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Dwellers in red zone must stay at home; essentials to be reached
04:38 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe government has planned to identify some areas in capital Dhaka as red zone and lock down those from Sunday where the dwellers must stay at home. For the dwellers of red zone, essentials would be reached their home by the volunteers and public representatives, sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said...
23 more contract coronavirus in Feni
03:48 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayTwenty three more people contracted the novel coronavirus in Feni in the past 24 hours, taking the district's such infections to 248...
'Iranian wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge'
03:22 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayA wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic...
35 more die from coronavirus in 24-hr
02:45 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 846 as 35 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 2,635 have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 63,026. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular health bulletin through online on Saturday...
Corona infected ex-SCC mayor Kamran taken to hospital
02:33 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayFormer Sylhet City Corporation Mayor and former city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, who tested positive for coronavirus, was taken to Corona Isolation Centre of Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital on Saturday...
2 siblings among 3 die with fever, cold in Chattogram
02:06 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayThree people, including two brothers, died from fever and cold related problems at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Friday...
2 killed in Bogura road crash
01:56 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayTwo pedestrians were killed after being hit by a pick-up van in Khamar Kandi area of the district town on Saturday morning...
Joe Biden officially clinches Democratic presidential nomination
12:07 PM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayJoe Biden has officially captured the Democratic presidential nomination, crossing the delegate threshold to represent the party in a general election contest against Donald Trump...
Plane crashes in Georgia; 2 children among 5 dead
11:03 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayA small plane crashed Friday in rural Georgia, killing all five on board, including four members of a Florida family who were traveling to a funeral in Indiana...
Decision over Hajj likely after June 15: State Minister
10:34 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayState Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation by June 15...
Twitter, Facebook disable Trump video tribute to Floyd over copyright complaint
09:21 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayTwitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints...
Al-Qaeda chief in north Africa Abdelmalek Droukdel killed: France
08:52 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayFrance says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali...
Coronavirus: WHO advises to wear masks in public areas
08:31 AM, 06 Jun 2020 SaturdayThe World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide "a barrier for potentially infectious droplets"...
1,300 civilians killed in DRC violence
09:53 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayUN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday some of the killings and displacement "may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes"...
Pandemic poses enormous risk to around 1.2mn people in Cox’s Bazar: IOM
08:57 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayThe coronavirus pandemic poses an enormous risk to around 1.2 million people in Cox’s Bazar including over 860,000 Rohingyas, said International Organization for Migration (IOM)...
DC Moniruzzman wins battle against coronavirus
07:47 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayMunshiganj deputy commissioner Md Moniruzzaman Talukder has won his battle against coronavirus. He tested negative for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, on Friday, civil surgeon Dr Abul Kalam Azad confirmed...
US protests will bring new coronavirus outbreaks
06:30 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayIn a little over a week, Americans have gone from taking their first hesitant steps outside again to marching in tightly packed crowds in cities all over the country...
Dhaka North AL leader dies from coronavirus
05:18 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayA local leader of Dhaka North Awami League has died from coronavirus in a city hospital. Deceased Azizur Rahman Bachchu, 70, was former vice president of the AL unit-
Girls 'tricked into FGM' with COVID-19 vaccine
04:58 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayEgyptian authorities will prosecute the father of three girls who they say were tricked into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) and the doctor who performed the illegal surgery...
Ctg MP, 10 family members contract coronavirus
04:34 PM, 05 Jun 2020 FridayMd Mostafizur Rahman, a parliament member from Chattogram- 16 (Banskhali) constituency, and his 10 family members have been infected with coronavirus...