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Bangladesh reports record number of coronavirus cases
02:47 PM, 03 May 2020 SundayBangladesh today reported a record 665 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number of such cases to 9,445. Besides, the death toll from coronavirus has reached 177 as two patients died in the last 24 hours...
Coronavirus: 113 policemen infected in 24 hours
02:34 PM, 03 May 2020 SundayA total of 113 members of Bangladesh Police were infected with coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. With the latest cases of infection, the number of total infected policemen stood at 854 until this morning...
Coronavirus global death toll reaches 244,874
02:19 PM, 03 May 2020 SundayThe global death toll from coronavirus has reached 244,874 as of Sunday noon. It has infected 3,497,006 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it...
Dhaka arranges chartered flight to bring Bangladeshis from UK
01:45 PM, 03 May 2020 SundayThe government has decided to arrange a chartered flight on May 10 to take home Bangladeshi citizens who have been stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) amid flight suspension due to deadly COVID- 19 pandemic...
COVID-19: PM’s videoconference with Rangpur division Monday
10:41 AM, 03 May 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a videoconference with the public representatives and officials of the districts in Rangpur division over COVID-19 issue on Monday...
Missing journo Kajol detained in Benapole
09:58 AM, 03 May 2020 SundayPhotojournalist and the editor of Daily Pokkhokal Shafiqul Islam Kajol, who had been missing since March, has been detained by the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Benapole of Jashore...
Coronavirus: Spain makes masks compulsory on public transport
09:07 AM, 03 May 2020 SundayMasks will be compulsory on public transport in Spain from Monday as the country moves to gradually relax its tough lockdown...
Coronavirus: Johnson reveals ‘contingency plans’ made during treatment
08:52 AM, 03 May 2020 SundayBoris Johnson has revealed "contingency plans" were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, the PM says he was given "litres and litres of oxygen"...
10-month-old coronavirus patient recovers
10:03 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayA 10-month-old boy recovered from coronavirus and returned home on Saturday from the Chattogram General Hospital...
523 doctors contract coronavirus in Bangladesh
09:44 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayA total of 523 physicians across the country have been infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Bangladesh well-placed among emerging economies to deal with virus aftermath
09:11 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayThe Economist has listed Bangladesh as the 9th strongest economy in its report on the financial strength of 66 emerging economies in the wake of the Covid-19 fallout...
Opinion: Human Spirit to combat COVID-19
06:19 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayNothing is more powerful than the human spirit. The human spirit refers to emotions, intellect, passions, patience, fears, and creativity. The world has witnessed so many dangerous events from its initiation and the human spirit has faced all the events boldly...
General holidays likely to be extended by 11 days
05:32 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayAs coronavirus continues to claim more lives and infect a larger number of people every day, the government has decided to extend the ongoing general holidays again till May 16 in a bid to prevent the transmission of the deadly virus...
Russian minister, his deputy catch coronavirus
03:56 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayRussian Minister of Construction Vladimir Yakushev and his deputy, Dmitry Volkpv, have contracted the novel coronavirus infection, the ministry’s press service said on Friday...
Malaysia rounds up migrants to contain coronavirus
03:40 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayMalaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus...
Coronavirus death toll rises to 175, 552 new cases
02:53 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayBangladesh has reported deaths of five more coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll to 175. Of the deceased, three are male and two are female. All of them are the inhabitants of Dhaka...
Bangladesh postpones on-arrival visa till May 7
02:27 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayBangladesh has postponed visa-on-arrival till May 7 for visitors from all countries. The Security Services Division of the Home Ministry on Friday sent a letter to the Additional Inspector Generals of Police in this regard...
Fifth member of police dies from coronavirus
12:14 PM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayAnother policeman died from coronavirus on Saturday morning, raising the death toll of Bangladeshi policemen to five. Sultanul Arefin, 44, Sub Inspector of Public Order Management of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (west division), breathed his last at Rajarbag Central Police Lines Hospital at 6:53am...
Day after Trump claim, WHO says coronavirus ‘natural in origin’
11:09 AM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated that the new coronavirus was of natural origin after United States President Donald Trump claimed he had seen evidence it originated in a Chinese lab...
17 prisoners killed in riot at Venezuelan jail
10:29 AM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayAt least 17 prisoners in a Venezuelan jail were killed on Friday as they attempted to escape during a riot, according to a military report seen by Reuters and an opposition lawmaker from the area...