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Another Wuhan-returnee shifted to Kurmitola Hospital
02:48 PM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayAnother Bangladeshi national who was kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona hajj camp after return from China’s Wuhan was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Monday with complaints of headache and lightheadedness...
Airlines fly between BD-China advised to check health clearance of passengers
02:29 PM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayBangladesh has advised all the airlines that fly between Bangladesh and China to make health clearance mandatory from the government health administration of China while carrying passengers from China...
HIV vaccine trial ends in ‘deep disappointment’
01:47 PM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayA clinical trial for an HIV vaccine has been discontinued since the vaccine was not found to prevent infections of human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS...
Ex-Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi dies
12:34 PM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayThe former president of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, has died aged 95. He had been hospitalized for over a month. The news was announced Tuesday by the current president, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the East African country's state broadcaster, Citizen Television...
Coronavirus outbreak likely began with bats
11:27 AM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdaySomewhere in China, perhaps in the southern Yunnan province, there’s a cave that may hold the mysterious origins of the deadly coronavirus that’s infected thousands, cut off millions of Chinese from their jobs and families and wreaked havoc in global financial markets...
PM leaves for Italy
10:11 AM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left Dhaka for Rome on a four-day official visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. During the visit, the prime minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Giuseppe Conte on February 5. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members took off from...
Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms first death
09:34 AM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayA 39-year-old patient has become the first to die in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus...
Taiwan reports 56 swine flu deaths amidst coronavirus outbreak
09:05 AM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdaySeasonal influenza has posed a greater threat in Taiwan than the coronavirus outbreak from mainland China, with at least 56 people dying of swine flu...
China admits ‘shortcomings’ as coronavirus death toll hits 425
08:44 AM, 04 Feb 2020 TuesdayThe death toll in China from the deadly coronavirus outbreak that originated in the central city of Wuhan, rose to at least 425 on Monday, as China admitted "shortcomings and difficulties" in its response to the outbreak...
After battle with cancer, 4-month-old rang ‘cancer-free’ bell in emotional video
06:07 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayAfter a monthslong battle with brain and spinal cancer, 4-month-old Lillian Grace finally rang the "cancer-free" bell at the hospital -- and the moment, posted on Facebook by Lily's mom, pulls at the heartstrings...
Coronavirus-infected woman gives birth to healthy baby
05:21 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayA pregnant woman infected with novel coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby girl in a hospital in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Jan 30, according to the Harbin Municipal Health Commission on Monday...
4 members of ‘question leak’ gang detained
03:57 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1 in separate drives have detained four people for their alleged involvement in leaking question papers from three districts. Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, 26, Shakil Mahmud, 20, Symon Islam, 20 and Al Mahmud were detained from Gazipur, Khulna and Dhaka’s Rampura on Sunday night...
HSC examinee among 3 killed in Bagura road crash
03:00 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayThree people including a HSC examinee were killed in separate road accidents in Bagura on Monday. The deceased were identified as Hanjela, 24, son of Rafiqul, of village Sahapur in Shibganj upazila, Rony, 18, a HSC examinee, son of Khairul, of village Muradpur and Robin, 24, son of Ashekpur union under Shahjahanpur upazila...
Minor’s body recovered from city canal
02:31 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayThe body of a minor boy, who fell into a canal in the capital’s Basabo area on Sunday afternoon, was recovered on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Asadul, 4...
India reports third case of coronavirus from Kerala
01:12 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayA third case of the fast-spreading coronavirus case has been reported from Kerala, a day after a patient was confirmed to have tested positive on Sunday, the government said on Monday. “The patient is stable and being closely monitored,” the Union health ministry said in a release...
Chinese markets plunge US$420 billion as novel coronavirus death toll rises
12:37 PM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayThe death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday (Feb 3) as investors retreated into safe-haven assets in the first trading session after an extended Chinese New Year break...
Coronavirus fatalities rise to 361 in China
11:56 AM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayThe death toll in China from the deadly coronavirus outbreak that originated in the central city of Wuhan, rose to at least 361 on Monday, as the Philippines became the first country outside China to confirm a death from the infection. The National Health Commission said there were 57 new fatalities on Sunday...
SSC, equivalent exams begin
11:33 AM, 03 Feb 2020 MondayThis year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under 10 education boards begun across the country on Monday. A total 20,47, 779 students are expected to take part in the SSC and equivalent examinations...
President visits ailing Quader
10:04 PM, 02 Feb 2020 SundayPresident M Abdul Hamid visited Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital here this evening. The President, along with his spouse Rashida Khanam, went to the hospital at about 8:37 pm...
PM unveils cover of Bangabandhu’s “Amar Dekha Naya Chin”
08:55 PM, 02 Feb 2020 Sunday“Amar Dekha Naya Chin” (The New China as I Saw It), the autobiography written by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been unveiled in the inaugural ceremony of Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2020...