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Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
08:37 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayThe US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with more than 83,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has overtaken China (81,782 cases) and Italy (80,589)...
Chinese govt-donated medical logistics in city
06:06 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe 2nd batch of medical logistics, including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1,000 infrared thermometers, arrived here from Kunming, China on Thursday afternoon...
Youth beaten dead in police custody, family alleges
05:36 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayJharna Begum, wife of the victim, alleged that police beaten her husband to death after he refused to give bribe Tk 3 lakh to the cops. Now they are trying to establish his death as suicide case, she added...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases surge to 44
03:49 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayConfirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 44 as the country on Thursday recorded five more infections. And four more patients recovered from the deadly virus, taking the total recovery to 11. IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure today through online live briefing...
Corona scare: Dhaka nearly falls silent
03:38 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayAs the government-declared 10-day general holiday started on Thursday and a large number of people left the capital amid the growing fear of coronavirus, Dhaka city wore a complete deserted look with only police and army personnel patrolling around...
Corona scare: National Mausoleum gets facelift, but no visitor
03:22 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayHowever, it refrained from paying homage to the martyrs for the first time in the country’s history due to the outbreak of coronavirus across the world...
Yes, blame China for the virus
01:33 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayWhen authorities regulate public health, share information about a pathogen, and cooperate to control its movement, diseases are contained and pandemics are unlikely....
Prince Charles met 'hundreds' in weeks before testing positive for coronavirus
12:14 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe Prince of Wales could have picked up coronavirus at one of many royal engagements in recent weeks after meeting hundreds of members of the public during his official duties...
Starbucks giving out free coffee to frontline health care workers
12:07 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayFrontline workers in the health care industry who are responding to the coronavirus can get a free tall brewed or iced coffee at Starbucks...
Coronavirus: Global death toll passes 21,000
11:55 AM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has jumped to 21,283 globally as of Thursday. It has so far infected 471,053 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 335,534 are currently being treated with 14,972 being in serious or critical condition...
Bangladesh’s 50th Independence Day today
11:50 AM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayBangladesh is observing its 50th Independence Day today (Thursday). But this year, the government cancelled all programmes of the day as the country is fighting to contain the transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Hajj registration extended to Apr 8
08:55 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayThe government has extended the date of hajj registration until April 8 this year considering the outbreak of coronavirus or COVID-19 across the globe...
Malaysia's movement restrictions extended to April 14
08:50 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayMalaysia's nationwide movement restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus have been extended from March 31 to April 14, as infections have not been reduced...
Turkey seeks life sentence for Khashoggi's murder
08:35 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayTurkish prosecutors on Wednesday sought aggravated life sentences for 18 accused in the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul...
Saudi tightens coronavirus curfew
08:29 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdaySaudi Arabia reported its second coronavirus death and tightened a nationwide curfew, barring entry to and exit from the capital Riyadh and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina as well as movement between all provinces from Wednesday...
Govt is ready to tackle any ‘tough situation’ for coronavirus: PM
08:11 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government was prepared to tackle any “tough situation” in view of the global coronavirus pandemic and simultaneously expressed her firm determination to win the war against the deadly virus...
Khaleda’s home-help Fatema also comes out of prison cell
07:54 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayWith the release of Khaleda Zia, her home-help Fatema Begum who had accompanied the BNP chief voluntarily, also came out of the BSMMU prison cell jail on Wednesday, after over 25 months...
Gunmen in Afghanistan kill 25 at Sikh complex
07:34 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayGunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government said...
Hospitals mandatorily to treat coronavirus patients
06:43 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed all government, and private hospitals to treat mandatorily coronavirus patients. Besides, the hospitals have also been instructed to send the virus patient to the doctor wearing personal protection equipment (PPE)...
Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19
05:07 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayPrince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus. Clarence House confirmed that the 71-year-old royal had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease in a statement released this morning...