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Taj Mahal closed to visitors from today amid coronavirus fears
10:50 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayThe iconic Taj Mahal will be closed to visitors from today as part of measures to try and combat the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism ministry said on Monday...
Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people
10:23 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayPresident Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Philippine island of Luzon under an "enhanced community quarantine" until April 12 to stop the spread of coronavirus...
UK faces oxygen crisis as Johnson tells manufacturers to make ventilators
10:03 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayNHS hospitals could run out of oxygen within hours if hit by a wave of coronavirus patients, experts have warned as the UK's crisis rapidly worsens...
Coronavirus vaccine test opens with 1st doses
09:24 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayU.S. researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday, leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With careful jabs in the arms of four healthy volunteers, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle began...
PM pays homage to Bangabandhu
08:47 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary. The premier paid the homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital...
Bangabandhu’s birth centenary today
08:29 AM, 17 Mar 2020 TuesdayThe yearlong birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur begins today at home and abroad in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu, the greatest Bangalee of all times, was born on March 17 in 1920 at Tungipara under the then Gopalganj subdivision in Faridpur district...
Charge sheet filed in DU student rape case
05:21 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayDetective Branch (DB) of police today filed charge sheet against sole accused Mojnu in a case lodged over rape of a Dhaka University student in capital’s Kurmitola area on January 5...
Legal action if 14-day quarantine rule violated: Cabinet
04:36 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayThe Cabinet on Monday decided that all those arriving from abroad must stay in 14-day quarantine or else face legal action. Bangladesh on Monday announced the detection of three new coronavirus patients and confirmed that the virus has started transmitting locally...
Kurigram DC Sultana removed, new DC Rezaul
03:43 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayThe government has removed Kurigram’s Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin from duty over her alleged involvement in the midnight arrest and jailing of a reporter. Deputy Secretary Mohammad Rezaul Karim was appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram...
Coronavirus: Most airlines will be bankrupt by end of May
02:35 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayDue to the coronavirus pandemic, most airlines in the world will be bankrupt by the end of May and only a coordinated government and industry action right now can avoid the catastrophe, said global aviation consultancy firm CAPA in a note on Monday...
3 new coronavirus patients detected in Bangladesh
01:33 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayBangladesh on Monday announced detecting three new coronavirus patients, taking the number of total cases to eight. Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora revealed the information at a regular press briefing on Monday...
Coronavirus: Final leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan called off
01:20 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayThe Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards have agreed to postpone the upcoming third leg of their series, of one ODI and Test in Karachi in early April, in light of growing concerns around the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and travel restrictions around the world...
Coronavirus: Govt shuts down all edu instts till Mar 31
12:32 PM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayThe government has decided to shut down all educational institutions including schools, colleges and madrasahs from March 17 to March 31 to stop spread of coronavirus. Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury confirmed the matter to Jago News on Monday...
Coronavirus outbreak: Global death toll climbs to 6,516
11:46 AM, 16 Mar 2020 MondayThe death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 6,516 globally as of Monday. It has so far infected 169,552 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 85,283 are currently being treated and 5,921 (or 7 percent) of them are in serious or critical condition...
11 banks form special funds for capital market investment
08:50 PM, 15 Mar 2020 SundayEleven public and private commercial banks have set up special funds for investment in the capital market in line with the central bank's advice to revive the market that facing slump...
Le Méridien Dhaka hosts Gala Dinner of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Bangladesh
07:25 PM, 15 Mar 2020 SundayIn partnership with Prime Bank, Le Méridien Dhaka has recently hosted the 2nd Gala Dinner of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Bangladesh at its restaurant, Favola. Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Bangladesh is the new addition of the worldwide family of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs...
Must succeed together in dealing with corona: Modi
07:02 PM, 15 Mar 2020 SundayIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid emphasis on staying vigilant saying they must succeed together as the countries are still in an unknown situation...
Hasina for setting up Saarc institution to fight public health threat
06:59 PM, 15 Mar 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday proposed that an institution be established to prevent and fight any public health threat in the South Asian region in future...
Don't board vehicles with fever, cold, cough: Minister
06:44 PM, 15 Mar 2020 Sunday"You (people) don't board public vehicles if you have runny nose, cough, and fever. Rather, you do so after recovery from these, he told this media after an inter-ministerial meeting at the Secretariat on Sunday...
Coronavirus cases in Pakistan reach 38
06:15 PM, 15 Mar 2020 SundayThe number of novel coronavirus cases in Pakistan have reached 38, with four new ones in the country's largest city of Karachi...