Coronavirus may never go away, WHO warns

The coronavirus "may never go away", the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear...

PM to launch disbursement of cash aid to 50 lakh families today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to launch today the disbursement of Taka 1,250 crore cash assistance among 50 lakh poor families hit hard amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis....

Hot spice prices reduced by 10-25pc

Bangladesh Wholesale Hot Spice Traders Association has announced reduction in the prices of hot spice by 10-15 percent....

General holidays to be extended until May 30

The government has decided to extend the ongoing general holidays until May 30 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus as it continue to claim more lives and infect a larger number of people every day across Bangladesh....

Afghan President orders troops to resume offensive against Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the military to move to an "offensive mode" against the Taliban and other armed groups after dozens of people, including newborn babies, were killed in two separate attacks in the war-ravaged nation...

How corona battle adds to woes of non-corona patients

As the country’s healthcare system has turned its main focus on breaking the tide of coronavirus pandemic, many patients with non-Covid health problems, especially those who have comorbidities, are passing through a harrowing time being ‘deprived of’ urgent medical attention they need....

Number of coronavirus-positive police nears 2000

Bangladesh police members are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly, with 48 more caught the virus in the past 24 hours...

Coronavirus' impact: Bangladesh to see additional child deaths in 6 months

UNICEF published a dire report on Tuesday saying an additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the coronavirus pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services....

Opinion: Coronavirus conspiracy theories on rise

Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections

Indonesia reported on Wednesday its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections with 689 new cases, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 15,438, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto...

Nagad starts financial inclusion bid for 5 crore users

Bangladesh Post Office’s financial service “Nagad” has teamed up with telecom operator Robi Axiata Limited (Robi-Airtel) to officially start the process of bringing its 5 crore customers into financial inclusion...

19 die from coronavirus in 24 hours

The death from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more died in the last 24 hours in the country. Of them, 12 are male and 7 are female. Besides, 1,162 more cases have been detected, taking the total number to 17,822. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said while presenting the regular health bulletin through online on Wednesday...

Atiq takes office as DNCC mayor for 2nd term

Atiqul Islam, the newly elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), took office for the second term on Wednesday. Mohammad Zamal Mostafa, panel mayor of DNCC, handed over his mayorship to the elected mayor in an ordinary programme...

Gonoshasthaya Kendra gives 200 rapid testing kits to BSMMU

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today submitted 200 locally developed rapid testing kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for validation. It also gave BSMMU Tk 4,35,000 as testing expenditure...

RMG Products: Bangladesh seeks 2-year duty-free market access to US

Bangladesh has sought a two-year duty-free access for its readymade garment products to the US market as the coronavirus pandemic put the major export-earning sector in trouble amid cancellations of global orders...

Twitter says it will allow employees to work from home ‘forever’

Social media giant Twitter announced Tuesday that it plans to let all employees who wish to work from home do so for the foreseeable future, even after its offices reopen in a post-pandemic world...

Bangladeshi father-daughter duo sequence coronavirus genome

A Bangladeshi father-daughter doctor duo successfully sequenced the genome of coronavirus which could potentially help develop a vaccine for our own population. A team of eight Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) researchers, led by Dr Sejuti Saha, worked on mapping the genome sequence...

122 deaths, 3,525 new coronavirus cases in India in 24-hr

India registered another 122 deaths due to the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Wednesday, taking the total number of casualties to 2,415...

Mexico sees 353 deaths in most lethal coronavirus day

Mexico’s health ministry confirmed 1,997 new cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, along with 353 additional deaths, the most deadly day since the pandemic began...

Deputy Education Minister’s mother infected with coronavirus

Hasina Mohiuddin, mother of Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, tested positive for Covid-19...