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Majed files mercy petition
09:16 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayCaptain (retired) Abdul Mazed, a condemned convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has filed mercy petition against his sentence to the Bangladesh President. He lodged the petition to President through prison authorities on Wednesday, declining to be named, a senior official of Dhaka Central Jail confirmed...
Slum put on lockdown after a resident catches virus
08:08 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayA slum in capital Dhaka's sher-e-Bangla Nagar area has been put on lockdown after its a resident contracted the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19...
Agrani Bank's principal branch put on lockdown
06:34 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe principal office of state-owned Agrani Bank Limited at capital Dhaka's Motijheel has been put on lockdown following an official tested positive for COVID-19...
Shab-e-Barat today
06:10 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayIslamic Foundation (IF) urged the country’s people, including ulema-mashayekhs to offer special prayers staying home on the night of Shab-e-Barat tomorrow to get rid of the global pandemic coronavirus and not to visit graveyards and shrines on the occasion...
Man jailed for stealing masks from hospital
05:53 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayHussain, from Clapham, south London, was charged with theft later that day and appeared in court on Tuesday...
Coronavirus cases in Dhaka jump by 39
04:39 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayPanic gripped the dwellers of Dhaka as the Bangladesh's capital saw the highest number of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 cases and deaths on Wednesday...
Largest supermoon of 2020 rises on a world battling COVID-19
03:34 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities, stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide...
54 more detected with coronavirus, 3 more die in 24-hr
02:54 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayFifty-four more coronavirus patients have been detected with coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 218 in the last 24 hours in the country. Besides, the death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 20 as three more people died...
Death warrant issued for Bangabandhu’s killer Majed
02:05 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayA court here on Wednesday issued the death warrant for Captain (retd) Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
Benazir Ahmed made new IGP
01:54 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe government has appointed Benazir Ahmed, director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), as the new inspector general of police (IGP). The Home Ministry issued a notification on Wednesday in this regard. Benazir Ahmed will replace Dr M Javed Patwary...
Bangabandhu’s killer Majed kept at condemned cell
01:45 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayAbdul Majed, a sacked army captain and one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been kept at a condemned cell after he was taken to the jail from the court...
Tabligh devotee dies in quarantine in Rajshahi
01:00 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayAn elderly man, who returned from a Tablighi congregation, died in quarantine at Uttar Milikbhagha village in Bagha upazila on Wednesday...
Air Force’s special helicopter ready to carry COVID-19 patients
12:46 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayAs per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Air Force is conducting different activities in preventing coronavirus in the country following the government rules while it’s a special helicopter is ready to carry COVID-19 patients...
Coronavirus: US records highest death toll in single day
12:03 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with 1,736 fatalities reported on Tuesday...
Bangladesh, China FMs talk by phone about COVID-19 cooperation
10:56 AM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayChinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday held a phone conversation on continued cooperation between their countries in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19: Meet celebrity Chinese doctor Zhang online today
10:10 AM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayDr Zhang Wenhong, Professor and Head of the Center for Infectious Disease, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, will share his experience and answer Bangladeshi doctors’ questions about the coronavirus pandemic today...
NYC reports a record 800-plus coronavirus deaths in one day
09:31 AM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City, according to city health officials...
Coronavirus warship row: Acting US Navy secretary resigns
09:06 AM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe acting secretary of the US Navy has resigned amid uproar over his handling of a coronavirus outbreak on an aircraft carrier...
Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown
08:54 AM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayAfter 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city...
Doctor tests positive for COVID-19 in Nilphamari
10:02 PM, 07 Apr 2020 TuesdayNilphamari's Kishoreganj Upazila Health Complex and nine unions under the upazila have been put on lockdown after a doctor employed in the health complex tested positive for the novel coronavirus or COVID-19....