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Help jobless instead shopping, Quader to party leader-activist
03:58 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayAwami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged the party leaders and activists to support the poor-helpless and jobless people instead of shopping in this Eid-ul-Fitr....
Coronavirus: 8 more die, 636 new cases
02:42 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 214 as 8 more died in the last 24 hour. Besides, 636 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 13,770. Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular health bulletin through online on Saturday...
Coronavirus cases in police force pass 1500
02:27 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayA total of 80 police personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the police force to 1,509 across the country. Of them, 708 are the members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...
Dr Wazed’s 11th death anniversary today
01:54 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayToday is the 11th death anniversary of renowned nuclear scientist and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr. M A Wazed Miah...
DGHS issues comprehensive guidelines to contain COVID-19
01:39 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayThe Directorate General and Health Service has issued a comprehensive technical guidelines incorporating all sectors to reopen businesses, other necessary services and maintain health rules to contain COVID-19 pandemic...
Govt extends suspension of visa-on-arrival till May 16
12:10 PM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayBangladesh’s Ministry of Home Affairs has extended the suspension on visa-on-arrival service till May 16 amid the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the country. As per its earlier instructions, the on-arrival visa suspension was till May 7. Bangladesh so far reported 206 death and 13,134 total cases till Friday...
Global coronavirus cases pass 4 million
10:30 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayConfirmed coronavirus cases around the world reached 4,014,265 on Saturday morning. The virus has so far killed 276,236 people. Currently, 2,352,471 are being treated and 48,699 of them are in serious or critical condition...
US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists amid coronavirus tensions
09:55 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayThe United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of U.S. journalists in China, a shift that comes amid tensions between the two nations over the coronavirus global pandemic...
Coronavirus: Italy death toll tops 30,000, highest in EU
09:02 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayItaly has become the first country in the European Union to register more than 30,000 coronavirus-related deaths. It reported 243 new fatalities on Friday - down from 274 the day before - taking the total to 30,201...
UK ‘to bring in 14-day quarantine for air passengers’
08:43 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayUK airlines say they have been told the government will bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland in response to the coronavirus pandemic...
US Vice-President’s aide tests positive for coronavirus
08:35 AM, 09 May 2020 SaturdayA top aide to US Vice-President Mike Pence has tested positive for Covid-19 one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed with the virus. Mr Pence's press secretary Katie Miller tested positive on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's valet...
Bangladeshis stranded in Australia to return home tonight
09:56 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayA total of 157 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Australia amid an air travel ban because of the coronavirus outbreak, have departed Melbourne for Dhaka on a special Sri Lankan Airlines flight on Friday afternoon...
Bangladeshi journalist jailed after mysterious 53-day disappearance
09:12 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFifty-three days after he disappeared, Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol turned up on Sunday in police custody at a border town 150 miles from where he had last been seen...
‘Unfortunate, disappointing’: FM on diplomats' media freedom remarks
08:29 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday criticised statements posted on social media by some diplomats on media freedom terming those remarks "unfortunate, disappointing and unacceptable"...
80 media workers catch coronavirus in Bangladesh
06:01 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFive more media workers have been infected with COVID-19, taking the number of coronavirus-positive ones to 80...
World gambles with looser lockdowns, risking coronavirus revival
04:59 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayAfter enduring weeks of coronavirus lockdowns, more than 100 million travellers in China flocked to key tourist sites this week, while businesses including barbershops, nail salons and shopping malls reopened in parts of the United States...
1429 police contract coronavirus in Bangladesh
04:15 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe members of Bangladesh police are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly, with 144 more caught the virus in the past 24 hours...
Virus has unleashed a 'tsunami of hate', says UN chief
03:52 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayUnited Nations chief António Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a “tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering”...
Coronavirus death toll reaches 206; 709 new cases
02:50 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayThe death toll from coronavirus has reached 206 as 7 more people died in the last 24 hours. Besides, 709 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 13,134...
59 tested positive for coronavirus in 24 hours in Ctg
02:16 PM, 08 May 2020 FridayFifty-nine people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Chattogram. Dr Hasan Shahriar Kabir, Chattogram divisional health director, confirmed the new cases around 1:05pm on Friday...