Police Headquarters on Thursday asked all of its members to ensure their own protection alongside people’s safety while performing their duties to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
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Directive on emergency services, supply chain issued
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday issued directives outlining that people and vehicles associated with emergency services and supply chain will remain out of the purview of the transport shutdown and restriction of movement imposed to check transmission of…
Khaleda to be in isolation until virus situation improves
Though she has completed her a 14-day quarantine at her Gulshan residence, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was recently released from jail for six months, will remain in self-isolation until the coronavirus situation improves in Bangladesh.
Govt support fish for meat, egg, milk production to continue
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim assured that the government will provide all kinds of support to continue the production of fish, meat, milk and eggs during the coronavirus pandemic.
BSMMU professor tests Coronavirus positive
Prof Dr Shahidullah Sikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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).
Air Force’s special helicopter ready to carry COVID-19 patients
News Desk As per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Air Force is conducting different activities in preventing coronavirus in the country following the government rules while it’s a special helicopter is ready to carry COVID-19 patients.
Young woman dies with corona symptoms in Rangpur hospital
A 30-year-old young woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur on Wednesday morning.
Death warrant issued for Bangabandhu’s killer Mazed
News Desk A court here on Wednesday issued the death warrant for Captain (retd) Abdul Mazed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Area-specific lockdown enforced as virus cases surge in BD
Dhaka, April 08 – As the number of deaths from coronavirus as well as infections continued to surge in the country for the last couple of days, the administration has widened lockdown in a number of places across the country.
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.
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.