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RMG factories could be operated with workers now staying in Dhaka: Minister
09:09 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said steps have been taken so that garment workers cannot enter Dhaka from outside as RMG factories will be operated with workers staying in Dhaka now...
Virus likely to return annually, China scientists say
08:15 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayChinese scientists say the novel coronavirus will not be eradicated, adding to a growing consensus around the world that the pathogen will likely return in waves like the flu...
PRAN Dairy daily collects 2 lac liters of milk amid coronavirus situation
06:00 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayPRAN Dairy Limited has continued to collect milk from its contractual dairy farmers at a time when the farmers are facing difficulties to sell milk due to ongoing general holidays across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus...
'Why Bangladesh has to shelter Rohingyas repeatedly'
05:29 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the world countries, including neighbour ones, to take share responsibility for sheltering the Rohingyas as it very difficult for Bangladesh alone...
Has Sweden's Covid-19 strategy succeeded or failed?
03:53 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdaySweden has been an outlier during the coronavirus outbreak. The country has not joined many of its European neighbors in imposing strict limits on citizens' lives, and images of people heading to work on busy streets, or chatting at cafes and bars have raised eyebrows...
Argentina extends strict flight ban to September
03:24 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayArgentina has banned all commercial flights until September 1, extending the current air travel prohibition put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus...
Bangladesh reports 549 new coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths
02:54 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayThree more people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 155. 549 more people tested positive for the virus. With this, total coronavirus cases now stands at 6,462 in the country...
FM thanks Jack Ma, invites him to visit Bangladesh
02:43 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has written a letter to Jack Ma, co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, thanking him for providing 30,000 testing kits and 300,000 masks to the people of Bangladesh to fight against coronavirus or COVID-19...
South Korea says Kim may be trying to avoid coronavirus
01:18 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayKim Jong Un may have missed a key holiday on April 15 because of concerns over the coronavirus, not because he is ill, South Korea’s minister for North Korean affairs said on Tuesday...
JUST confirms 18 more coronavirus cases
12:40 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) Genome Centre confirmed 18 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. Ten of the new patients are from Jashore and eight are from Jhenidah, said JUST Genome Centre’s Associate Director Prof Dr Iqbal Kabir Jahid...
Over 2,200 Indonesians die with coronavirus symptoms, data shows
12:05 PM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayMore than 2,200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID-19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease, a Reuters review of data from 16 of the country’s 34 provinces showed...
China’s Shaanxi province reports 20 new imported coronavirus cases
11:06 AM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayChina’s northwestern Shaanxi province reported 20 new imported COVID-19 cases between 8 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper reported...
Germany reports 1,144 new coronavirus cases, 163 more deaths
10:27 AM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe number of Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 1,144 to 156,337, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday...
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
10:14 AM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayFor 15 years, Siti Zabedah Abdul Wahab’s family food business has opened for one month a year, selling murtabak, pan-fried bread stuffed with meat, at Malaysia’s popular Ramadan bazaars...
Bangladesh’s tallest man no more
09:22 AM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayBangladesh’s tallest man Jinnat Ali has died after a long battle with brain tumor. He breathed his last at Chattogram Medical College Hospital at 3am on Tuesday. His brother Ilias Ali confirmed the death to Jago News...
Nat’l prof Jamilur Reza dies of heart attack
08:39 AM, 28 Apr 2020 TuesdayNational professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury died of a massive heart attack on Monday night. He was 77. His relative and Dean of Business Faculty of Dhaka University professor Shibly Rubayet Islam confirmed the death to Jago News on Tuesday morning...
Pakistan's Umal Akmal banned for 3 years
09:16 PM, 27 Apr 2020 MondayPakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all cricket for three years for failing to report corrupt approaches...
Grocery stores, small shops to remain open until 4pm: DMP
08:33 PM, 27 Apr 2020 MondayGrocery stores and small shops will remain open until 4 pm instead of 2 pm in the city, said the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday extending the operation time by two hours...
Opinion: Weapons don't fight pandemics
06:08 PM, 27 Apr 2020 MondayThe COVID-19 pandemic shows that we've got our security priorities wrong. Virus outbreaks, after all, cannot be contained by military force. Time for a security rethink, says Miodrag Soric...
Four districts still without coronavirus cases
05:17 PM, 27 Apr 2020 MondayCoronavirus cases have been reported in almost all of the districts in Bangladesh but four still remained without the virus infections. The districts are Khagrachhari, Rangamati, Satkhira, and Natore, The Directorate General of Health Services ADG Nasima Sultana said on Monday.