check coronavirus spread: PM
The Cabinet on Monday directed the administration and law enforcement agencies to implement the government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Namaz at home, Zohr instead of Jumma: Ministry
The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Monday directed all to avoid mosques and offer prayers at home to prevent the transmission of fast-spreading coronavirus or COVID-19.
ACC director dies of coronavirus
News Desk A director of Anti-Corruption Commission(ACC) died of COVID-19 at Bangladesh-Kuwait Friendship Hospital in the capital this morning.