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JS goes into session Saturday
04:48 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayThe 11th parliament will go into its seventh session on Saturday to fulfill the constitutional obligation...
8 flights to bring back stranded Bangladeshis from India
03:34 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayThe government has arranged eight chartered flights to bring back more than 1000 Bangladeshi nationals who are stranded in India due to flight suspension amid outbreak of COVID-129 pandemic...
4 arrested for stockpiling coronavirus safety equipments
03:22 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayPolice have arrested four persons for illegally stockpiling coronavirus safety gears to sell at higher price conducting a overnight drive in city’s Bangla Motor area...
Myanmar to free almost 25,000 prisoners
03:05 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayMyanmar will free almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, the president’s office said on Friday, its largest mass pardon in recent years...
Bangladesh coronavirus death toll rises to 75
02:37 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayBangladesh on Friday recorded 15 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest single-day spike, taking the total to 75. The number of the virus cases reached 1,838 after 266 people were newly infected with the epidemic in the past 24 hours, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Malik. ....
Wuhan hikes coronavirus death toll by 50%
01:24 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayThe Chinese city of Wuhan hiked its death toll from the novel coronavirus by 50% on Friday bringing the total to 3,869, state-run TV reported, confirming residents’ worst fears amid rising international doubts about Beijing’s handling of the outbreak...
First coronavirus patient detected in Feni
01:05 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayA young man has become the first person to contract the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh's South-Eastern district of Feni. Resident of West Madhugram under Radhanagar union in Chhagalanaiya upazila, the man works at a mobile company in Dhaka's Mirpur...
UK investigates whether COVID-19 started in Chinese lab
12:29 PM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayBritain is among a number of countries investigating the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, including a possibility it could be linked to a Chinese laboratory conducting research into diseases in bats...
Tabligh member infected with coronavirus in Rangpur
11:58 AM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayA person, who has recently returned from Chilla (spending some nights in Tabligh Jamaat's missions), has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Rangpur...
Historic Mujibnagar day today
11:17 AM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayThe historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed on Friday, marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971...
Global coronavirus death toll jumps to 145,521
09:10 AM, 17 Apr 2020 FridayThe global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 145,521 until Friday morning. Besides, confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 2,182,197, according to Worldometer. Of those infected, 1,489,381 are currently being treated and 56,558 of them are in serious or critical condition...
'To India our lives are worth less than $1'
08:36 AM, 17 Apr 2020 FridaySome 900,000 female community health workers are on the frontline as part of India’s battle against Covid-19. But they are poorly paid, ill-prepared and vulnerable to attacks and social stigma, reports BBC Marathi’s Shrikant Bangale...
Bangladeshi journalist detained in Jordan
11:40 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayJordan detectives have detained a Bangladeshi expatriate journalist. The detainee is Selim Akash, Jordan Correspondent of Jago News...
Why do you think BCG-vaccination would protect against COVID-19? Is it real?
09:49 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayCOVID-19 is not only successful in infecting people around the world (1), but also obsessed people at the same time with lots of irrelevant things...
Entire Bangladesh at risk of COVID-19 pandemic declared
08:57 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe government has declared the entire Bangladesh at risk of the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of the health directorate, issued a circular making the declaration on Thursday evening...
Physician, 20 others diagnosed with coronavirus in Narsingdi
07:03 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayTwenty-one more people, including a physician, were diagnosed with coronavirus in Narsingdi in the last 24 hours, taking the number of cases to 64 in the district. Confirming the matter to Jago News, Narsingdi civil surgeon Dr Ibrahim Titon said samples from 54 have been tested on Wednesday. Of them, 21 have been detected with coronavirus...
Tablighi Jamaat chief booked for culpable homicide
06:23 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Delhi Police has charged the chief of a Delhi-based Tablighi Jamaat Markaz, Maulana Muhammad Saad Khandalvi, under stringent sections for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, officials said...
Music video “Bhalo Thako Bangladesh” released with message of hope
05:39 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayMobile phone operator Banglalink released a new music video titled “Bhalo Thako Bangladesh” conveying message of optimism, reassurance, and hope during this time of uncertainty and fear amid COVID-19 pandemic...
PM sends emergency medicines to Bhutan
05:12 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sent two consignments of emergency medicines for safety of senior citizens of Bhutan to prevent them from COVID-19 pandemic...
Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns
05:01 PM, 16 Apr 2020 ThursdayShehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat...