Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus.
Year: 2020
DU offers free telemedicine service
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) has launched free telemedicine service for the people in the wake of deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Real Madrid players accept up to 20 percent pay cut
Real Madrid players have agreed to cut their salaries by as much as a fifth, the La Liga club announced on Wednesday, as Spanish football remains on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Holy Shab-e-Barat tonight
News Desk The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour and devotion.
President rejected Majed’s mercy petition: Minister
News Desk President M Abdul Hamid has rejected overnight convicted sacked military captain Abdul Majed’s mercy petition a day after Dhaka District and Sessions Judge’s Court issued his death warrant, more than two decade after he was sentenced to death…
Coronavirus cases jump by 112; one more dies in Bangladesh
One more person died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, raising the death toll to 21.
Global coronavirus deaths top 86,000: AFP
Paris, April 9 – The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 86,289 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT from official sources.
120 prisoners to be released from Jessore over Coronavirus
Jessore, April 09 – Some 120 prisoners are set to be released from Jessore Central Jail under a special arrangement in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus among its inmates.
ভাইরাস: এপ্রিল মাস কেন বাংলাদেশের জন্য সবচেয়ে ‘ক্রিটিক্যাল’
বাংলাদেশে গত কয়েকদিন ধরে কোভিড-১৯ পরীক্ষা বৃদ্ধির পাশাপাশি রোগীর সংখ্যাও বাড়তে শুরু করেছে। বিশেষজ্ঞরা বলছেন, বাংলাদেশের জন্য করোনাভাইরাসের বিরুদ্ধে লড়াইয়ে এপ্রিল মাসটি অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। কারণ একদিকে যেমন সামাজিক সংক্রমণ দেখা দিতে শুরু করেছে, তেমনি সেটা ঠেকিয়ে রাখার জন্য ছুটি লকডাউনসহ…
British PM Boris Johnson is ‘sitting up in bed’
Boris Johnson has been “sitting up in bed” and engaging with hospital staff as he continues to be treated for coronavirus. The prime minister spent a second night in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.
WHO chief urges end to ‘politicisation’ of coronavirus
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump.
Don’t allow vulnerable groups mix with people sans check
There is no scope for the health authorities to have a respite and allow important vulnerable groups of people carrying the risk of community spread of the coronavirus pandemic go and beyond its grips. The case in point is the…
Snam, RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen
Agreement seeks to launch infrastructure tests and experiment with new technologies San Donato Milanese (MI), Genoa, 8 April 2020 – Snam, one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure companies, and RINA, global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm,…
COVID-19 exposes fragile world order, thin veneer of civilization
Geneva, 6 Apr (Chakravarthi Raghavan) — It is nearly four months since the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the highly infectious upper respiratory COVID-19 disease it spawned, made its appearance and rapidly spread across the world, resulting in world-wide lock-downs, quarantines and…
Sabbir urges fans to stay home
Dhaka — Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman has urged people to stay at home in this time of coronavirus pandemic so that the spread of the virus can be contained. All cricketing activities in the world have been postponed indefinitely as…
A lesson coronavirus is about to teach the world
By Jonathan Cook If a disease can teach wisdom beyond our understanding of how precarious and precious life is, the coronavirus has offered two lessons.
Waive slum rent amid Coronavirus shutdown: Rights groups
Dhaka, April 08 – Leaders of organisations, working for rights of low-income people, demanded waiver of rent for slum dwellers as they have become jobless due to nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
UK to charter flights to repatriate citizens from Bangladesh
Dhaka, April 08 – In light of the quite dramatic increase in the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the British government has moved swiftly to move its citizens out of the country.
Veteran journalist Roushanuzzaman passes away
Dhaka, April 08 – Roushanuzzaman, a veteran journalist and former executive editor of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away on Wednesday. He was 70.
Ronaldinho to leave jail for luxury hotel house arrest
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Retired soccer star Ronaldinho was released from a high-security jail in Paraguay on Tuesday after more than a month, but was ordered to serve house arrest at a luxury hotel while he’s investigated for using a…
Bleaching on Great Barrier Reef more widespread than ever
An aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows coral bleaching is sweeping across the area off the east of Australia for the third time in five years.
Shab-e-Barat on Thursday
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on Thursday.
Poor rickshaw-van puller’s suicide hits wife, 4 orphans hard
Failing to bear the agony of abject poverty amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, a man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Dalbhanga village in Maheshpur upazila on Tuesday night.
Dhaka again extends Hajj registration deadline for pandemic
The government has once again extended the dateline for hajj registration until April 16 considering the outbreak of coronavirus across the globe.
Tourist District Cox’s Bazaar comes under virus lockdown
The district administration has decided to impose a lockdown on the district to prevent spread of coronavirus.
New York’s virus toll tops 9/11, while Wuhan ends lockdown
As New York City faced one of its darkest days with the death toll from the coronavirus surging past 4,000 — more than the number killed on 9/11 — the Chinese city where the global pandemic began lifted its final…
Dhaka Slum locked down after resident tests virus positive
A slum in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar was put under lockdown on Wednesday after a resident tested positive for coronavirus.
Declare either emergency or curfew: Oli Ahmed
Dhaka, April 08 – President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Wednesday demanded the government either to declare a state of emergency or impose a curfew to contain the coronavirus pandemic which continues to spread across the country.
RAB chief Benazir Ahmed made new IGP
Dhaka, April 08 – The government has appointed Benazir Ahmed, director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), the new inspector general of police (IGP).
3 more Covid-19 deaths, 54 new infections recorded in Bangladesh
Dhaka, April 08 – Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).