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First prisoner dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh
08:56 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayA man convicted in a murder case has died from coronavirus. He is the first prisoner of Bangladesh die from COVID-19. The man, hailing from Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet, breathed his last at isolation centre of Sylhet Shaheed Shamsuddin Hospital on Sunday...
France eases lockdown measures
09:53 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayFrance has cautiously begun to lift its lockdown, with millions back in work after eight weeks of restrictions...
NIMC principal dies with coronavirus symptoms
09:22 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayNorthern International Medical College (NIMC) principal Dr Anisur Rahman died with coronavirus symptoms on Monday morning...
ADB to provide $500 mn loan to Bangladesh to mitigate COVID-19 impact
08:08 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Monday signed $500 million loan agreements to strengthen Bangladesh’s efforts to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic....
Rohingya Repatriation: UNDP, UNHCR, Myanmar extend MoU
06:09 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday agreed with the government of Myanmar to extend the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for activities in Rakhine State...
98 die in DMCH coronavirus unit in 9 days
05:14 PM, 11 May 2020 MondaySome 98 coronavirus-infected patients and suspects died in the COVID-19 unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in last nine days...
Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs
04:44 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayAuthorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic...
BSTI bans 43 more substandard products
04:27 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) has banned 43 substandard products of 43 brands...
Analysis: Shadow of World War II hangs over coronavirus age
04:05 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe coronavirus pandemic has reminded us of how much World War II is hard-wired in the West’s political imagination...
New Zealand, Australia begin to ease lockdowns
03:28 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayNew Zealand and Australia have begun to ease social distancing restrictions with small numbers of family and friends allowed to visit each other’s homes or go to restaurants...
Bangladesh records highest COVID-19 cases in single day
02:42 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayBangladesh registered its highest single-day increase in the coronavirus cases with 1,034 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 15,691. The country also recorded eleven more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total death count to 239...
162 more cops test positive for coronavirus
02:12 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe confirmed coronavirus cases in police force has reached 1,756 as 162 more tested positive for coronvirus in the last 24 hours. Of them, 810 are the members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
Iran says 19 dead in Gulf of Oman friendly-fire incident
01:51 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayAn Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing at least 19, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US...
6 of a family, physician infected with Covid-19 in Nilphamari
01:08 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayTwelve people, including six members of a family and a female physician, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Nilphamari district...
114 stranded Bangladeshi returns from London
12:55 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe government today brought back 114 stranded Bangladeshi nationals from London by a special chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines amid flight suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic...
National Bank’s Tk 80 lakh missing from microbus
12:35 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayAs much as Tk 80 lakh of National Bank Limited went missing when several crores of taka of the bank were being taken to Motijheel from Old Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. Police detained four people in a case filed with Kotwali Police Station in this regard. They are an executive officer, a driver and two security guards...
India sees biggest one-day spike with 4,213 coronavirus cases
11:41 AM, 11 May 2020 MondayIn the biggest single-day jump, India on Monday recorded 4,213 cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 67,152 in the country...
Poonam Pandey arrested for COVID-19 lockdown violation
10:46 AM, 11 May 2020 MondayIndian film actress and model Poonam Pandey was on Sunday, arrested for the violation of the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown...
Japan appoints first female central bank executive director
09:52 AM, 11 May 2020 MondayJapan’s central bank saw some sweeping changes in a personnel reshuffle on Monday, including the appointment of its first female executive director in the male-dominated institution...
China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan
09:40 AM, 11 May 2020 MondayChina reported 17 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on May 10, rising from a day earlier and marking the highest daily increase since April 28, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the disease...