Lockdowns bring rise in domestic violence

Activists say pattern of increasing abuse is repeated in countries from Brazil to Germany, China to Greece...

Indian authorities send buses to take unemployed to villages

Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital on Saturday to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the world's largest coronavirus lockdown...

Turkey suspends all int'l flights, expands restrictions

Erdogan announces strict monitoring of travel within Turkey among other measures, calling on Turks to 'show patience'...

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation...

Coronavirus: 4 Bangladeshis die in 3 days in New York

Four Bangladeshi expatriates died from coronavirus or COVID-19 in New York in last three days...

No new coronavirus case detected in last 24 hrs: IEDCR

No new coronavirus case has been detected in the last 24 hours in the country. Four more patients have been cured from the disease. Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said at a press briefing through online at 12:10pm on Saturday...

Manirampur AC land withdrawn over punishing three men

Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (land) of Manirampur upazila in Jashore Saiyema Hasan has been withdrawn and attached to Divisional Commissioner’s office over punishing three elderly men through a mobile court...

27th span of Padma Bridge installed

The 27th span of the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge was installed on Saturday morning. The span was placed between the 27th and the 28th pillars at Jajira point in Shariatpur 9:20 am...

Air Quality Index: Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The city had a score of 164 at 08:49am, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy...

5 killed as truck overturns in Tangail

Five people were killed when a cement-laden truck overturned near Kandila area on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail sadar upazila early Saturday. All the deceased were the workers, said police. Identities of them could not be known immediately...

US coronavirus cases reach over 101,000

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 101,000 on Friday as infections quickly spread to new areas of the country. As of Friday evening, the US has at least 101,242 known cases of coronavirus and 1,588 people have died...

Historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill passes US House, becomes law

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2 trillion aid package - the largest in history - to help cope with the economic downturn inflicted by the intensifying coronavirus pandemic, and President Donald Trump quickly signed it into law...

10-month-old infected with for coronavirus

A 10-month-old infant from a village in Dakshina Kannada district has tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said...

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Biman to cut off entire air connectivity

Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday decided to cut off its entire connectivity by suspending flights to its last two destinations – London and Manchester – for at least two weeks for containing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic...

Doctors are forced to choose who to let die

In the emergency room at one of Madrid’s biggest hospitals, Daniel Bernabeu signed the death certificate for one patient and immediately turned to help another who was choking...

UK PM tests positive for coronavirus

Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. The UK prime minster tweeted: "Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus...

Veteran actor Mark Blum dies of coronavirus

Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor known for films including "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee," has died due to complications from Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Screen Actors Guild...

BKMEA asks factories to close until April 4

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has asked all its member factories to close until April 4 aims to protect country and people from infection of the novel coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Pabna village under lockdown

The local administration has put Katakhali village in Chatmohar upazila under lockdown to prevent the transmission of deadly coronavirus...