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Global coronavirus death toll hits 100,000
08:25 AM, 11 Apr 2020 SaturdayThe number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. The first death came in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Jan. 9. It took 83 days for the first 50,000 deaths to be recorded and just eight more for the toll to climb to 100,000...
Coronavirus: New York ramps up mass burials amid outbreak
09:54 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayImages have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise...
Educational institutions to remain closed till Apr 25
08:34 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayEducation Ministry has extended the closure of all educational institutions till April 25 following the general holidays declared by the government...
RMG factories’ holiday extended to April 25
08:10 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayReadymade garment (RMG) factories would remain closed until April 25 in line with extended nationwide general holidays to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country...
None can go outside after 6pm: Govt
07:35 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe government today imposed restriction on going outside the homes of the country’s people after 6pm aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard today. According to the notification if anybody violating the government’s restrictions goes outside of his or her home after 6pm...
100 Italian doctors die from coronavirus
05:31 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayOne hundred Italian doctors have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy's FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday...
Govt to give legal aid services thru hotline ‘16430’ amid COVID-19 crisis
05:04 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe government has introduced a hotline number, 16430, to provide emergency legal aid services to people free of cost amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
Coronavirus: Govt extends general holidays until April 25
04:24 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayAs the number of coronavirus cases in the country is growing and the global situation worsening, the government on Friday extended the general holidays until April 25, aiming to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard...
US COVID-19 cases top 460,000 as death toll surpasses 16,000
04:05 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayA total of 462,135 COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States as of 9 p.m. EST on Thursday with a death toll of 16,513, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University...
Coronavirus cases reach 143,626 in Italy, pressure on hospitals decrease
03:27 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe coronavirus pandemic has claimed 18,279 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 143,626 by Thursday, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department...
Bangladesh witnesses highest deaths in a day
02:49 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayBangladesh on Friday recorded 94 more cases of the novel coronavirus and six deaths from the virus, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR).
New York digging mass graves amid virus outbreak
02:11 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayImages have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise...
Tabligh Chilla returnee tests positive for COVID-19
01:02 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayA person, who has recently returned from Chilla (spending some nights in Tabligh Jamaat's missions), tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Nababganj upazila of Dhaka district...
'Coronavirus lingers in air longer than previously thought'
12:16 PM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayResearchers find particles carrying the virus can remain in the air for several minutes after a COVID-19 sufferer coughs...
Village locked down after man contracts coronavirus in Cumilla
10:59 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayLocal administration put Biramkadi village in Titas upazila of Cumilla under lockdown as a resident of the village tested positive for novel coronavirus on Thursday...
US umemployment rate worst since great depression
09:35 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayMore than 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past four weeks, a rapid and unprecedented deterioration in the US economy that the nation has decided is necessary to combat the deadly coronavirus by keeping as many people as possible at home
Global deaths pass 95,000; cases over 1.6m
09:05 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe number of deaths across the world linked to the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, crossed 95,000 as of Friday. At least 95,699 people have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker...
US coronavirus deaths top 15,000
08:30 AM, 10 Apr 2020 FridayThe number of deaths in the United States linked to the novel coronavirus topped 15,000 on Thursday, but officials said that despite the grim tallies, there are signs the pandemic might be nearing its peak in the cities hardest hit early on in the crisis...
Coronavirus global death toll passes 90,000
09:27 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe global death toll from coronavirus has risen to 90,011 as of Thursday night. Besides, it has infected 1,539,424 people around the world after the disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to Worldometer...
Coronavirus: BSMMU professor tests positive
08:45 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayProf Dr Shahidullah Sikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus. BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter in the evening...