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Khaleda walks free from jail after 775 days
04:27 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayAfter a long 775-day, BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Wednesday got release from prison conditionally. Imprisoned Khaleda Zia had been undergone treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from where she was released. Now the former Bangladesh prime minister is being to her Gulshan residence 'Firoza'...
Italy threatens up to 5yrs jail for violating quarantine
03:53 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayItaly has announced strict new punishments to try and clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus in the country, including possible jail time for people who have the virus and violate quarantine...
India's coronavirus tally rises to 586
03:35 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayIndia has 586 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 532 are active, according to data from the Health Ministry and State government. The death toll stands at 11, with Tamil Nadu registering its first death on Wednesday...
All procedures completed to free Khaleda from jai shortly: Home Minister
03:11 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to be released...
New Zealand PM Ardern declares national emergency
03:01 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a state of national emergency on Wednesday (March 25) as the country prepared to go into a complete lockdown at midnight to combat the coronavirus outbreak...
Bus-truck collision kills 4 workers in Bagura
02:26 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayFour workers were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident at Sherpur upazila in Bagura on Wednesday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...
PM to address nation this evening
01:42 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening (Wednesday evening) to inform the country’s people about the government's measures taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country...
Coronavirus death toll rises to 5 in Bangladesh
12:56 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayThe death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has rose to 5 in Bangladesh. No new cases have been detected in the country in the last 24 hours. Two more people have been cured of the disease...
Man dies in quarantine in Sylhet
12:19 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayA person, who was in home quarantine, died in the Sylhet city housing estate area on Tuesday night. The deceased 65-year-old man was already under regular dialysis treatment due to his kidney complications...
Coronavirus global death toll reaches to 18,907
11:27 AM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayThe death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached to 18,907 globally as of Wednesday. It has so far infected 422,959 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 294,908 are currently being treated with 13,095 being in serious or critical condition...
Pep Guardiola donates 1m euros to fight coronavirus
11:04 AM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayManchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros (£920,000) to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain...
Coronavirus spreading in New York like ‘a bullet train’
09:22 AM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo has pleaded for medical supplies, warning Covid-19 is spreading in his state faster than "a bullet train". "The apex is higher than we thought and the apex is sooner than we thought," Mr Cuomo told reporters on Tuesday...
‘Genocide Day’ today
08:48 AM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayToday is the ‘Genocide Day’. On the black night of March 25 nearly five decades ago, Pakistani occupation forces launched brutal genocide codenamed ‘Operation Searchlight’ on the unarmed Bengalees...
Has China really beaten the coronavirus?
09:30 PM, 24 Mar 2020 Tuesday“Any rational person would doubt these figures,” one internet user wrote in response to an essay posted by a volunteer in Wuhan questioning the statistics...
All courts to remain shut from Mar 29 to Apr 2
08:42 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayActivities of all courts of the country will remain suspended from March 29 to April 2 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus or COVID-19. A notification signed by the Supreme Court registrar General Md Ali Akbar was issued on Tuesday in this regard...
Journalist dies of coronavirus
05:01 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayA prominent 30-year-old television journalist has died in Zimbabwe after contracting the new coronavirus infection, the first person to die in the country from the virus...
Govt decides to release Khaleda from jail
04:12 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayThe government has decided to release BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia from jail. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said this in a press conference on Tuesday...
Myanmar reports first cases of coronavirus
04:06 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayMyanmar reported its first confirmed cases of coronavirus in two men who had recently traveled to the United States and the United Kingdom...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 1 more die, 6 new cases detected
03:34 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayBangladesh on Tuesday reported its fourth death from coronavirus and identification of six new patients, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 39. Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora announced this at a press briefing through online at IEDCR in Mohakhali...
Modi expresses gratitude to Hasina for contributing to Emergency Fund
02:46 PM, 24 Mar 2020 TuesdayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her contribution to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund to fight the deadly coronavirus...