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Coronavirus
Over 100 families at President's Estate of India under self-isolation
More than 100 families residing at the President's Estate of India, which houses the Rashtrapati Bhavan, went on self-isolation after a sanitation worker's relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials say.
21 April 2020, 08:41 AM
9 more coronavirus patients die, 434 test positive in 24hrs: DGHS
Nine people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.
21 April 2020, 08:20 AM
32 Gazipur cops test positive for coronavirus
A total of 32 policemen under Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) and Gazipur district have tested positive for coronavirus.
21 April 2020, 08:07 AM
Old man with coronavirus symptoms left at a char on Jamuna river, rescued after two days
An unidentified elderly sick man aged around 65 was left at a char on the Jamuna river in Pabna’s Bera upazila for two days. He was unfed and untreated until a team led by an upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) along with medical staff rescued him yesterday evening.
21 April 2020, 07:59 AM
Number of infected doctors across the country crosses 200
The number of doctors infected with Covid-19 so far crosses 200, according to a tally of the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation.
21 April 2020, 07:28 AM
US doctor self-isolates in his kids’ treehouse
A South Texas emergency room physician chooses a novel place to self-isolate as he’s treating patients with the novel coronavirus.
21 April 2020, 06:45 AM
ADB to stand by Bangladesh in this time of crisis
Asian Development Bank (ADB) commits $600 million to support Bangladesh in facing challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak.
21 April 2020, 05:39 AM
UN member states demand 'equitable' access to future COVID-19 vaccines
The 193 members of the UN General Assembly adopt by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any future vaccines developed to fight coronavirus.
21 April 2020, 04:39 AM
Trump says will 'temporarily suspend' immigration due to coronavirus
President Donald Trump says that he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the new coronavirus pandemic, despite the US already being the worst-hit country in the world.
21 April 2020, 04:31 AM
DIFE launches telemedicine service for workers
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) has started telemedicine healthcare services related to the coronavirus for workers in formal and informal sectors from today.
20 April 2020, 19:57 PM
US oil prices drop below zero for the first time in history
Wall Street fell sharply on Monday after US crude futures turned negative for the first time in history, underscoring the chaos the coronavirus pandemic has unleashed on the global economy.
20 April 2020, 19:43 PM
Have faith in our researchers
Our current under-standing and response to the ongoing “corona crisis” are results of extensive, fast-track research. The possible transfer of the
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Defunding WHO: Trump’s reckless decision
President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the midst of a global pandemic is not only reckless
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Editorial: Govt should involve NGOs during Covid-19 crisis
At a time when the government is engaged in the multifarious activities involved in crisis management during the ongoing pandemic, it is
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Treatment: ‘Plasma therapy holds hope’
Convalescent Plasma therapy, which can quickly develop passive immune system of a person against a virus and fight Covid-19, can help save lives from the curse of the novel coronavirus before any vaccine or medicine is developed, a noted hematologist has said.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Garment factories now have until Apr 26 to open workers’ MFS accounts
The Bangladesh Bank has extended the deadline for opening mobile financial service (MFS) accounts for the employees of export-oriented factories by six days to April 26.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Cash transfer is the assistance the poor need right now
Early data on the poverty impact of the coronavirus-induced coma of the economy, as Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman characterises it, is rather alarming.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
BB frees up Tk 3,000cr for farmers, micro enterprises
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday unveiled a financial package of Tk 3,000 crore for underprivileged farmers, professionals and micro enterprises to keep them afloat.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
PM warns of global food shortage
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all concerned to produce more food and keep sufficient stock of food grains in the country to face any possible famine in future.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical frontliners suffering the brunt
The novel coronavirus, which has so far infected 2,948 people across the country, is beginning to take a toll on those who are on the frontline of the fight against it: the doctors.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM