Coronavirus cases top 20,600; May hurt US export growth

A “export boom” from the US trade deal with China will be delayed because of the coronavirus outbreak, said White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow...

BSF shoots and injures Bangladeshi; drags him away to India

Members of Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly dragged a Bangladesh young man away to India after shooting him along Salimerchar border in Doulatpur upazila on Tuesday...

The racism at the heart of Trump’s ‘travel ban’

Transaction thru' mobile banking crosses Tk 40,000cr

Every day the number of mobile nanking accounts is increasing and alongside amount of transaction through the channel is on rise...

Belgium confirms its 1st case of virus

Belgium has reported its first case of a new virus in a person who was repatriated from the Chinese epicenter of the outbreak...

Voters’ apathy not good for democracy: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the apathy of voters during the recently held Dhaka city elections is not good for Bangladesh democracy...

Air India to suspend flights to Hong Kong from Feb 8

Air India today said that it is suspending flights to Hong Kong from February 8, hours after the authorities there confirmed the death of a patient with the new Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: India cancels all visas of Chinese nationals

"It is clarified that existing visas are no longer valid. Intending visitors may contact Embassy in Beijing or the Consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou to apply afresh for an Indian visa," the Indian embassy in Beijing tweeted...

Greece offers baby bonus to boost birthrate

As the new year dawned, Maria Pardalakis was in the throes of labour. The clock had barely struck midnight when she delivered a healthy boy in a clinic on Crete...

Cancer rate to rise by 60% in next 2 decades

Driven by persistently high rates of HPV, hepatitis and smoking - especially in low-income countries - the world could see 60 percent more cancer cases in the next 20 years, WHO warned....

Another Wuhan-returnee shifted to Kurmitola Hospital

Another Bangladeshi national who was kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona hajj camp after return from China’s Wuhan was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Monday with complaints of headache and lightheadedness...

Airlines fly between BD-China advised to check health clearance of passengers

Bangladesh has advised all the airlines that fly between Bangladesh and China to make health clearance mandatory from the government health administration of China while carrying passengers from China...

HIV vaccine trial ends in ‘deep disappointment’

A clinical trial for an HIV vaccine has been discontinued since the vaccine was not found to prevent infections of human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS...

Ex-Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi dies

The former president of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, has died aged 95. He had been hospitalized for over a month. The news was announced Tuesday by the current president, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the East African country's state broadcaster, Citizen Television...

Coronavirus outbreak likely began with bats

Somewhere in China, perhaps in the southern Yunnan province, there’s a cave that may hold the mysterious origins of the deadly coronavirus that’s infected thousands, cut off millions of Chinese from their jobs and families and wreaked havoc in global financial markets...

PM leaves for Italy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left Dhaka for Rome on a four-day official visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. During the visit, the prime minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Giuseppe Conte on February 5. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members took off from...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms first death

A 39-year-old patient has become the first to die in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus...

Taiwan reports 56 swine flu deaths amidst coronavirus outbreak

Seasonal influenza has posed a greater threat in Taiwan than the coronavirus outbreak from mainland China, with at least 56 people dying of swine flu...

China admits ‘shortcomings’ as coronavirus death toll hits 425

The death toll in China from the deadly coronavirus outbreak that originated in the central city of Wuhan, rose to at least 425 on Monday, as China admitted "shortcomings and difficulties" in its response to the outbreak...

After battle with cancer, 4-month-old rang ‘cancer-free’ bell in emotional video

After a monthslong battle with brain and spinal cancer, 4-month-old Lillian Grace finally rang the "cancer-free" bell at the hospital -- and the moment, posted on Facebook by Lily's mom, pulls at the heartstrings...