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Coronavirus cases in police force exceed 5000
04:45 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayBangladesh police members are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at alarming rate, with 5,129 caught the disease as of Monday...
S Africa loosens lockdown in economic recovery effort
04:32 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondaySouth Africa sought to revive its stuttering economy on Monday with the partial lifting of a coronavirus lockdown, letting people out for work, worship or shopping...
Cabinet Division's deputy secretary catch coronavirus
03:40 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayMohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, deputy secretary (Field Administration Wing) of the Cabinet Division, his wife contracted the novel coronavirus...
Philippines capital comes back to life although virus threat lingers
03:19 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayMillions of people returned to work in the Philippine capital on Monday as one of the world’s strictest and longest coronavirus lockdowns was eased to help resuscitate an economy that has been battered by the closure..
22 more die from COVID-19; 2381 new cases
02:44 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 49,534 as 2,381 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 22 more people died from the disease, taking the number of deceased to 672...
Domestic flight operations resume after 2-month suspension
02:19 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayDomestic flights operation resumed on Monday on Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Syedpur routes on a limited scale after more than two months of suspension amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
Key accused in human trafficking to Libya arrested
02:05 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayRapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 has arrested one of the masterminds of the human trafficking ring, in connection with the killings of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya. Kamal Hossain, 55, was arrested from Shahjadpur area in the capital’s Gulshan on Monday morning...
New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
12:00 PM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayThe new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday...
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
11:27 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayViolence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd...
26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya: Case filed in Bhairab, 1 arrested
10:34 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayA case has been filed with Bhairab Police Station in Kishoreganj over the killings of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya. Mobarak Hossen, elder brother of deceased Saddam Hossen, filed the case against seven to eight people on Sunday noon...
Trump taken to underground bunker during White House protests
09:21 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayAs protesters gathered outside the White House Friday night in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump was briefly taken to the underground bunker for a period of time, according to a White House official and a law enforcement source...
Armed bandits kill at least 18 in Nigeria’s Katsina state
09:00 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayArmed bandits in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina killed at least 18 people, including a local official, and stole thousands of livestock on Sunday, two witnesses and a police spokesman told Reuters...
Wajid Khan of music composer duo Sajid-Wajid dies
08:23 AM, 01 Jun 2020 MondayIndian singer-composer Wajid Khan of music director duo Sajid-Wajid, popular for their work on superstar Salman Khan's films such as "Wanted", "Dabangg" and "Ek Tha Tiger", died in early hours of Monday in a city hospital due to complications arising from a kidney infection...
Refugees, migrants and locals come together to fight social isolation
09:56 PM, 31 May 2020 SundaySocial isolation is a critical problem in our society. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified this problem, especially for the most vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, migrants and refugees...
Noted TV personality Mustafa Kamal Syed dies from COVID-19
09:47 PM, 31 May 2020 SundayMustafa Kamal Syed, noted television personality and programme head of private television channel NTV, died from coronavirus at a city hospital on Sunday afternoon. He was 75...
Spain to extend lockdown a final time to June 21
09:32 PM, 31 May 2020 SundaySpain’s prime minister said on Sunday the country needed 15 more days of lockdown until June 21 “to finish with the pandemic once and for all”, and he would ask parliament to approve a final two-week extension to the stay home rule...
Dr Zafrullah's wife, son also catch coronavirus
08:44 PM, 31 May 2020 SundayAfter Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, now his son and wife contracted the novel coronavirus. "My wife and son were tested through our (Gonoshasthaya Kendra) developed kit, and they found positive for COVID-19," he self told Jago News on Sunday evening...
India to loosen lockdown despite record cases
07:41 PM, 31 May 2020 SundayIndia has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new coronavirus cases...
Pakistan makes masks mandatory in public
06:26 PM, 31 May 2020 SundayIt is now mandatory to wear a mask in crowded public spaces across Pakistan, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday. Such spaces include mosques, bazaars, shopping malls and public transport...
No dengue case reported in 24 hrs
05:06 PM, 31 May 2020 SundayNo new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Sunday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB...