Akij Group resumes construction work for corona hospital

Akij Group, a business conglomerate of the country, today resumed the work to construct a 301-bed specialized hospital for the coronavirus infected patients in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area...

No new coronavirus case detected in 48 hrs: IEDCR

No new coronavirus case has been reported in the last 48 hours, keeping the total number of confirmed cases in the country at 48. Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said at a press briefing...

Cops use “coronavirus helmet” to raise awareness on COVID-19

In a bid to spread awareness about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, a local artist in collaboration with a police officer in Chennai has made what he calls a "corona helmet" to dissuade commuters from coming out on the streets during the nationwide lockdown...

Two with coronavirus symptoms die in Barishal

Two persons with coronavirus symptoms died at Barishal's Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jakir Hossain, a resident of Patuakhali, and Niru Begum, 45, wife of Md Dulal of Puranpara in the city...

Covid-19 cases in India cross 1,000 mark; thousands on streets

India on Saturday recorded 135 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), one of the highest single-day spikes, as the number of cases crossed 1,000 amid a mounting challenge of controlling the spread of the disease that has killed about 30,000 people across the world...

Saudi Arabia extends all flight suspensions, workplace attendance

Saudi Arabia has decided to extend the suspension of all domestic and international flights and workplace attendance until further notice, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday quoting an official source in the Ministry of Interior...

Bangladesh ready to work with UK on corona issue: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed sadness to her British counterpart Boris Johnson who has contracted novel coronavirus and said that her government is ready to work closely with the United Kingdom (UK) government...

Canadian PM’s wife recovers from coronavirus illness

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife said Saturday that she has recovered from being ill from COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus...

No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ: Trump

President Donald Trump backed away from calling for quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, instead directing Saturday night that a “strong Travel Advisory” be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak...

Int’l passenger flights to remain suspended until April 7

Bangladesh on Saturday extended the international passenger flights suspension to April 7 to stop the transmission of coronavirus in the country...

Coronavirus hits Bangladesh poultry industry hard

The coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the poultry business in Bangladesh, with poultry hatchery owners count huge losses. When hatching a chicken costs Tk 32, now hatchery owners have to sell the same at Tk 1 as the poultry farmers about stopped buying chickens from them due to apparent lockdown.

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Akij Group postpones its ‘emergency’ hospital project after ‘attack by locals’

“We’ve decided to postpone our project following an attack on our employees engaged in building the hospital,” Bashir Uddin, Managing Director of Akij Group said...

Global coronavirus cases exceed 6 lakh

The epidemic infected as many as 614,231 people and killed 28,240 globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it...

Lockdowns bring rise in domestic violence

Activists say pattern of increasing abuse is repeated in countries from Brazil to Germany, China to Greece...

Indian authorities send buses to take unemployed to villages

Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital on Saturday to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the world's largest coronavirus lockdown...

Turkey suspends all int'l flights, expands restrictions

Erdogan announces strict monitoring of travel within Turkey among other measures, calling on Turks to 'show patience'...

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation...

Coronavirus: 4 Bangladeshis die in 3 days in New York

Four Bangladeshi expatriates died from coronavirus or COVID-19 in New York in last three days...

No new coronavirus case detected in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

No new coronavirus case has been detected in the last 24 hours in the country. Four more patients have been cured from the disease. Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said at a press briefing through online at 12:10pm on Saturday...