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‘Somoyer Alo’ needs to take responsibility of Khokon’s family: DUJ
09:42 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayDhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Wednesday demanded the authorities of Dainik Somoyer Alo to take responsibility of the family of its city editor and chief reporter Humayun Kabir Khokon...
Discussion on banking sector's role in revival of economy after COVID-19 held
09:17 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayA video conference held on Wednesday discussed issues on how to bring the economy back on track and how best the government stimulus packages can be injected to the economy through banking sector...
Suhrawardy Hospital's 57 physicians, nurses contract coronavirus
08:48 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdaySome 57 physicians and nurses employed at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
What Big B, SRK, other co-stars tweeted about Irrfan Khan
07:30 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayActor Irrfan Khan's death has left not a heart unbroken, not a single eye dry. The 53-year-old died in Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Wednesday at the end of a long battle against a cancerous tumour...
Boris Johnson and fiancee announce birth of son
06:00 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son...
Bangladesh likely to see up to 1 lakh coronavirus cases till May 31
05:22 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe coronavirus cases in Bangladesh are likely to rise up to 1,00,000 in the end of May, a projection said...
How does a country of 1.3 billion have 1,000 deaths?
04:05 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayAs of Tuesday, India had reported 31,360 coronavirus cases and 1,008 deaths, or about 0.76 deaths per million. Compare that to the United States, where the number of deaths per million is more than 175...
Russia’s coronavirus cases exceed 99,000
03:26 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 5,841 to 99,399 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Wednesday...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 7000
02:43 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 7,103 as 641 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the health bulletin through online on Wednesday...
Bollywood star Irrfan Khan dies
01:23 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayIrrfan Khan, the Indian-born actor who achieved considerable success in both Bollywood and the west, has died aged 53. He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital on Tuesday with a colon infection...
Coronavirus: Biman cancels all flights till May 15
01:10 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe Biman Bangladesh Airlines has cancelled all of its international and domestic flights till May 15 to restrict the spread of coronavirus (COVID 19) in the country. The Biman Bangladesh confirmed the matter in a press release issued on Wednesday...
Germany reports 1,304 more coronavirus cases, 202 more deaths
12:51 PM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayGermany on Wednesday reported 1,304 more cases of the novel coronavirus while the number of deaths rose by 202 compared to the previous day, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed...
15 more test positive for coronavirus in Naogaon
11:45 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayFifteen more people have been tested positive for coronavirus in Naogaon, taking the total number of such cases to 17. Of the infected people, five are from Raninagar, three from Atrai, one from Porhsa, two each from Mohadevpur, Sapahar and Manda...
COVID-19: Global cases pass 31 lakh; death toll now 2.18 lakh
11:03 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe global death toll from the coronavirus has reached 218,010 as of Wednesday morning. Besides, it has so far infected 3,138,886 people around the world after the highly infectious virus was first reported in China in December last, according to Worldometer...
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey says
10:28 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayAt least 40 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia...
Irrfan Khan admitted to hospital, currently in ICU
10:03 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayBollywood actor Irrfan Khan, who was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, has been admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, the actor's spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday...
China parliament to start key annual session on May 22
09:44 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayChina’s parliament will start its key annual session on May 22, more than two months later than originally planned due to the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, the latest sign that the country is trying to return to business as normal...
Narayanganj sees highest daily surge in coronavirus cases
09:23 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayA record number of 84 people, including 18 members of a health worker’s family, were infected with coronavirus in Narayanganj in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, said sources at the Civil Surgeon office...
US coronavirus cases surpass 1 million
09:09 AM, 29 Apr 2020 WednesdayAs some researchers say deaths could rise significantly in coming weeks, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has topped 1 million and the deaths toll has surpassed the total of US troop fatalities during the Vietnam War...
436 doctors catch coronavirus across country
09:58 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe number of physicians infected with coronavirus in Bangladesh kept rising, with 49 newly contracted the virus in the past 24 hours...