Manirampur AC land withdrawn over punishing three men

Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (land) of Manirampur upazila in Jashore Saiyema Hasan has been withdrawn and attached to Divisional Commissioner’s office over punishing three elderly men through a mobile court...

27th span of Padma Bridge installed

The 27th span of the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge was installed on Saturday morning. The span was placed between the 27th and the 28th pillars at Jajira point in Shariatpur 9:20 am...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The city had a score of 164 at 08:49am, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy...

5 killed as truck overturns in Tangail

Five people were killed when a cement-laden truck overturned near Kandila area on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail sadar upazila early Saturday. All the deceased were the workers, said police. Identities of them could not be known immediately...

US coronavirus cases reach over 101,000

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 101,000 on Friday as infections quickly spread to new areas of the country. As of Friday evening, the US has at least 101,242 known cases of coronavirus and 1,588 people have died...

Historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill passes US House, becomes law

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2 trillion aid package - the largest in history - to help cope with the economic downturn inflicted by the intensifying coronavirus pandemic, and President Donald Trump quickly signed it into law...

10-month-old infected with for coronavirus

A 10-month-old infant from a village in Dakshina Kannada district has tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said...

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Biman to cut off entire air connectivity

Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday decided to cut off its entire connectivity by suspending flights to its last two destinations – London and Manchester – for at least two weeks for containing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic...

Doctors are forced to choose who to let die

In the emergency room at one of Madrid’s biggest hospitals, Daniel Bernabeu signed the death certificate for one patient and immediately turned to help another who was choking...

UK PM tests positive for coronavirus

Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. The UK prime minster tweeted: "Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus...

Veteran actor Mark Blum dies of coronavirus

Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor known for films including "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee," has died due to complications from Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Screen Actors Guild...

BKMEA asks factories to close until April 4

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has asked all its member factories to close until April 4 aims to protect country and people from infection of the novel coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Pabna village under lockdown

The local administration has put Katakhali village in Chatmohar upazila under lockdown to prevent the transmission of deadly coronavirus...

47,181 in home quarantine in Bangladesh

A total of 16,564 people have been released from home quarantine so far and 47,181 are remaining in home quarantine in Bangladesh. Apart from, 29 people have been discharged from institunal quarantine so far and 151 are in institunal quarantine, according to health directorate...

Coronavirus: South Africa begins 3-week lockdown

South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus...

2 physicians among 4 newly test corona positive: IEDCR

Four more people, including two doctors, have been diagnosed with Covid-19 disease in Bangladesh, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 48. Bangladesh has so far reported five deaths from coronavrius...

Potential new coronavirus treatment involves blood-plasma therapy

Dr. Ian Lipkin, an infectious disease expert from Columbia University, recently told "Lou Dobbs Tonight" that a new blood-plasma therapy could help treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Worldwide coronavirus cases top 500,000

COVID-19 cases surpassed 500,000 across the world on Thursday, doubling in just over a week as the pandemic accelerates, reports CNBC. The total number of global cases now stands at 510,108 as of 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday...

China reports 55 new coronavirus cases

Mainland China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus infection in three days, although cases involving travellers from overseas continued to dominate the total number of new cases...