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39 more coronavirus patients die
02:44 PM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayThirty-nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,391. Besides, the confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 186,894 as 3,099 more cases were detected in the last 24 hours...
Maj Gen Ashikuzzaman made Bangladesh ambassador to Kuwait
02:31 PM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayThe government has appointed Major General Md Ashikuzzaman as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to the State of Kuwait. He would replace incumbent ambassador SM Abul Kalam as his contractual tenure is set to end on July 31...
10 million kids ‘may never return to school’ after COVID-19
01:39 PM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayThe coronavirus pandemic has caused an "unprecedented education emergency" with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned on Monday (Jul 13)...
Dr Sabrina on 3-day remand
12:28 PM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayA Dhaka court has placed JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on a 3-day remand in a case filed with Tejgaon Police Station for issuing fake COVID-19 certificates. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahinur Rahman passed the order on Monday...
Biopic on Raqibul Hasan announced
12:09 PM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayA biographical film on cricketer Raqibul Hasan has been announced on Sunday. It will be the first film on any cricketer of Bangladesh...
Buriganga launch capsize: Moyur-2 launch master arrested
11:47 AM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayAbul Bashar, master of MV Moyur-2 launch, has been arrested in a case filed over the launch capsize in Buriganga River. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him from South Keraniganj area on Sunday night...
CMP's Deputy Commissioner dies from coronavirus
11:22 AM, 13 Jul 2020 MondayMd Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), died in Dhaka from coronavirus early Monday. He breathed his last at 3:30am at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Central Police Hospital at Rajarbagh. He was working in the Detective Branch (South) of CMP...
73 catch Covid-19 after outbreak on UK farm
09:53 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayDozens of key workers picking and packing vegetables at a farm in Herefordshire of England have tested positive for coronavirus...
Eid-ul-Azha prayers also in mosque
09:11 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayThe government has asked the Muslims to say Eid-ul-Azha prayers inside nearby mosques instead of eidgah or other open places following the coronavirus health guidelines. The government also asked to avoid hugging each other after prayers to help it limit the spread of coronavirus...
Road crash fatalities jump 57pc in June
08:24 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayThe number of road accidents in the country rose by 56 percent and fatalities by 57 percent in June compared to May, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare organisation, reports UNB...
COVID negative certificate mandatory to depart country
07:44 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayBangladesh on Sunday decided that none of its citizen would be allowed to leave the country without having a COVID-19 negative certificate from government authorized coronavirus testing centers...
Sudan to allow non-Muslims to drink alcohol
07:36 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundaySudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and strengthen women’s rights, including banning female genital mutilation (FGM), its justice minister said late on Saturday, in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies, reports Reuters...
500,000 Hong Kongers cast 'protest' vote against new security laws
06:04 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayHundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens queued to cast ballots over the weekend in what the Chinese-ruled city’s opposition camp says is a symbolic protest vote against tough national security laws directly imposed by Beijing...
People astonished at fraudulence by two hospitals: Quader
05:34 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayAwami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said people have got astonished at the fraudulence by two hospitals in coronavirus sample testing...
Aishwarya Rai also tests positive for Covid-19
04:40 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayAishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said, reports India Today...
Fake Covid-19 certificates: JKG's Sabrina held
04:08 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayPolice have detained JKG Health Care chairman Dr Sabrina Arif in connection with issuing fake COVID-19 certificates. After detention, she was questioned by police on Sunday afternoon but she did not give any satisfactory answer, DMP's Tejgaon division DC Harun-Or-Rashid told Jago News...
40% of coronavirus patients have no symptoms
03:26 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayAbout 40% of people infected with Covid-19 show no symptoms of the disease, according to new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reports CNN...
Coronavirus: 47 die, 2666 detected, 5580 recover
02:47 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayForty-seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,352. A total of 5,580 more recovered from the disease. The total number of recovered patients now stands at 93614. Besides, the confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 183,795 as 2,666 more cases were detected in the last 24 hours...
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 8.49 lakh, death toll climbs to 22,674
02:19 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayIndia’s coronavirus tally rose to 8,49,553 on Sunday which includes 2,92,258 active cases and 5,34,620 recovered cases according to data released by the ministry of health. The death toll due to the virus has reached 22,674...
Rekha’s bungalow sealed after guard tests positive for coronavirus
01:11 PM, 12 Jul 2020 SundayThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed actor Rekha’s bungalow in suburban Bandra after a security guard there tested positive for coronavirus, a civic official said on Sunday...