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'India has not done enough for poor in lockdown'
01:01 PM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayA Nobel-prize winning economist has said India needs to be "much more generous" in providing relief to the millions of people who have been direly hit by the ongoing lockdown...
69pc RMG workers stop sending money to families: Study
11:29 AM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayAbout 69 percent of the readymade garment (RMG) workers who used to send money to their families in villages have stopped doing so after the coronavirus outbreak, a recent study found...
'Men should do grocery shopping as women take too long'
11:14 AM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayThe mayor of Japan's third largest city is facing a public backlash after he said men would make more effective grocery shoppers than women as officials struggle to prevent overcrowding at stores amid the coronavirus pandemic...
S Korea reports no coronavirus deaths in 40 days
09:33 AM, 24 Apr 2020 FridaySouth Korea recorded no deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday for the first time in 40 days, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The country also recorded a fourth consecutive day of single-digit new cases, suggesting a potential slowdown of the outbreak...
US passes new stimulus, EU divided as virus costs soar
08:41 AM, 24 Apr 2020 FridayThe United States on Friday approved nearly half a billion dollars in new stimulus but European leaders were divided on their own measures as the world sought to salvage economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic...
Human trials of COVID-19 vaccine begins in UK
10:12 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayIn the global scramble for a COVID-19 vaccine, a select number of human trials are now under way, but it's scientists from England's University of Oxford who appear most confident that they're onto a cure...
PM places 5 proposals, calls for forging global partnership on COVID-19
08:49 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for forging a collective global partnership and greater unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic as she placed a five-point proposal...
Coronavirus: Court holiday extended until May 5
07:12 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Supreme Court on Thursday extended the holiday for courts until May 5 aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Justice Md Nuruzzaman will hear the urgent matters at the chamber court maintaining social distance...
All educational institutions to remain closed till May 5
06:58 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayAll the educational institutions will remain closed until May 5 in line with the general holidays announced by the government for fourth time today aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country...
4 throat-slit bodies found in Gazipur house
06:15 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayThroat-slit bodies of four members of a family were found in their house at Jainabazar area of Sreepur Upazila in Gazipur on Thursday afternoon. They had been living in their house on purchased land...
Ramadan: National Moon Sighting Committee to meet on Friday
03:50 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayA meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Friday to review the information on the appearance of the new moon of the holy month of Ramadan of 1441 Hijri...
India President’s wife stitches masks for shelter homes
03:39 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayIndia President Ram Nath Kovind’s wife Savita Kovind on Wednesday stitched face masks at Shakti Haat in the President's Estate as part of the fight against COVID-19...
Ramadan 2020: Fasting hours around the world
03:14 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Muslim holy month of Ramadan is set to start later this week. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast for a full lunar month. The fasting begins at the Fajr prayer just before dawn and is broken at sunset...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases surpass 4,000; deaths 127
02:45 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayBangladesh on Thursday confirmed 414 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number to 4,186. It also recorded seven deaths from the virus, taking the tally to 127, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque...
Resignation of DGHS chief demanded
02:01 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayA legal notice has been sent to the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) professor Abul Kalam demanding his resignation for failure to take proper for tackling coronavirus...
More tigers and lions test positive at US zoo
01:11 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayAnother seven big cats have been confirmed as having COVID-19 at a zoo in the US...
ARTICLE 19 seeks withdrawal of case against Bangladesh editors
12:29 PM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayExpressing serious concern over the lawsuit against the editors of Jagonews24.com, and bdnews24.com, international human rights organization ARTICLE 19 has demanded the authorities concerned immediately withdraw the case...
Bangladesh hospitals accused of discrimination
11:04 AM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayTwo hospitals in Bangladesh dedicated to fighting the coronavirus have refused to treat patients from one of the country’s worst slums, an activist said on Wednesday...
Coronavirus: Tenants for waiving house rents for 3 months
10:05 AM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayAs economic activities came to a grinding halt amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the transmission of coronavirus, tenants in Dhaka and other cities urged the government to waive house rents and utility bills for three months from April...
Most Covid-19 patients lost taste or smell
09:41 AM, 23 Apr 2020 ThursdayLoss of taste or smell does indeed seem to be a symptom of Covid-19 infection, researchers reported Wednesday...