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31 die in DMCH’s corona unit in 4 days
02:28 PM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayFive more people died in the corona unit installed at Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. With this, so far 31 people have died in the unit in four days. Mohammad Riaz, ward master of the unit, confirmed the new deaths to Jago News.
Coronavirus: 31 new cases detected in Munshiganj
01:08 PM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayThirty one people, including the officer-in-charge of sadar police station and a health worker, were infected with coronavirus in three upazilas of the district on Tuesday...
Actress Koel Mallick blessed with a baby boy
12:40 PM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayIndian actress Koel Mallick and husband Nishpal Singh were blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a Park Street private hospital...
Rohingya refugees in risky Covid-19 quarantine in Bhasan Char: HRW
12:23 PM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayBangladesh authorities have quarantined 29 Rohingya refugees without adequate access to aid on an unstable silt island in the Bay of Bengal...
Biman Bangladesh postpones all recruitment process
11:14 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayBiman Bangladesh Airlines has postponed its all recruitment process due to coronavirus. Human Resource Department of the airlines issued a notice in this regard recently. Further decision about recruitment will be published on Biman’s website, the notice said...
UK trade minister Conor Burns resigns over loan threats
10:27 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayA close ally of Boris Johnson has resigned as a minister after being found to have used his position to try to intimidate a member of the public...
Elon Musk and girlfriend welcome first child together
09:41 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayElon Musk's girlfriend has given birth to the couple's first child together, the outspoken Tesla chief announced Monday. Musk, 48, has been dating the musician Grimes since 2018...
Global coronavirus death toll tops 250,000
09:11 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayGlobal deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter-million on Monday, mostly in the US and Europe even as both regions slowly moved away from lockdown and world leaders raised billions towards a vaccine...
Coronavirus: France’s first known case ‘was in December’
08:44 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayA patient diagnosed with pneumonia near Paris on 27 December actually had the coronavirus, his doctor has said...
Coronavirus: US to borrow record $3tn as spending soars
08:37 AM, 05 May 2020 TuesdayThe US has said it wants to borrow a record $3tn (£2.4tn) in the second quarter, as coronavirus-related rescue packages blow up the budget. The sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis...
Habiganj DC tests positive for COVID-19
09:49 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayHabiganj Deputy Commissioner Md Kamrul Hasan was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday...
'Waiting to die': Coronavirus enters crowded jails
08:53 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayCoronavirus has hit Philippine prisons, notorious as the world's most crowded, heightening fears that jails will emerge as the epicentre of the virus in the Southeast Asian nation...
25 bank staff contract COVID-19
08:17 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayA total of 25 bank staff tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, with 14 newly caught the virus in the past 24 hours...
Shops, shopping malls to remain open till 5 pm
06:17 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayThe government has decided to allow keeping shops and shopping malls open till 5 pm maintaining health guidelines during the general holidays extended until May 16 considering Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr...
Long-haul bus to remain shut during Eid holidays
05:52 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayThe long-route bus services will remain shut during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays aims to stem the spread of the coronavirus....
Japan extends state of emergency to May 31
05:28 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayJapan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he had decided to extend the country’s national state of emergency to May 31...
Number of coronavirus-positive police nears 1000
04:52 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayThe members of Bangladesh police are being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly, with 60 more caught the virus in the past 24 hours...
Most of Vietnam's 22 million students returns to school
04:05 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayMost of Vietnam's 22 million students returned to class on Monday after a three-month closure to tackle Covid-19, quoting the state-run Vietnam News Agency, CNN reported...
Pandemic slams global factories, activity sinks to new lows
03:40 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayThe coronavirus has infected more than 3.5 million people globally and killed around 247,000. With the public told to stay home in numerous countries, the global economy is expected to suffer its steepest contraction on record this year as supply chains have been massively disrupted....
Bangladesh coronavirus cases pass 10,000
02:37 PM, 04 May 2020 MondayThe confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh have reached 10,143 as 688 more people have been infected with the virus. Besides, the death toll from coronavirus has reached 182 as five patients died in the last 24 hours. Of the deceased, three are from Dhaka and one each from Sylhet and Mymensingh...