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Emergency services, supply chain to remain normal during shutdown: PMO
06:58 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today issued a directive, saying that some emergency services and the supply chain will remain out of the purview of the nationwide shutdown declared in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak...
Bangladesh to bring back stranded nationals whenever possible: Momen
05:46 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayForeign minister Dr A K Abdul Momen said Bangladesh will bring back its nationals stranded in different countries due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic whenever the situation permits...
Iraq names its third prime minister in ten weeks
05:36 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayIraq’s president named intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi as prime minister-designate on Thursday, the third person tapped to lead the country in just 10 weeks as it struggles to replace a government that fell last year after months of deadly protests...
Johnson ‘getting better’ in intensive care
05:06 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson was getting better on Thursday in intensive care where he is battling COVID-19 as his government extended its overdraft facility and reviewed the most stringent shut down in peacetime history...
Bangladesh-Australia Test series postponed amid Covid-19 threat
04:49 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have mutually agreed to postpone the two-Test series that was scheduled for June, due to the persisting Covid-19 threat...
Coronavirus: DU suspends academic activities for indefinite period
04:37 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday suspended all classes and exams for an indefinite period due to the crisis created over coronavirus pandemic...
100-year-old coronavirus patient recovers in Iran
03:36 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayOne of the latest survivors of the novel coronavirus in Iran is a 100-year-old man, who was discharged from the hospital in northern Alborz province on Thursday, according to local media...
Bangladesh sees record 112 coronavirus cases in a day
02:42 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, death toll surged to 21 in Bangladesh after the country reported one new death from the virus on Thursday. However, confirmed cases of the virus jumped by 112...
Saudi coalition announces Yemen ceasefire
02:20 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayA Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to officials...
Tk 10 kg rice rotten, malodorous, allege beneficiaries
02:07 PM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe Tk 10 kg rice under the government’s ‘food-friendly programme’ is rotten, malodorous and worm in that unsuitable for eating, alleged the beneficiaries in Kurigram's Rajarhat upazila...
President rejects Majed's mercy petition
11:11 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayPresident M Abdul Hamid has rejected the mercy petition filed by captain (retired) Abdul Mazed, a condemned convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, against his sentence...
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty: Oxfam
10:34 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe coronavirus pandemic could push an additional half a billion people into poverty, aid charity Oxfam has warned, demanding that world leaders contain the economic fallout and cancel $1 trillion of developing countries' debt payments in 2020...
Global coronavirus cases exceed 1.5 million
09:32 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThere are now more than 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the world, with the United States and the United Kingdom suffering the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began...
Veteran journalist Roushanuzzaman passes away
08:45 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayRoushanuzzaman, a veteran journalist and former executive editor of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), passed away on Wednesday. He was 70...
WHO chief calls for end of virus 'politicisation'
08:09 AM, 09 Apr 2020 ThursdayThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump. Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the WHO's work and called for an end to the politicisation of Covid-19...
Bernie Sanders suspends US presidential campaign
09:48 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdaySenator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign to become US president...
Majed files mercy petition
09:16 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayCaptain (retired) Abdul Mazed, a condemned convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has filed mercy petition against his sentence to the Bangladesh President. He lodged the petition to President through prison authorities on Wednesday, declining to be named, a senior official of Dhaka Central Jail confirmed...
Slum put on lockdown after a resident catches virus
08:08 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayA slum in capital Dhaka's sher-e-Bangla Nagar area has been put on lockdown after its a resident contracted the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19...
Agrani Bank's principal branch put on lockdown
06:34 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayThe principal office of state-owned Agrani Bank Limited at capital Dhaka's Motijheel has been put on lockdown following an official tested positive for COVID-19...
Shab-e-Barat today
06:10 PM, 08 Apr 2020 WednesdayIslamic Foundation (IF) urged the country’s people, including ulema-mashayekhs to offer special prayers staying home on the night of Shab-e-Barat tomorrow to get rid of the global pandemic coronavirus and not to visit graveyards and shrines on the occasion...