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General holidays likely to be extended: State Minister
09:13 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayAs both the death toll and infections from coronavirus continue to surge in Bangladesh, the government is likely to extend the ongoing general holidays in a bid to tackle the worsening situation...
Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation: WHO
08:03 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory...
UNHCR warns of severe implications for annual monsoon response in Bangladesh
07:12 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today of life-threatening consequences if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time in Bangladesh amid the global outbreak of COVID-19...
Sampadak Parishad demands withdrawal of case against 2 editors
06:39 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe Sampadak Parishad has expressed its deep and serious concern at the filing of the case under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against Mohiuddin Sarker, acting editor of Jago News and Toufique Imrose Khaledi, editor-in-chief of Bdnews for reporting on misappropriation of OMS rice at Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon...
Kim Jong-un illness rumours denied amid intense speculation
05:36 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayReports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill after heart surgery are not true, officials in South Korea have said...
Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
04:48 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayPresident Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus...
No discrimination in relief distribution to be allowed: Quader
04:26 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayRoad, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged all to continue the relief distribution work properly and warned that no discrimination in it will be allowed...
Biman to bring back Bangladeshis from Delhi on Friday
04:14 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayBiman Bangladesh Airlines will operate a special chartered flight from New Delhi to bring back stranded Bangladeshi citizens on Friday while US-Bangla Airlines is continuing such flights from Chennai for the same purpose since Monday...
Dhaka to join OIC’s EC meeting over COVID-19 on Wednesday
04:00 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayOrganization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary foreign ministerial level meeting of its Executive Committee (EC) as a part of its effort to address issues of COVID-19 pandemic via video conferencing on Wednesday...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 3,000
02:32 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe number of novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh passed 3,000 on Tuesday, with 434 were newly infected with the virus. The deadly virus also claimed nine more lives, said prof Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
25 personnel of a police station catch coronavirus
02:06 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThirty two police personnel have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Gazipur...
People of 60+ account for ‘50 pc coronavirus deaths’ in Bangladesh
01:38 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThough the people of 60 years of age or above make up only 10 percent of coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, they account for 50 percent of fatalities from the virus. Responding to queries from UNB, experts have attributed this to comorbidities and weakened immune system of senior people...
Haor pry schools to remain open for paddy harvesting labourers
01:16 PM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe government has directed to keep open the all primary schools in the country's haor areas to accommodate the paddy harvesting labourers. The direction was made in a letter issued by the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on Monday...
Muslims face a Ramadan like never before
11:34 AM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayDays before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred...
Coronavirus to impoverish millions of children in Middle East: UNICEF
09:37 AM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayMillions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund...
Saudi executed record number of people in 2019
08:37 AM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdaySaudi Arabia executed a record 184 people last year, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number the rights organisation has ever recorded in a single year in the country...
Nasrul for uninterrupted power supply in COVID-19 pandemic
10:09 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayState Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today called for ensuring uninterrupted power supply during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
53 journalists test positive for coronavirus in Mumbai
09:59 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayAt least 53 journalists in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number is likely to go up, officials said on Monday...
Govt tasks secretaries to coordinate relief distribution programme: PM
09:03 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThe government has tasked a secretary for each district for supervising and coordinating the relief distribution programme and health management work in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country...
Kamal seeks greater help from ADB to tackle COVID-19 shock
07:59 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today sought greater assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in different sectors to overcome the shock of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...