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ADB gives medical equipments to fight COVID-19
05:04 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) today handed over medical equipments to the government to help strengthen Bangladesh’s efforts to improve treatment facilities of Covid-19 infected patients and contain further spread of the virus in the country...
PRAN-RFL distributing food among 40,000 families
04:53 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayPRAN-RFL Group has started distributing dry food items among 40,000 families in more than 20 districts, including the capital...
China approves three COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials
04:36 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayChina has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday...
Irregularities in relief distribution won’t be tolerated: PM
03:50 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned that the government will never tolerate the misuse of relief materials saying that those who are involved in irregularities in this regard must face action irrespective of their political affiliation...
Benazir adorned with IGP Rank Badge
02:56 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayNewly-appointed Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Benazir Ahmed was adorned with the IGP Rank Badge on Wednesday...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases rise to 1,231, deaths 50
02:44 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayIn the past 24 hours, samples of 1,740 people were examined. Of them, 219 people tested positive for OVID-19, the highest single-day spike, and four more died from the virus, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik...
83% drop in rape cases in Delhi during lockdown
02:27 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe Capital witnessed a sharp decline in heinous crime against women since the beginning of lockdown, the data shared by Delhi Police sources show...
Iraq suspends Reuters licence over coronavirus report
12:01 PM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayIraq has suspended the licence of the Reuters news agency after it published a story saying the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country was higher than officially reported...
Sylhet Osmani Hospital doctor dies from coronavirus
11:26 AM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayAn assistant professor (medicine) at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College died from COVID-19 early Wednesday. Dr Moin Uddin breathed his last in a Dhaka hospital while undergoing treatment. He was the first physician in Bangladesh to become the victim of the virus.
US deaths set record daily increase
10:27 AM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayUS coronavirus deaths set a single-day record on Tuesday, a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK, France and India extended lockdowns...
College student dies with coronavirus symptoms
09:07 AM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdaySample of the deceased was collected as family claimed he had coronavirus symptoms, the UHFPO said, adding that the relatives of late Dulal said he had long been suffering from asthma...
US to halt funding to WHO over coronavirus
08:27 AM, 15 Apr 2020 WednesdayUS President Donald Trump says he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). He said the WHO had "failed in its basic duty" in its response to the coronavirus outbreak...
171 more Bangladeshis test positive for coronavirus in S’pore
10:08 PM, 14 Apr 2020 Tuesday171 more Bangladeshi expatriates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in Singapore. With this, so far 1,049 Bangladeshis have been infected with the deadly contagious virus in the country. Health Ministry of the country confirmed the cases on Tuesday...
COVID-19 diagnosis and reporting: Why this is so important?
09:15 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayLike many other countries, Bangladesh is now started seeing more cases of COVID-19, it might sound like less number of positive cases and late diagnosis. We all need to keep...
First seven coronavirus cases detected in Dinajpur
08:21 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayFirst seven cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Dinajpur. Of them, three are from sadar upazila, three from Nawabganj upazila and one from Fulbari upazila.
Coronavirus: 8 more test positive in Narsingdi
07:49 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayEight more people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Narsingdi on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the district to 29...
IPL 2020 set to be further delayed after lockdown extended
06:04 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayThe 2020 Indian Premier League is set to be postponed further after India extended its lockdown until 3 May to contain the spread of coronavirus...
Three dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours
05:48 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayThree new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
9 Tabligh Jamaat members quarantined in Jashore
04:57 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdayNine members of Tabligh Jamaat were sent to quarantine at a school in Jashore Sadar upazila on Tuesday...
Spain’s overnight coronavirus death toll at 567
04:45 PM, 14 Apr 2020 TuesdaySpain’s overnight death toll from the coronavirus rose to 567 on Tuesday from 517 a day earlier, while the country reported its lowest increase in new cases since March 18...