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Top Covid-19 risk factors don’t include asthma
06:27 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundaySince the onset of the pandemic, those with asthma have been on high alert. Many health organizations have cautioned that asthmatics are at higher risk for severe illness it they are infected with coronavirus...
China tests thousands to calculate true spread of coronavirus
05:34 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayWhen Tiger Ye caught the coronavirus in January, his mother and grandmother nursed him back to health. Later that month, both women developed fevers, but with Wuhan’s hospitals overflowing they chose instead to bear it out at home....
Spain has fewest deaths in month
04:42 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundaySpain reported the smallest increase in the number of coronavirus deaths in four weeks on Sunday, while new infections slowed compared with previous days...
Patuakhali put on lockdown
04:19 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe local administration in Patuakhali on Sunday put the district on lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus...
Malaysia asked to stop turning away Rohingyas
03:25 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayHuman rights advocates are calling on Malaysia, which turned away at least two boats filled with Rohingya refugees, to reverse itself and start accepting the migrants...
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 7 more die, 312 more infected
02:43 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 91 as 7 more people died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh. Besides, 312 more people have been infected with the virus, raising the total number of such cases to 2,456...
Singapore reports 596 new coronavirus cases, taking total to 6,588
02:33 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundaySingapore’s health ministry confirmed 596 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the city-state to 6,588...
Malaysia providing necessary assistance to Bangladeshis
02:11 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe Malaysian government is providing necessary assistance to Bangladeshi citizens in their country during the coronavirus outbreak...
B’baria ASP, Sarail OC withdrawn
01:20 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe police headquarters has withdrawn the Brahmanbaria assistant superintendent of police (Sarail circle) Masud Rana and the officer-in-charge of Sarail police station Sahadat Hossain for failing to prevent a large number of people from attending a funeral prayer in the upazila amid risks of coronavirus spread...
Editors of Jago News, Bdnews sued
12:44 PM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayA case has been filed under the Digital Security Act against four people including acting editor of Jago News Mohiuddin Sarker and editor of Bdnews Toufique Imrose Khalidi over a news report of stealing rice. Mominul Islam Bhasani, president of Swechasebak League of Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila unit, filed the case on Saturday night...
S’pore had a model coronavirus response, then cases spiked. What happened?
11:47 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayLess than a month ago, Singapore was being hailed as one of the countries that had got its coronavirus response right...
Spain to extend coronavirus lockdown until May 9
10:41 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundaySpain, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, is to extend its nationwide lockdown until May 9, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday...
China reports 16 new coronavirus cases, lowest since March 17
10:08 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayChina’s National Health Commission reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 18, the lowest number since March 17 and down from 27 a day earlier, according to data published on Sunday...
“Live free or die”: Hundreds protest against US COVID-19 lockdown rules
09:39 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayHundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns -- with encouragement from President Donald Trump -- as resentment grows against the crippling economic cost of confinement...
Global coronavirus death toll reaches 160,763
09:16 AM, 19 Apr 2020 SundayThe global death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 160,763 on Sunday morning. There have been 2,331,892 confirmed cases around the world, according to Worldometer. Of those infected, 1,573,935 are currently being treated and 55,280 of them are in serious or critical condition...
PM reiterates call to follow health codes to fight COVID-19
09:06 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayPrime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to all to follow the health codes and instructions properly to contain the novel coronavirus...
Flights for stranded Britons in Bangladesh start April 21
08:12 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe UK government has arranged four chartered flights of British Airways starting April 21 to take back its nationals who have been stranded here due to flight suspension amid outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Lawmaker Keramat’s wife tested positive for coronavirus
07:12 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayRebeka Sultana, wife of lawmaker from Rajbari-1 Kazi Keramat Ali, has been infected with coronavirus. Her daughter Kaniz Fatema Chaity confirmed the matter to Jago News on Saturday afternoon...
4 farmers killed in Sunamganj lightning
05:48 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayFour farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in four upazilas of the district on Saturday morning, reports UNB.
Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits Britain
05:28 PM, 18 Apr 2020 SaturdayBritain’s Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark the occasion because it would not be appropriate while the country battles a deadly coronavirus outbreak...