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3,141 more test positive for coronavirus, 32 new deaths
02:48 PM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayA total of 3,141 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the number of such cases to 87,520. The death toll from the virus has reached 1,171 as 32 more people died. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular online briefing on Sunday...
China Southern’s Dhaka-Guangzhou flight suspended over COVID-19 cases
01:59 PM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayChina's civil aviation regulator said Sunday that China Southern Airlines' flight from Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, to Guangzhou would be suspended after 17 passengers had tested positive for COVID-19...
DMCH’s ICU chief infected with COVID-19
01:42 PM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayProfessor Dr Mozaffar Hossen, chief of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has been infected with coronavirus...
Minister Mozammel, wife admitted to CMH
12:19 PM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayLiberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and his wife Laila Arjumand Banu, who tested positive for coronavirus, were admitted to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday night...
Nasim laid to rest at Banani graveyard
11:58 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayVeteran Awami League leader and former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim was laid to rest at the Banani graveyard in the capital on Sunday morning, after being awarded a guard of honour...
State Minister Abdullah tests coronavirus positive after death
11:12 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayState Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah, who died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital on Saturday night, has been found to be infected with the novel coronavirus...
University teacher arrested for allegedly mocking Nasim’s death
10:53 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayA teacher of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur has been arrested for allegedly mocking the death of former Health Minister Mohammad Nasim in a facebook post. The arrestee is Sirajam Munia, Lecturer of Bengali department of the university...
Dr Zafrullah recovers from coronavirus
09:26 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayGonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has recovered from coronavirus...
London protests: Over 100 arrests after violent clashes with police
09:08 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayMore than 100 people have been arrested following violent protests in London on Saturday, the Met Police has said...
PM mourns Sheikh Md Abdullah’s death
08:25 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the overnight death of State Minister for Religious Affairs and 1971 Liberation War veteran Advocate Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah...
State Minister for religious affairs Abdullah dies
08:16 AM, 14 Jun 2020 SundayState Minister for Religious Affairs Alhaj Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah passed away late night yesterday at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital at age 74. Abdullah’s assistant private secretary (APS) Sheikh Nazmul Haque Shaikat briefly added that he died of old age complications...
Seven unknowns ahead of Bara's return to action
10:03 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayBarcelona return to LaLiga Santander action in a sea of doubts surrounding their transfer strategy and goings-on behind the scenes at the club...
General holidays only in coronavirus ‘Red Zones’
09:34 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayAs COVID-19 cases and fatalities continue to rise alarmingly in Bangladesh, the government has taken all necessary preparations to bring some virus hotspots (Red Zone) under lockdown and declaring general holidays there to prevent entry to and exit from those areas...
33 doctors die from Covid-19 in Bangladesh
08:56 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayPhysicians, nurses, and other health workers in Bangladesh have been contracting COVID-19, the disease caused the novel coronavirus. As of Saturday, 33 doctors died from COVID-19, according to Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)...
Mahathir backs Biden, says re-electing Trump to be disaster
07:52 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayMalaysian elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad, known for his own iconoclasm and strongman leadership during two stints as prime minister, believes the re-election of United States President Donald Trump in November would spell “disaster”...
Condolences pour in for veteran politician Nasim
07:17 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayTributes and condolences continue to pour in for Awami League (AL) presidium member, 14-party alliance spokesperson and former health minister Mohammed Nasim, who breathed his last this morning at a city hospital at the age of 72...
Bangladesh overtakes China in coronavirus cases
06:08 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayBangladesh surpassed China in coronavirus cases, with 84,379 total infections as of Saturday...
No dengue case reported in 24 hrs: DGHS
05:25 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayDirectorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Saturday said no new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8am...
PRAN starts mango collection; Agri minister assures support to market expansion
04:58 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayPRAN, one of the largest agro-processors in the country, has started mango collection and pulping activities to manufacture mango drink, juice, mango bar and other food items...
Shahid Afridi tests positive for COVID-19
04:38 PM, 13 Jun 2020 SaturdayFormer Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has tested positive for COVID-19...