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Chinese team of corona experts arrived in Dhaka
12:20 PM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayA team of Chinese medical experts, who have the firsthand experience of containing the virus and treating the patients with remarkable success, arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning with a bunch of medical equipment...
7 with coronavirus symptoms die in Khulna in 24-hr
11:36 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayOne person died from coronavirus and seven others died with its symptoms in the last 24 hours in Khulna. Md Farid Hossen, 55, of Horintana area, died from COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at Khulna Corona Hospital. Besides, seven people died at Khulna Medical College Hospital with the virus symptoms...
4 more arrested over killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya
10:39 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayDetectives on Sunday night arrested four alleged human traffickers in connection with the killing of 26 Bangladeshis who were miserably massacred in Libya on 28 May. Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed the matter to Jago News in a mobile massage on Monday...
Javed Akhtar wins Richard Dawkins Award
10:12 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayNational Award-winning lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award...
George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue
09:20 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayA slave trader's statue in Bristol has been torn down and thrown into the harbour during a second day of anti-racism protests across the UK...
DU method to detect coronavirus ‘in 40 mins’
08:45 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday claimed to introduce a new method which can detect coronavirus within around 40 minutes...
Saudi virus cases top 100,000 with new spike ahead of hajj
08:35 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayThe number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start of the hajj...
New Zealand becomes coronavirus-free country
08:18 AM, 08 Jun 2020 MondayNew Zealand has no active cases of COVID-19 in the country for the first time since February 28, the health ministry said in a statement on Monday. The last person who was being monitored for coronavirus has now been released from isolation...
Six-Point emerged as demand of freedom: PM
09:53 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the historic Six-Point Demand had emerged before the people...
Indians supporting George Floyd—and ignoring police brutality in own country
09:21 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayAs tens of thousands of Americans continue to protest the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis...
Saudi coronavirus cases exceed 100,000
08:35 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayThe number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia exceeded 100,000 on Sunday following a rise in new infections over the past ten days...
Square Hospital's ICU chief dies from Covid-19
07:46 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayThe chief of Intensive Care Unit of Square Hospital, Dr Mirza Nazim Uddin, lost his battle against coronavirus...
FE dist correspondent dies from coronavirus
06:43 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayAbdul Monayem Khan, the district correspondent of the Daily Financial Express, died from coronavirus on Sunday afternoon...
Bumper litchi yield brings smiles to B’baria farmers amid virus worry
06:13 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayBumper production of Litchi has delighted the growers in the district as they are getting fair prices of the seasonal fruit despite the coronavirus situation...
PM donates Tk 10cr to CRP
03:24 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today donated Taka 10 crore to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)...
42 more die of COVID-19, 2743 new cases detected
02:48 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayForty-two more people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 886. Besides, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 65,769 as 2,743 more tested positive for the virus...
Coronavirus: Hard-hit Brazil removes data amid rising death toll
02:22 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayBrazil has removed months of data on Covid-19 from a government website amid criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak...
Corona infected CHT Affairs Minister brought to Dhaka
01:45 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayChittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing, who tested positive for coronavirus, was brought to Dhaka on a helicopter on Sunday. He will be admitted to Combined Military Hospital in the capital. A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force carrying him took off from Bandarban cantonment around 11:15am and landed in Dhaka...
10 shot dead in attack on Mexican drug rehab center
01:13 PM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayTen men were killed on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on a drugs rehabilitation center in the Mexican city of Irapuato, the government of Guanajuato state said...
Global coronavirus cases top 7 million
11:27 AM, 07 Jun 2020 SundayGlobal cases of the novel coronavirus topped 7 million on Saturday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally. About 30% of those cases, or 2 million infections, are in the United States. Latin America has the second-largest outbreak with over 15% of cases...