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Village locked down after man contracts coronavirus in Cumilla
10:59 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayLocal administration put Biramkadi village in Titas upazila of Cumilla under lockdown as a resident of the village tested positive for novel coronavirus on Thursday...
US umemployment rate worst since great depression
09:35 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayMore than 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past four weeks, a rapid and unprecedented deterioration in the US economy that the nation has decided is necessary to combat the deadly coronavirus by keeping as many people as possible at home
Global deaths pass 95,000; cases over 1.6m
09:05 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe number of deaths across the world linked to the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, crossed 95,000 as of Friday. At least 95,699 people have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker...
US coronavirus deaths top 15,000
08:30 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe number of deaths in the United States linked to the novel coronavirus topped 15,000 on Thursday, but officials said that despite the grim tallies, there are signs the pandemic might be nearing its peak in the cities hardest hit early on in the crisis...
Coronavirus global death toll passes 90,000
09:27 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe global death toll from coronavirus has risen to 90,011 as of Thursday night. Besides, it has infected 1,539,424 people around the world after the disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to Worldometer...
Coronavirus: BSMMU professor tests positive
08:45 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayProf Dr Shahidullah Sikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus. BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter in the evening...
Emergency services, supply chain to remain normal during shutdown: PMO
06:58 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today issued a directive, saying that some emergency services and the supply chain will remain out of the purview of the nationwide shutdown declared in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak...
Bangladesh to bring back stranded nationals whenever possible: Momen
05:46 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayForeign minister Dr A K Abdul Momen said Bangladesh will bring back its nationals stranded in different countries due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic whenever the situation permits...
Iraq names its third prime minister in ten weeks
05:36 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayIraq’s president named intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi as prime minister-designate on Thursday, the third person tapped to lead the country in just 10 weeks as it struggles to replace a government that fell last year after months of deadly protests...
Johnson ‘getting better’ in intensive care
05:06 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better on Thursday in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 as his government extended its overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shut down in peacetime history...
Bangladesh-Australia Test series postponed amid Covid-19 threat
04:49 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have mutually agreed to postpone the two-Test series that was scheduled for June, due to the persisting Covid-19 threat...
Coronavirus: DU suspends academic activities for indefinite period
04:37 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday suspended all classes and exams for an indefinite period due to the crisis created over coronavirus pandemic...
100-year-old coronavirus patient recovers in Iran
03:36 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayOne of the latest survivors of the novel coronavirus in Iran is a 100-year-old man, who was discharged from the hospital in northern Alborz province on Thursday, according to local media...
Bangladesh sees record 112 coronavirus cases in a day
02:42 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, death toll surged to 21 in Bangladesh after the country reported one new death from the virus on Thursday. However, confirmed cases of the virus jumped by 112...
Saudi coalition announces Yemen ceasefire
02:20 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayA Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to officials...
Tk 10 kg rice rotten, malodorous, allege beneficiaries
02:07 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Tk 10 kg rice under the government’s ‘food-friendly programme’ is rotten, malodorous and worm in that unsuitable for eating, alleged the beneficiaries in Kurigram's Rajarhat upazila...
President rejects Majed's mercy petition
11:11 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayPresident M Abdul Hamid has rejected the mercy petition filed by captain (retired) Abdul Mazed, a condemned convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, against his sentence...
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty: Oxfam
10:34 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe coronavirus pandemic could push an additional half a billion people into poverty, aid charity Oxfam has warned, demanding that world leaders contain the economic fallout and cancel $1 trillion of developing countries' debt payments in 2020...
Global coronavirus cases exceed 1.5 million
09:32 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThere are now more than 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the world, with the United States and the United Kingdom suffering the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began...
Veteran journalist Roushanuzzaman passes away
08:45 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayRoushanuzzaman, a veteran journalist and former executive editor of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away on Wednesday. He was 70...