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Pandemic to hit growth in Asia, China: World Bank
09:28 AM, 31 Mar 2020 TuesdayThe coronavirus pandemic is expected to sharply slow growth in developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, the World Bank said in an economic update on Monday. The bank said precise growth forecasts were difficult, given the rapidly changing situation...
Japan coronavirus infections top 2,000 cases
09:07 AM, 31 Mar 2020 TuesdayCoronavirus infections in Japan topped 2,000 cases on Tuesday, according to a Reuters calculation based on ministry data and media reports...
Coronavirus: Countries reject Chinese-made equipment
10:02 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayA number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Thousands of testing kits and medical masks are below standard or defective, according to authorities in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands...
Barcelona players to take 70% pay cut
09:56 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayBarcelona players will take a 70% pay cut during the coronavirus pandemic and make additional contributions to ensure non-sporting staff receive full wages...
Cucumber prices dip to Tk 0.50 a kg in Dinajpur
09:28 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayA sharp decline in cucumber prices due to nationwide 'coronavirus lockdown' has frustrated the growers of the vegetable...
Islamic Foundation issues guidelines over namaz, safety
07:07 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayThe Islamic Foundation on Monday issued some guidelines over various issues, including offering namaz and maintaining people’s safety at mosques, and the funeral of coronavirus patients...
If society rots, none of us can save ourselves
06:28 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayIt can be said, the entire world conceded defeat to novel coronavirus as there is no specific medicine, so far, to treat the virus patient with it. The same world gave how efforts and investment to make arms for killing human!...
US coronavirus deaths may reach 200,000
04:12 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayUS deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government's top infectious disease expert warned on Sunday as New York, New Orleans, and other major cities said they would soon run out of crucial medical supplies...
Singapore court upholds law that criminalizes sex between men
03:34 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondaySingapore’s high court upheld on Monday a rarely-used law that criminalizes sex between men, dismissing three appeals that argued it was unconstitutional...
PM to hold video conference with field-level officials
02:42 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a video conference with the officials of filed administration to know the situation of the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday...
Locals in Wuhan believe 42,000 may have died from coronavirus
01:35 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayWuhan locals claim coronavirus has killed 42,000 people in the city alone, more than ten times the national figure claimed by Chinese authorities...
COVID-19 infects 1 more in Bangladesh
12:50 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayOne more person has been infected with coronavirus or COVID-19 in the country in last 24 hours. Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the announcement while addressing the daily online press briefing from Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Monday...
12-year-old dies in isolation ward in Jashore
12:30 PM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayA 12-year-old girl has died in the isolation ward of Jashore 250-bed General Hospital, a day after she was admitted there with suspected symptoms of coronavirus. The girl was admitted to the hospital at 4:30pm on Sunday and died around 6:30am on Monday. Her body was handed over to her family...
Israeli PM’s aide tests positive for COVID-19
11:35 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's adviser on ultra-Orthodox affairs, Rivka Paluch, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local media reported Monday...
Nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed in UK
10:56 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayA total of 19,522 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Britain as of Sunday morning, marking an increase of 2,433 in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health and Social Care...
China sees drop in new coronavirus cases; none in Hubei for sixth day
10:34 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayMainland China reported a drop in new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, as Beijing seeks to stamp out the risk of a second wave of infections by shutting its borders to foreign travellers and cutting international flights...
Man with coronavirus symptoms dies in Sherpur
09:21 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayA man died with coronavirus symptoms at Dakkhin Polashikura village in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur on Sunday night. Local administration has put some houses under lockdown in the area after the death of the man...
Trump extends federal social distancing guidelines to April 30
08:48 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayPresident Donald Trump said Sunday he would extend nationwide social distancing guidelines for another 30 days, an abrupt back-down from his push to reopen the country as coronavirus continues to spread...
Japanese comedian Shimura dies from coronavirus
08:33 AM, 30 Mar 2020 MondayJapanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70...
PM seeks list of distressed people to provide govt assistance
10:01 PM, 29 Mar 2020 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the officials concerned to prepare a list of distressed people for providing government assistance so that they could face the tough time evolved over coronavirus pandemic...