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US Vice-President’s aide tests positive for coronavirus
08:35 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayA top aide to US Vice-President Mike Pence has tested positive for Covid-19 one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed with the virus. Mr Pence's press secretary Katie Miller tested positive on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's valet...
Bangladeshis stranded in Australia to return home tonight
09:56 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayA total of 157 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Australia amid an air travel ban because of the coronavirus outbreak, have departed Melbourne for Dhaka on a special Sri Lankan Airlines flight on Friday afternoon...
Bangladeshi journalist jailed after mysterious 53-day disappearance
09:12 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFifty-three days after he disappeared, Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol turned up on Sunday in police custody at a border town 150 miles from where he had last been seen...
‘Unfortunate, disappointing’: FM on diplomats' media freedom remarks
08:29 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday criticised statements posted on social media by some diplomats on media freedom terming those remarks "unfortunate, disappointing and unacceptable"...
80 media workers catch coronavirus in Bangladesh
06:01 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFive more media workers have been infected with COVID-19, taking the number of coronavirus-positive ones to 80...
World gambles with looser lockdowns, risking coronavirus revival
04:59 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayAfter enduring weeks of coronavirus lockdowns, more than 100 million travellers in China flocked to key tourist sites this week, while businesses including barbershops, nail salons and shopping malls reopened in parts of the United States...
1429 police contract coronavirus in Bangladesh
04:15 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe members of Bangladesh police are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly, with 144 more caught the virus in the past 24 hours...
Virus has unleashed a 'tsunami of hate', says UN chief
03:52 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayUnited Nations chief António Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a “tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering”...
Coronavirus death toll reaches 206; 709 new cases
02:50 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 206 as 7 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 709 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 13,134...
59 tested positive for coronavirus in 24 hours in Ctg
02:16 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFifty-nine people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Chattogram. Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir, Chattogram divisional health director, confirmed the new cases around 1:05pm on Friday...
Bangladesh quarantines hundreds of Rohingya boat people on island: officials
01:50 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe Bangladesh navy has rescued around 280 Rohingya Muslims from the Bay of Bengal, towing their stranded boat to an island where they will be quarantined...
Met office predicts rain in parts of country
01:20 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind in different parts of the country in 24 hours as of 9 am tomorrow...
Coronavirus found in men’s semen
01:06 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted, Chinese researchers said Thursday...
UK says men of Bangladeshi, Pakistani origin more at COVID-19 risk
12:39 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayBlack people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British report said on Thursday...
2 brothers among 3 killed in N’ganj septic tank blast
12:11 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThree people including two brothers were killed in a septic tank explosion at Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Masnun, 13, his brother Jisan, 8 and 8-month pregnant woman Laboni, 30...
Coronavirus: Global deaths surpass 2,70,711
10:08 AM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe global death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 270, 711 as of Friday, according to Worldometer. So far, 1, 343, 054 people have recovered from COVID-19 across the globe...
Up to 1,90,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa if not controlled: WHO
09:53 AM, 08 May 2020 FridayEighty-three thousand to 190000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected...
15 migrant workers run over by train in India
09:36 AM, 08 May 2020 FridayFifteen migrant workers were run over by a cargo train at Aurangabad district in Indian state in Maharashtra on Friday morning, the railways has confirmed. The workers were returning to Madhya Pradesh, news agency PTI reported quoting an official...
Rabindranath’s 159th birth anniversary today
08:55 AM, 08 May 2020 FridayToday is the 159th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism...
Biden sex attack accuser urges him to quit race
08:38 AM, 08 May 2020 FridayA woman who accuses Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her 27 years ago has called on him to quit the presidential race...