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You stumble I catch

A group of youths in Thakurgaon town are being praised for their non-profit initiative named ‘30% discount store’.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Prof Muntasir Mamun’s condition improves

Noted historian Prof Muntasir Mamun, who was hospitalised with Covid-19, has been shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the cabin at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Reopening shopping malls, other businesses could lead to further spread

The national technical advisory committee on Covid-19 recommends reconsidering the government's decision of reopening shopping malls and other businesses, saying such a move could lead to further transmission of the deadly coronavirus.
5 May 2020, 17:08 PM

India develops own Covid-19 test kit, names it after Satyajit Ray’s ‘Feluda’

India chooses to name their home-developed Covid-19 test kit after Satyajit Ray’s immortal fictional character ‘Feluda’.
5 May 2020, 16:58 PM

Biman, US-Bangla likely to operate 10 more flights to bring stranded Bangladeshis back from India

Biman and US-Bangla Airlines are likely to operate 10 more special flights from India to bring back Bangladeshi nationals stuck in the neighbouring country for over one-and-a-half-months following Covid-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh High Commission in India says.
5 May 2020, 14:28 PM

DU sets up Covid-19 testing lab

A coronavirus testing lab has been set up in the Centre for Advance Research of Dhaka University in the social science faculty building.
5 May 2020, 14:03 PM

8 more garment workers test positive for Covid-19 in Savar

Eight more garment factory workers tested positive for Covid-19 in Savar, raising the total number of infected RMG workers in Savar upazila with coronavirus to 20.
5 May 2020, 13:12 PM

Courts to remain closed till May 16

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, in line with the government's decision, extends the ongoing closure of all courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court, till May 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
5 May 2020, 12:33 PM

RMG workers demand arrears, protest factory closure in Savar

Workers of a readymade garment factory stage a demonstration in Savar’s Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, demanding arrears and protesting the prolonged closure of the factory in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
5 May 2020, 12:16 PM

Covid-19: Diversifying supply-chain through technology and visibility

The unforeseen coronavirus crisis has been causing an inevitable and maybe a necessary market correction. Although if anything is obvious in business, it is that there will always be threats and upheavals for the CxOs to grapple with. Some of these threats are within the organizations, and some are external or superficial. The coronavirus crisis is just the newest such case in point.
5 May 2020, 12:11 PM

Schools, universities closed till May 30

All educational institutions will remain closed till May 30, on the occasion of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, says secondary and higher education secretary Mahbub Hossain.
5 May 2020, 12:04 PM

Two Sonali Bank officials stabbed by muggers in Bogura

Two officials of Sonali Bank’s Nandigram branch in Bogura were stabbed by muggers on the Natore-Bogura highway in Shajahanpur upazila of the district earlier today.
5 May 2020, 11:43 AM

India to take back its citizens stranded in Bangladesh by air

India will take back its nationals, who are stranded in Bangladesh during the ongoing shutdown enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic, by air.
5 May 2020, 11:06 AM

Over 1,000 police personnel infected with Covid-19

The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel across the country has reached 1,153 as of this noon, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.
5 May 2020, 10:16 AM

16 intern doctors of Sylhet medical college infected with Covid-19

Sixteen intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College test positive for Covid-19 days after another intern doctor of the same batch was reported positive.
5 May 2020, 09:49 AM

Covid-19: 786 test positive in 24hrs in biggest jump yet, total nearly 11,000

786 tested positive for the coronavirus in 24 hours, the DGHS has confirmed. Meanwhile, 1 person died and 193 have recovered across the country.
5 May 2020, 08:24 AM

New projection puts US Covid-19 deaths at nearly 135,000 by August

A new forecast projects nearly 135,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States through the beginning of August mainly due to reopening measures under way, says the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
5 May 2020, 05:12 AM

WHO says has no proof from US on 'speculative' Wuhan lab claims

The World Health Organization says that Washington has provided no evidence to support "speculative" claims by the US president that the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
5 May 2020, 04:32 AM

Covid-19 fallout: Govt appoints 2,000 doctors as assistant surgeons

The government appoints 2,000 doctors as assistant surgeons in the BCS (Health) Cadre to fight the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
4 May 2020, 19:08 PM

50-bed health complex in Shariatpur locked down

A 50-bed health complex in Goshairhat upazila of Shariatpur has been put under lockdown after the domestic help of a nurse there tests positive for coronavirus.
4 May 2020, 18:53 PM