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Woman died at isolation unit in Chandur hospital
09:47 AM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayA woman who had been suffering from fever and cold died at Chandpur Government General Hospital’s isolation ward on Friday night...
US approves use of 1st drug to help virus recovery
09:02 AM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayU.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective therapies against the coronavirus...
Kim Jong-un appears in public, state media report
08:37 AM, 02 May 2020 SaturdayKim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory...
Zimbabwe extends coronavirus lockdown
09:46 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayZimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended a coronavirus lockdown by two more weeks...
India extends lockdown by 2 weeks
08:54 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayIndia's nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be extended by two more weeks after May 4, the government said on Friday, noting significant gains from the six-week shutdown in India's fight to slow the spread of COVID-19...
India film industry could take 2 yrs to recover
08:13 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayIndia's film industry, purveyor of song-and-dance spectacles to millions, will take at least two years to recover financially from the coronavirus pandemic, which is threatening big-ticket projects, putting at risk tens of thousands of jobs...
Insects found in Teknaf not locusts: Ministry
05:31 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayThe Ministry of Agriculture has said the grasshopper-like insects appeared in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf are not locusts, and urged people not to worry about this. Some worms like grasshopper were found invading trees in Lambari village a few days ago...
UAE provides medical aid to Bangladesh in fight against COVID-19
04:48 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayThe United Arab Emirates has provided seven metric tonnes of medical supplies to Bangladesh to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19....
Two Rohingyas killed in 'gunfight'
04:08 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayTwo Rohingya people were killed in a reported shootout with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar early Friday...
Coronavirus likely to last two years, report says
03:38 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayThe coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as two years and won’t be controlled until about two-thirds of the world’s population is immune, a group of experts said in a report...
S Africa ends one of the world’s strictest lockdowns
03:18 PM, 01 May 2020 FridaySouth Africa said it would lift a nationwide lockdown on Friday, but continue to implement strict social distancing and face mask rules, as the nation, already under siege from H.I.V., prepares for a new threat from the seasonal flu...
571 new coronavirus cases, 2 more deaths
02:42 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayBangladesh today confirmed 571 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of such cases to 8,238. Apart from, the death toll from the virus has reached 170 as two more people died in the last 24 hours...
Cautionary signal no. two for inland river ports
02:23 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayRiver ports are asked to hoist cautionary signal number two as squally weather may occur over some regions of the country in the next few hours till 6 pm today...
Man dies with respiratory problem in Bagerhat
01:31 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayA man, who had been suffering from respiratory problem, died at his home at Singjor village of Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday night...
10 RAB members among 17 infected with coronavirus in Keraniganj
01:23 PM, 01 May 2020 FridaySeventeen more people including 10 RAB members and four policemen were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Thursday, raising the number of confirmed cases to 151 in Keraniganj, one of the hotspots of coronavirus infection...
One more cop dies from coronavirus
12:53 PM, 01 May 2020 FridayOne more member of Bangladesh Police died from coronavirus on Friday morning. Nazer Uddin, 55, Sub Inspector of Special Branch of Police, breathed his last at Rajarbag Central Police Hospital in Dhaka around 8am. He was also suffering from asthma and hypertension...
Coronavirus: 7 million Afghan children risk hunger
10:32 AM, 01 May 2020 FridayMore than seven million children in Afghanistan are at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report warns. A Save the Children spokesman said the country faced a "perfect storm of hunger, disease and death" unless the international community took action...
Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs
10:09 AM, 01 May 2020 FridayUS President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion...
Half of US states easing coronavirus restrictions as jobless numbers grow
09:01 AM, 01 May 2020 FridayThe White House let its 2-week-old economic reopening guidelines expire on Thursday as half of all U.S. states forged ahead with their own strategies for easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses shuttered by the coronavirus crisis...
Russian PM tests positive for Coronavirus
08:36 AM, 01 May 2020 FridayRussian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus...