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BKMEA asks factories to close until April 4
04:33 PM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayBangladesh 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
02:27 PM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayThe local administration has put Katakhali village in Chatmohar upazila under lockdown to prevent the transmission of deadly coronavirus...
47,181 in home quarantine in Bangladesh
01:46 PM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayA total of 16,564 people have been released from home quarantine so far and 47,181 are remaining in home quarantine in Bangladesh. Apart from, 29 people have been discharged from institunal quarantine so far and 151 are in institunal quarantine, according to health directorate...
Coronavirus: South Africa begins 3-week lockdown
12:45 PM, 27 Mar 2020 FridaySouth African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus...
2 physicians among 4 newly test corona positive: IEDCR
11:49 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayFour more people, including two doctors, have been diagnosed with Covid-19 disease in Bangladesh, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 48. Bangladesh has so far reported five deaths from coronavrius...
Potential new coronavirus treatment involves blood-plasma therapy
11:03 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayDr. Ian Lipkin, an infectious disease expert from Columbia University, recently told "Lou Dobbs Tonight" that a new blood-plasma therapy could help treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Worldwide coronavirus cases top 500,000
10:04 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayCOVID-19 cases surpassed 500,000 across the world on Thursday, doubling in just over a week as the pandemic accelerates, reports CNBC. The total number of global cases now stands at 510,108 as of 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday...
China reports 55 new coronavirus cases
09:30 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayMainland China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus infection in three days, although cases involving travellers from overseas continued to dominate the total number of new cases...
Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
08:37 AM, 27 Mar 2020 FridayThe US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with more than 83,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has overtaken China (81,782 cases) and Italy (80,589)...
Chinese govt-donated medical logistics in city
06:06 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe 2nd batch of medical logistics, including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1,000 infrared thermometers, arrived here from Kunming, China on Thursday afternoon...
Youth beaten dead in police custody, family alleges
05:36 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayJharna Begum, wife of the victim, alleged that police beaten her husband to death after he refused to give bribe Tk 3 lakh to the cops. Now they are trying to establish his death as suicide case, she added...
Bangladesh coronavirus cases surge to 44
03:49 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayConfirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 44 as the country on Thursday recorded five more infections. And four more patients recovered from the deadly virus, taking the total recovery to 11. IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure today through online live briefing...
Corona scare: Dhaka nearly falls silent
03:38 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayAs the government-declared 10-day general holiday started on Thursday and a large number of people left the capital amid the growing fear of coronavirus, Dhaka city wore a complete deserted look with only police and army personnel patrolling around...
Corona scare: National Mausoleum gets facelift, but no visitor
03:22 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayHowever, it refrained from paying homage to the martyrs for the first time in the country’s history due to the outbreak of coronavirus across the world...
Yes, blame China for the virus
01:33 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayWhen authorities regulate public health, share information about a pathogen, and cooperate to control its movement, diseases are contained and pandemics are unlikely....
Prince Charles met 'hundreds' in weeks before testing positive for coronavirus
12:14 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe Prince of Wales could have picked up coronavirus at one of many royal engagements in recent weeks after meeting hundreds of members of the public during his official duties...
Starbucks giving out free coffee to frontline health care workers
12:07 PM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayFrontline workers in the health care industry who are responding to the coronavirus can get a free tall brewed or iced coffee at Starbucks...
Coronavirus: Global death toll passes 21,000
11:55 AM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayThe death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has jumped to 21,283 globally as of Thursday. It has so far infected 471,053 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 335,534 are currently being treated with 14,972 being in serious or critical condition...
Bangladesh’s 50th Independence Day today
11:50 AM, 26 Mar 2020 ThursdayBangladesh is observing its 50th Independence Day today (Thursday). But this year, the government cancelled all programmes of the day as the country is fighting to contain the transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Hajj registration extended to Apr 8
08:55 PM, 25 Mar 2020 WednesdayThe government has extended the date of hajj registration until April 8 this year considering the outbreak of coronavirus or COVID-19 across the globe...