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Coronavirus: 1,878 policemen infected in Bangladesh
01:33 PM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayA total of 1,878 policemen were infected with coronavirus as of Tuesday while performing their duties during the pandemic. Among the infected police members, 865 are from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) alone, said sources at Police Headquarters...
More Bangladeshis to return home from Maldives on May 15
11:40 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayMore Bangladesh nationals are scheduled to return home from the Maldives by a chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on May 15...
India records 3,604 new coronavirus cases in 24-hr, total count tops 70,000
11:23 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayIndia registered over 3,600 positive cases of novel coronavirus in 24 hours, pushing the country's tally to 70,756 on Tuesday morning...
Japan to approve its first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday
10:57 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayJapan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday, a health ministry official said, in a move to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the pandemic...
UK coronavirus recovery plan unveiled in detail as death toll tops 32,000
10:40 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayThe British government on Monday published the document of the long-expected COVID-19 recovery plan, hoping to gradually ease the lockdown measures while at the same time getting the coronavirus pandemic under control...
Int’l Nurses Day today
10:24 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayThe International Nurses Day is being observed across the country as elsewhere in the world...
First prisoner dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh
08:56 AM, 12 May 2020 TuesdayA man convicted in a murder case has died from coronavirus. He is the first prisoner of Bangladesh die from COVID-19. The man, hailing from Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet, breathed his last at isolation centre of Sylhet Shaheed Shamsuddin Hospital on Sunday...
France eases lockdown measures
09:53 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayFrance has cautiously begun to lift its lockdown, with millions back in work after eight weeks of restrictions...
NIMC principal dies with coronavirus symptoms
09:22 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayNorthern International Medical College (NIMC) principal Dr Anisur Rahman died with coronavirus symptoms on Monday morning...
ADB to provide $500 mn loan to Bangladesh to mitigate COVID-19 impact
08:08 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Monday signed $500 million loan agreements to strengthen Bangladesh’s efforts to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic....
Rohingya Repatriation: UNDP, UNHCR, Myanmar extend MoU
06:09 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday agreed with the government of Myanmar to extend the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for activities in Rakhine State...
98 die in DMCH coronavirus unit in 9 days
05:14 PM, 11 May 2020 MondaySome 98 coronavirus-infected patients and suspects died in the COVID-19 unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in last nine days...
Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs
04:44 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayAuthorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic...
BSTI bans 43 more substandard products
04:27 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) has banned 43 substandard products of 43 brands...
Analysis: Shadow of World War II hangs over coronavirus age
04:05 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe coronavirus pandemic has reminded us of how much World War II is hard-wired in the West’s political imagination...
New Zealand, Australia begin to ease lockdowns
03:28 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayNew Zealand and Australia have begun to ease social distancing restrictions with small numbers of family and friends allowed to visit each other’s homes or go to restaurants...
Bangladesh records highest COVID-19 cases in single day
02:42 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayBangladesh registered its highest single-day increase in the coronavirus cases with 1,034 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 15,691. The country also recorded eleven more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total death count to 239...
162 more cops test positive for coronavirus
02:12 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayThe confirmed coronavirus cases in police force has reached 1,756 as 162 more tested positive for coronvirus in the last 24 hours. Of them, 810 are the members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
Iran says 19 dead in Gulf of Oman friendly-fire incident
01:51 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayAn Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing at least 19, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US...
6 of a family, physician infected with Covid-19 in Nilphamari
01:08 PM, 11 May 2020 MondayTwelve people, including six members of a family and a female physician, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Nilphamari district...