Man jailed for stealing masks from hospital

Hussain, from Clapham, south London, was charged with theft later that day and appeared in court on Tuesday...

Coronavirus cases in Dhaka jump by 39

Panic gripped the dwellers of Dhaka as the Bangladesh's capital saw the highest number of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 cases and deaths on Wednesday...

Largest supermoon of 2020 rises on a world battling COVID-19

The largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities, stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the novel coronavirus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide...

54 more detected with coronavirus, 3 more die in 24-hr

Fifty-four more coronavirus patients have been detected with coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 218 in the last 24 hours in the country. Besides, the death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 20 as three more people died...

Death warrant issued for Bangabandhu’s killer Majed

A court here on Wednesday issued the death warrant for Captain (retd) Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

Benazir Ahmed made new IGP

The government has appointed Benazir Ahmed, director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), as the new inspector general of police (IGP). The Home Ministry issued a notification on Wednesday in this regard. Benazir Ahmed will replace Dr M Javed Patwary...

Bangabandhu’s killer Majed kept at condemned cell

Abdul Majed, a sacked army captain and one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been kept at a condemned cell after he was taken to the jail from the court...

Tabligh devotee dies in quarantine in Rajshahi

An elderly man, who returned from a Tablighi congregation, died in quarantine at Uttar Milikbhagha village in Bagha upazila on Wednesday...

Air Force’s special helicopter ready to carry COVID-19 patients

As per the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Air Force is conducting different activities in preventing coronavirus in the country following the government rules while it’s a special helicopter is ready to carry COVID-19 patients...

Coronavirus: US records highest death toll in single day

The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with 1,736 fatalities reported on Tuesday...

Bangladesh, China FMs talk by phone about COVID-19 cooperation

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday held a phone conversation on continued cooperation between their countries in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic...

COVID-19: Meet celebrity Chinese doctor Zhang online today

Dr Zhang Wenhong, Professor and Head of the Center for Infectious Disease, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, will share his experience and answer Bangladeshi doctors’ questions about the coronavirus pandemic today...

NYC reports a record 800-plus coronavirus deaths in one day

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City, according to city health officials...

Coronavirus warship row: Acting US Navy secretary resigns

The acting secretary of the US Navy has resigned amid uproar over his handling of a coronavirus outbreak on an aircraft carrier...

Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown

After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city...

Doctor tests positive for COVID-19 in Nilphamari

Nilphamari's Kishoreganj Upazila Health Complex and nine unions under the upazila have been put on lockdown after a doctor employed in the health complex tested positive for the novel coronavirus or COVID-19....

200 houses put under lockdown in Dhaka

Some 200 houses were put under lockdown in different parts of capital Dhaka on Tuesday as a number of residents from those areas tested positive for coronavirus...

In the fog of coronavirus, there are no experts

Tour operators incur loss of Tk 1500cr in 3 months

The Tour Operator Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), a platform of 678 tour operators of Bangladesh, estimated their loss in a report titled “Impacts on Bangladesh Tourism and TOAB due to COVID-19”...

Coronavrius cases rising alarmingly in Dhaka

Coronavirus cases continued to rise at alarming rate in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, making the total to 84. Some 20 new coronavirus or COVID-19 patients were detected in the capital in last 24 hours, according the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) health bulletin on the virus.