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Spain to extend coronavirus lockdown until May 9
10:41 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundaySpain, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, is to extend its nationwide lockdown until May 9, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday...
China reports 16 new coronavirus cases, lowest since March 17
10:08 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayChina’s National Health Commission reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 18, the lowest number since March 17 and down from 27 a day earlier, according to data published on Sunday...
“Live free or die”: Hundreds protest against US COVID-19 lockdown rules
09:39 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayHundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns -- with encouragement from President Donald Trump -- as resentment grows against the crippling economic cost of confinement...
Global coronavirus death toll reaches 160,763
09:16 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe global death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 160,763 on Sunday morning. There have been 2,331,892 confirmed cases around the world, according to Worldometer. Of those infected, 1,573,935 are currently being treated and 55,280 of them are in serious or critical condition...
PM reiterates call to follow health codes to fight COVID-19
09:06 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to all to follow the health codes and instructions properly to contain the novel coronavirus...
Flights for stranded Britons in Bangladesh start April 21
08:12 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe UK government has arranged four chartered flights of British Airways starting April 21 to take back its nationals who have been stranded here due to flight suspension amid outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Lawmaker Keramat’s wife tested positive for coronavirus
07:12 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayRebeka Sultana, wife of lawmaker from Rajbari-1 Kazi Keramat Ali, has been infected with coronavirus. Her daughter Kaniz Fatema Chaity confirmed the matter to Jago News on Saturday afternoon...
4 farmers killed in Sunamganj lightning
05:48 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayFour farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in four upazilas of the district on Saturday morning, reports UNB.
Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits Britain
05:28 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayBritain’s Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark the occasion because it would not be appropriate while the country battles a deadly coronavirus outbreak...
3 MPs-elect take oath
04:49 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayThree Awami League lawmakers-elect in the by-polls took oath as members of the 11th parliament on Saturday afternoon. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, while Parliament Secretariat’s Senior Secretary Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan conducted the oath-taking ceremony...
Confirmed Japan coronavirus cases hit 10,000
03:53 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Japan rose to 10,000 on Saturday, NHK public broadcaster said, just days after a state of emergency was extended to the entire nation in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus...
Singapore reports 942 new COVID-19 cases in record daily jump
03:41 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdaySingapore’s health ministry confirmed 942 more coronavirus infections on Saturday, a new daily record, the vast majority of which are among migrant workers living in dormitories...
Thousands join Janaza in B’baria flouting social distancing rule
03:09 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdaySeveral thousand people attended the namaz-e-janaza of Mawlana Jubayer Ahmed Ansari at Bertola village in Sarail upazila here on Saturday ignoring the risk of coronavirus transmission...
Bangladesh coronavirus death toll rises to 84
02:37 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladesh on Saturday recorded nine more deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking the death toll to 84. The number of the virus (COVID-19) cases reached 2,144 after 306 people were newly infected with the epidemic in the past 24 hours...
Salaries, wages of 95.89 pc workers cleared: BGMEA
01:37 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said they have so far cleared salaries and wages of around 95.89 percent workers for the month of March...
Nigerian President’s Chief of Staff dies of COVID-19
01:10 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayAbba Kyari, one of the closest advisers to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, died Friday after contracting the novel coronavirus, becoming the highest-profile casualty of the virus in Africa’s biggest economy...
375 more Bangladeshis catch coronavirus in Singapore
12:33 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdaySome 375 more Bangladeshi migrants have been infected with the novel coronavirus in Singapore, taking the total to 2030 ones, said the island nation's health ministry on Friday. The country yesterday recorded 623 new COVID-19 patients, including 375 Bangladeshis. With this, total caes hit 5,050...
Taylor Swift cancels live appearances for rest of year
12:28 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayWhile some US governors on Friday started announcing plans to resume economic activity amid calls from President Donald Trump to “liberate” states from coronavirus-related lockdowns, Taylor Swift won’t be a part of it...
Iran lifts Tehran's lockdown
11:36 AM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayWith the coronavirus outbreak still raging within its borders, Iran on Saturday lifted the lockdown on its capital and called on government and private-sector employees to return to work...
Official of BD mission in Jeddah catches coronavirus
10:53 AM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe labour counsellor of Bangladesh Mission in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Md Aminul Islam has contracted the novel coronavirus, confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Saturday...