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Govt orders Muslims to say prayers at home
03:46 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe government has directed the Muslims to say five times prayers at home instead of Jamaat at mosques, and hold Jummah prayer with participation of the highest 10 people. The Ministry of Religious Affairs disclosed the government decision in a statement on Monday...
35 more infected with coronavirus: IEDCR
02:56 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThirty-five more people have been infected with coronavirus and three more died in the last 24 hours in the country. The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure through online live briefing on Monday...
UK declares £21 million for Bangladesh to fight COVID-19
02:23 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe United Kingdom (UK) has announced 21 million pounds support to Bangladesh in containing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate Dhaka’s National Preparedness and Response Plan...
Coronavirus: Court holiday extended till Apr 13
01:53 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe Supreme Court has extended the holiday for courts by two more days. April 14, the first day of Bengali New Year, will be added with the holidays, said a notification signed by Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar on Monday...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 100
01:02 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayTwenty-nine more people have tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of such cases in the country to 117. Health Minister Zahid Malek on Monday said this after an emergency meeting with the representatives of government non-government health agencies...
Japan considering 6-month period for state of emergency
12:24 PM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe Japanese government is considering a period of six months for the state of emergency that it is preparing to call in response to the coronavirus pandemic, broadcaster TBS reported on Monday...
ACC director dies from coronavirus
11:23 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayA director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has died from coronavirus in the capital. The deceased is Jalal Saifur Rahman, hailing from Feni. He was an official of admin cadre of 22th BCS. He was transferred to the ACC as a director in 2017...
Coronavirus: Queen tells UK ‘we will succeed’ in fight
10:35 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe Queen has said the UK "will succeed" in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, in a rallying message to the nation...
Ex-Libyan PM Jibril dies from coronavirus
10:20 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayMahmoud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has died from the coronavirus, his party said...
Tiger at US zoo tests positive for coronavirus
09:26 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayA four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus...
Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus
09:18 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayBoris Johnson has been admitted to hospital due to coronavirus after suffering 10 days of symptoms including a high fever, bringing doubts about his capability to lead the response to the pandemic despite No 10 insisting it was purely precautionary...
US faces ‘really bad’ week as coronavirus deaths spike
09:06 AM, 06 Apr 2020 MondayThe United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York...
Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers
09:02 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundaySingapore reported 120 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, by far its highest daily rise, and quarantined nearly 20,000 migrant workers in their dormitories...
Bangladesh Railway losing Tk 4-5 crore every day
08:43 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayBangladesh Railway is losing Tk 4-5 crore in revenue every day following the suspension of all train services across the country amid the coronavirus outbreak...
Don’t leave or enter Dhaka until further notice: Police HQ
07:03 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayThe Police Headquarters on Sunday said nobody will be allowed either to leave and enter the capital city until further notice...
70 Bangladeshis contract coronavirus in Spain
06:04 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundaySome 70 Bangladeshi nationals have caught the novel coronavirus and one died in Spain, the second worst-hit country by the virus.
Daily coronavirus deaths in Spain fall
04:41 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayThe downward trend of daily deaths from the coronavirus in Spain continued on Sunday, with the latest number falling to 674, citing the Health Ministry...
Shutdown extended for 3 more days
03:26 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayBangladesh government has extended the ongoing countrywide shutdown for three more days to April 14 to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic...
18 more infected with coronavirus in last 24 hours
02:41 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayEighteen more people have been infected with the coronavirus in the country in the last 24 hours, raising the number of such cases to 88. Health Minister Zahid Malek said while addressing the online press briefing organized by the Health Directorate on Sunday...
Biman cancels flights to all countries except China until Apr 14
02:03 PM, 05 Apr 2020 SundayThe Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday cancelled flights to all countries except China until April 14 following the global outbreak of coronavirus. A reliable source from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) confirmed the cancellation to Jago News...