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Four journalists catch coronavirus in Bangladesh
02:37 PM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayFour journalists have, so far, contracted the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, in Bangladesh, prompting the authorities concerned to send other 100 ones to home-quarantine...
Virus fears spark xenophobia in China
01:10 PM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China's warnings against imported coronavirus cases stoke anti-foreigner sentiment...
Coronavirus: Hajj agencies fear Tk 6,125cr losses
12:12 PM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe hajj agencies in Bangladesh fear massive losses as Saudi Arabia suspended umrah pilgrimage, and there is possibility that the upcoming hajj could be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic...
Bangladeshis employed in ME won't lose jobs for late return: Shahriar
10:49 AM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayBangladeshi nationals, employed in Middle Eastern (ME) countries and now on vacation at home, will not lose their jobs for late joining to their respective job stations under the current situation, says the government...
US coronavirus death toll surpasses 2,000 a day
09:20 AM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayNew coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 2,000 on Friday, the highest daily tally to date. The total confirmed dead from the virus in the US is now 18,586, putting it on the heels of Italy, which at 18,849 has experienced more deaths than any nation on earth...
'Deadly resurgence' if curbs lifted too early, WHO warns
08:38 AM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayLifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a "deadly resurgence" in infections, the World Health Organization chief has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be cautious about easing restrictions, even as some struggle with the economic impact...
Global coronavirus death toll hits 100,000
08:25 AM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. The first death came in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Jan. 9. It took 83 days for the first 50,000 deaths to be recorded and just eight more for the toll to climb to 100,000...
Coronavirus: New York ramps up mass burials amid outbreak
09:54 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayImages have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise...
Educational institutions to remain closed till Apr 25
08:34 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayEducation Ministry has extended the closure of all educational institutions till April 25 following the general holidays declared by the government...
RMG factories’ holiday extended to April 25
08:10 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayReadymade garment (RMG) factories would remain closed until April 25 in line with extended nationwide general holidays to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country...
None can go outside after 6pm: Govt
07:35 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe government today imposed restriction on going outside the homes of the country’s people after 6pm aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard today. According to the notification if anybody violating the government’s restrictions goes outside of his or her home after 6pm...
100 Italian doctors die from coronavirus
05:31 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayOne hundred Italian doctors have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy's FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday...
Govt to give legal aid services thru hotline ‘16430’ amid COVID-19 crisis
05:04 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe government has introduced a hotline number, 16430, to provide emergency legal aid services to people free of cost amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
Coronavirus: Govt extends general holidays until April 25
04:24 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayAs the number of coronavirus cases in the country is growing and the global situation worsening, the government on Friday extended the general holidays until April 25, aiming to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard...
US COVID-19 cases top 460,000 as death toll surpasses 16,000
04:05 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayA total of 462,135 COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States as of 9 p.m. EST on Thursday with a death toll of 16,513, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University...
Coronavirus cases reach 143,626 in Italy, pressure on hospitals decrease
03:27 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe coronavirus pandemic has claimed 18,279 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 143,626 by Thursday, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department...
Bangladesh witnesses highest deaths in a day
02:49 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayBangladesh on Friday recorded 94 more cases of the novel coronavirus and six deaths from the virus, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR).
New York digging mass graves amid virus outbreak
02:11 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayImages have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise...
Tabligh Chilla returnee tests positive for COVID-19
01:02 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayA person, who has recently returned from Chilla (spending some nights in Tabligh Jamaat's missions), tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Nababganj upazila of Dhaka district...
'Coronavirus lingers in air longer than previously thought'
12:16 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayResearchers find particles carrying the virus can remain in the air for several minutes after a COVID-19 sufferer coughs...