London, Xinhua/UNB, April 26 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work in Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving hospital, British media reported Saturday night.
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Hubei reports zero coronavirus case
Wuhan, Xinhua/UNB, April 26 – China’s Hubei province, where coronavirus cases were first documented in December last year, did not report any new case on Saturday.
Corona lockdown silences Dhaka’s iftar parties, markets
Dhaka, April 26 – For the first time in centuries, the Chawkbazar Iftar Market in old Dhaka fell silent on Saturday as the government extended general holiday and imposed strict restriction on movement of people to curb the spread of…
Worldwide coronavirus death toll climbs to 200,000
More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally. It comes after the number of fatalities in the…
IGP gives protective gears to Dhaka Metro Police
Dhaka, April 25 – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has provided protective gears to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to ensure the personal safety of police personnel while on duty. The IGP handed over the equipment to DMP Commissioner…
রিক-নরসিংদী জোনের অসহায় দরিদ্র সদস্যদের মাঝে ত্রান বিতরণ
অদ্য ২৫.০৪.২০২০ইং রিসোর্স ইন্টিগ্রেশন সেন্টার (রিক), নরসিংদী জোনের আওতাধীন ৪টি এরিয়া (নরসিংদী এরিয়া ২৫০জন, নারায়নগঞ্জ এরিয়া ১৫০জন, গাজীপুর এরিয়া ১৫০জন, পূবাইল এরিয়া ২০০জন সহ) সর্বমোট ৭৫০জন দরিদ্র সদস্যদের মাঝে সামাজিক দূরত্ব ও নিরাপত্তা বজায় রেখে নিত্য প্রয়োজনীয় বিভিন্ন খাদ্যসামগ্রী ক্রয়ের…
Russia to build one more nuclear icebreaker
FSUE Atomflot, a subsidiary of Rostaom State Corporation of Russia has signed a contract with a Russian shipbuilder Zvezda for construction of nuclear icebreaker -Leader.
Doctors dismantle Trump’s Coronavirus treatment comments
On Thursday, during the White House coronavirus taskforce briefing, President Donald Trump attracted widespread criticism after he suggested research into whether Covid-19 might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.
মাহে রমযানে সকল গর্হিত কাজ থেকে বিরত থাকুন-পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই পবিত্র মাহে রমযান উপলক্ষে দেশবাসীর প্রতি আন্তরিক মোবারকবাদ জানিয়েছেন।
Iftar takeaway or home delivery offer at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka – Considering the current pandemic –Covid-19, Amari Dhaka has come up with with some exclusive take away or home delivery set and a la carte menus; the dishes are meticulously selected and prepared considering the long fasting days so…
Global executives express severe pessimism amidst covid-19
As society-wide lockdowns ensue, the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals private-sector sentiment through its Global Business Barometer. • Sentiment about the global economy over the next three months registered at -39.2 on a scale of -50 (much worse) to +50 (much…
Disclose distribution inventory of PPE supply: ARTICLE 19
Dhaka, April 24 – Since the beginning of the serge Coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh front line doctors, nurses and health workers have been complaining about not having a sufficient number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
‘HSBC must step up climate action stakeholder participation’
Oakland, CA – Tomorrow, HSBC will hold its Annual General Meeting. A London-based international bank, HSBC has closed the meeting to shareholders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will neither webcast the meeting nor allow shareholders to participate. Shareholders…
AI: Into a new era of work
by Daniela Kolbe on 24th April 2020 @danielakolbe Artificial intelligence will drastically transform the economy and the workplace. Which skills will be required and is training the all-encompassing solution?
’69pc Bangladesh RMG workers stop sending money to families’
Dhaka, April 24 – About 69 percent of the readymade garment (RMG) workers who used to send money to their families in villages have stopped doing so after the coronavirus outbreak, a recent study found.
Coronavirus patient flees Sylhet hospital
Sylhet, April 24 – A coronavirus patient who was undergoing treatment at Osmani Medical College Hospital fled the hospital on Thursday.
Global coronavirus death toll reaches 190,654, cases 2.7mn
The global death toll from coronavirus reached 190,654 on Friday morning. So far, 2,718,699 cases have been confirmed around the world after disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to worldometer.
Fair benefit sharing of Covid-19 research, medical products
London/Austin, 22 Apr (Sangeeta Shashikant and Edward Hammond) – The World Health Organization (WHO), in an announcement in March, linked rapid sharing of SARS-CoV-2 virus materials and sequence information to fair and equitable benefit sharing. But how this linkage will…
Novel Corona: Shadow on the Moon
M Zahidul Haque IT appears that the Novel Corona Virus has caused to break up the universal ties between Men and Nature. A sombre shadow of gloom has plunged over the entire natural habitat.
Coronavirus stirs compassion in young minds
The youth of Haydarabad, Gazipur, have brought much-needed relief this Ramadan to the elderly, sick and needy in their community.
Coronavirus: Three cheers for our hero medics
If it’s true that every compassionate deed performed in this life plants a seed in the soul that blossoms in the next, theirs will be a Garden of Eden Sir Frank Peters Let’s give loud prolonged rhythmic drum rolls, repeated…
Gonoshasthaya Kendra sample local Covid testing kits Apr 25
GK will go for bulk production immediately after getting the approval from the appropriate authority of the government and would be able to supply 100,000 kits per month. At least 10 government organizations will get locally manufactured Covid-19 test kits…
The case of lockdown of Birdem diabetic Hospital ICU
The locking down of the Intensive Care Unit of the Birdem General Hospital, the best diabetic hospital in Bangladesh, after finding four out of five of its patients coronavirus positive is extremely shocking to say the least. All the doctors…
Former Cabinet Secretary Saadat Hussain dies
Dhaka, April 23 – Dr Saadat Hussain, former Cabinet Secretary and PSC Chairman, died at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday night. He was 73.
Star all rounder Shakib’s World Cup bat sold for Tk 2 mn
Dhaka, April 23 – Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s World Cup bat has been sold for Tk 2 million to a buyer identified as Raj, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the USA.
Storm damages boro crops, dwelling houses in Natore
Natore, April 23 – Rain and hailstorm battered different parts of Singra upazila on Wednesday evening, damaging boro crops and dwelling houses.
Two US pet cats test positive
Two cats in New York have become the first pets in the US to test positive for the virus.
Trade policy choices during and after Covid-19 pandemic
New Delhi, Apr (Ranja Sengupta) -The Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus, has now unleashed its destructive force across the world and countries are reeling. There are impacts in terms of continuously increasing infections and deaths, coupled with testing,…
A Marshall Plan for Europe—or a Draghi plan?
by Carlo Spagnolo on 22nd April 2020 Decades of neoliberal inculcation have deprived the political class of the historical memory needed to derive the new Marshall plan today’s crisis demands. A hope is haunting Europe—the hope of a Marshall Plan…
Covid-linked carbon emissions fall won’t halt climate change
22 April 2020 – An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head of the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.