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Coronavirus to impoverish millions of children in Middle East: UNICEF
09:37 AM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdayMillions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund...
Saudi executed record number of people in 2019
08:37 AM, 21 Apr 2020 TuesdaySaudi Arabia executed a record 184 people last year, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number the rights organisation has ever recorded in a single year in the country...
Nasrul for uninterrupted power supply in COVID-19 pandemic
10:09 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayState Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today called for ensuring uninterrupted power supply during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
53 journalists test positive for coronavirus in Mumbai
09:59 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayAt least 53 journalists in Mumbai have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number is likely to go up, officials said on Monday...
Govt tasks secretaries to coordinate relief distribution programme: PM
09:03 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThe government has tasked a secretary for each district for supervising and coordinating the relief distribution programme and health management work in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country...
Kamal seeks greater help from ADB to tackle COVID-19 shock
07:59 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today sought greater assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in different sectors to overcome the shock of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Displaced women face greater violence risk during crisis: UNHCR
07:24 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayDisplaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the United Nations refugee agency has said. The UNHCR warned on Monday refugee and migrant women may also be forced into "survival sex"...
Coronavirus cases rise to 134 in Narsingdi
07:00 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThirty more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the total number of cases to 134 in the district...
164 stranded Bangladeshis return from India
05:51 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayHundred and sixty-four Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India for over a month, returned home on Monday afternoon...
Sonali Bank corporate branch closed as banker tests COVID-19 positive
04:47 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondaySonali Bank’s corporate branch in Dilkusha area in the capital has been closed temporarily as an employee of the branch was tested positive for novel coronavirus or COVID-19...
Number of coronavirus cases in Russia rises past 47,000
03:55 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThe number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose 4,268 to 47,121, authorities said on Sunday...
New Zealand extends lockdown by a week
03:30 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayNew Zealand will extend the lockdown measures in place to beat the coronavirus by a week, after which it will move to a lower level of restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday...
Bangladesh coronavirus death toll exceeds 100; new cases 492
02:43 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayDuring the period, the country recorded 492 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day spike, taking the total to 2,948, said prof Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
Coronavirus to create food shortage, global famine: PM
12:36 PM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday instructed producing and stocking foodgrains in the country noting that the world might face famine in the coming days as coronavirus will create a shortage of food...
Trump’s Ramazan remarks stir fear among American Muslims
11:12 AM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayMuslim organisations in the United States issued guidelines on Sunday for Ramazan advising against congregational prayers and community iftars, hours after President Donald Trump asked local authorities not to relax coronavirus restrictions during the month...
Coronavirus: Global death toll now 165,058
10:15 AM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThe global death toll from coronavirus reached 165,058 on Monday morning...
Gunman kills 16 in rural Canada
08:50 AM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayA gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. The 12-hour rampage ended in a car chase. The attacker is also dead...
Protesters challenge stay-at-home orders in Washington State
08:24 AM, 20 Apr 2020 MondayThe event drew some far-right groups, including the Three Percenters militia, named after the supposed fraction of colonists who took up arms during the war. With signs and speeches, the attendees called on the governor to lift the mandates...
Cumilla’s wait for ICU doesn’t end
09:47 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayGovernment hospitlas in Cumilla, a district of six million people, lack Intensive Care Units (ICUs), something the residents say is of utter importance at a time when the country is grappling to contain the coronavirus outbreak...
Coronavirus: Bangladesh locks down 38 districts
07:47 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayBangladesh has locked down its 38 districts out of 64 in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Seventeen more districts were also put on partial lockdown following a rise in the virus cases in the country, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik...