Chattogram Bureau Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin in a statement on Saturday urged the city dwellers to be more vigilant so that Dengue could not be spread such as Coronavirus.
Year: 2020
Human beings cannot be treated badly, new IGP tells Police
Dhaka, April 18 – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed on Saturday asked his officials to implement lockdown properly, keeping people’s movements restricted except in urgent need as it has been effective in various places of the country to…
BNP against involving ‘AL men’ in making relief list
Dhaka, April 18 – BNP on Saturday opposed the government’s move to engage the ruling party men in preparing the list of the poor and destitute for providing relief as the party fears that the needy people belong to opposition…
Steps taken to ensure food security, PM tells Parliament
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has taken measures to ensure food security for the people of the country considering the possible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
সর্বদলীয় করোনা মোকাবেলা কমিটি গঠনের প্রস্তাব -মুসলিম লীগ
বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ নেতৃবৃন্দ সরকারের নিকট সকল ভেদাভেদ ভুলে সর্বদলীয় করোনা মোকাবেলা কমিটি গঠনের জোর দাবী জানান। সরকারের নিকট করোনা মোকাবেলায় সকল ভেদাভেদ ভুলে দেশের প্রতিটি পর্যায়ে ঐক্যবদ্ধ ভাবে কাজ করার জন্য সর্বদলীয় করোনা প্রতিরোধ কমিটি গঠনের প্রস্তাব করেছে বাংলাদেশ…
শ্রমিক জনতার পাশে দাড়ানো সরকারের কর্তব্য -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
করোনা মহামারীতে সারাদেশে সাধারণ ছুটি থাকায় শ্রমিক শ্রেণীর মানুষ চরম বিপাকে পড়েছে। এমতাবস্থায় শ্রমিক শ্রেণীর মানুষের পাশে দাঁড়ানো সরকারের নৈতিক দায়িত্ব ও কর্তব্য বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই।
Jatiya Press Club forms doctors’ panel for its members
Jatiya Press Club (JPC) has constituted a panel of five doctors for providing emergency medical services to its members during this time of coronavirus crisis. JPC members can call the doctors and get advice and treatment, said a press release…
Sunamganj baker sells vegetables at Tk 1 a kg to poor people
There are many ways to help people in need. A man in Tahirpur upazila has come up with a noble initiative to stand by the poor people of his locality in this time of coronavirus crisis. Abul Bashar, a bakery…
Lightning strike kills father, son in Sylhet
A man and his son were killed after being struck by lightning while they were harvesting paddy at Kalaruka area of Sadar upazila on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Shomsher Ali, 58, and his son Saiful, 12, of…
NASA , SpaceX to launch first crewed mission to space
NASA announced on Friday to launch its first SpaceX crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 27. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will lift off on a…
Horse racing gets more TV time with other sports on hold
Socially distanced crews in New York and California are keeping horse racing on television in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. Horse racing is one of the few sports ongoing, albeit in a limited capacity at a handful of empty…
2 more UP chairmen to be suspended over relief distribution
The Local Government Division (LGD) is going to suspend two union parishad chairmen and three members over irregularities during relief distribution following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Army installs disinfection booth in Jessore
Members of Bangladesh Army installed a disinfectant-spraying booth in the district town of Jashore in an effort to curb the coronavirus transmission.
85-minute 7th session of 11th Parliament prorogued
The seventh session of 11th parliament, which is the second session of the calendar year and the shortest one, was prorogued on Saturday.
Stop creating confusion, stand by people: Quader to Fakhrul
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to stand beside the people instead of spreading confusion during this coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands join Janaza in B’baria flouting social distancing
Several thousand people attended the namaz-e-janaza of a religious scholar at Bertala village in Sarail upazila here on Saturday ignoring the risk of coronavirus transmission.
BD HR Commission wants kitchen market duration extended
Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) on Saturday urged the concerned authorities to extend the kitchen market hours by three more hours to lessen the pressure in the morning.
WHO warns ‘eye of storm’ as some EU countries ease measures
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Thursday described the continent as being in the “eye of the storm” as some European countries start to reopen over signs of a slowing in the spread of the…
WB to launch COVID-19 urgent programs in over 100 countries
The World Bank Group (WBG) is expected to launch health emergency programs in over 100 countries by the end of April to support the fight against COVID-19, with 64 already in operation, President David Malpass said Friday.
Covid-19 deaths BD 84, world 140773; cases 2144 and 2.1mn
Dhaka, April 18 – The Nine more people died of coronavirus disease in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Saturday, taking the total casualties in the country to 84. Besides, Another 306 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, raising…
A rights-based, holistic approach against Covid-19
by Selin Sayek Böke on 14th April 2020 @selinsayekboke Human rights, including social and economic rights, may seem to some a luxury during a crisis. But that is when they are needed most. We are going through dire times. A…
Germany says its Coronavirus outbreak is ‘under control’
Germany’s health minister says the month-long lockdown has brought his country’s coronavirus outbreak under control. Jens Spahn said that since 12 April the number of recovered patients had been consistently higher than the number of new infections.
Amid virus pandemic, SDGs are even more relevant than before
By Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Erna Solberg UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 2020 (IPS) – Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining…
UN faces financial & liquidity crisis as pandemic rages
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury NEW YORK, Apr 17 2020 (IPS) – The current financial crisis, triggered as a result of withholding or delaying payment of assessed contributions by Member States, is nothing new to the United Nations. We have…
Multilateralism thru PPPs key to flattening Covid-19 curve
By Paul Polman, Myriam Sidibe and Siddharth Chatterjee NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 2020 (IPS) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that now is “a defining moment for modern society. History will judge the efficacy of the response not…
8 flights to bring back stranded Bangladeshis from India
The government has arranged eight chartered flights to bring back more than 1000 Bangladeshi nationals who are stranded in India due to flight suspension amid outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
DMP to enforce social distancing strictly from Saturday
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is going to take a hard line from Saturday to ensure social distancing in the capital. The decision was taken at a meeting between Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and DMP Commissioner Shafiqul Islam and senior police…
Kitchen market shops to open alongside roads keeping distance
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday advised for shifting shops from kitchen markets as many as possible and installing those alongside roads maintaining a 20-foot distance from each other.
JS goes into 7th session on Saturday
News Desk The seventh session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5:00pm today (Saturday).
GD Assist evacuates 48 Bangladeshis from Thailand
GD Assist, a subsidiary of Green Delta Insurance Company, arranged the evacuation of 48 nonresident Bangladeshis stranded in Bangkok of Thailand and brought them back home on Friday.