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Coronavirus
Screen all Rohingyas for coronavirus: Indian home ministry to states
The Indian home ministry asks all states to trace and medically screen all Rohingya Muslim refugees in the country over concerns that they may have attended Tablighi Jamaat’s congregation and Ijtema resulting into contraction of coronavirus.
18 April 2020, 04:47 AM
Confusion, seizure, strokes: How Covid-19 may affect the brain
A pattern is emerging among Covid-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is.
18 April 2020, 03:46 AM
Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump says China hiding toll
World coronavirus deaths surged past 150,000 as US President Donald Trump accuses China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicentre of the global pandemic.
18 April 2020, 03:44 AM
Woman who visited Dhaka hospital tests positive for Covid-19 in Shariatpur
A 30-year-old woman in Shariatpur has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the district's confirmed cases to seven.
17 April 2020, 20:10 PM
Digital Health offers free Covid-19 insurance for first 100,000
Digital Health (DH), a Grameen social business, has launched a new insurance coverage for individuals for coronavirus-related expenses.
17 April 2020, 20:03 PM
Police to go tougher from today in Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is to go tougher with an aim to ensure social distancing in the capital.
17 April 2020, 19:13 PM
100 doctors infected with Covid-19: Bangladesh Doctors Foundation
Around 100 doctors have been infected with coronavirus so far in the country, according to a tally of Bangladesh Doctors Foundation, an organisation of doctors.
17 April 2020, 19:03 PM
1 lakh more low-income families get Brac’s cash assistance
Another one lakh low-income families from across the country have been provided cash assistance by Brac, the world’s biggest non-government organisation, to help the families amid the economic fallout from coronavirus pandemic.
17 April 2020, 18:47 PM
Frontline lessons: From Ebola to Covid-19
Hasina Akther Huq, former country director for Brac in Uganda during the Ebola outbreak, sees parallels between the current coronavirus situation in Bangladesh and the Ebola outbreak in the African nation.
17 April 2020, 18:31 PM
At war with no ammo: Constitutional rights of healthcare workers
We need our health-care workers more than ever before, but that does not give us the right to make inhumane demands of them that may be tantamount to human rights violations.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Coping with coronavirus and preparing for a life after it
April 13 was Easter Monday, an everlasting testimony to the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion and its symbolic assertion that there is life after what is perceived as death. In the midst of a somewhat stifling home confinement in fear of the ubiquitously merciless and relentlessly marauding novel coronavirus, somehow the day and its symbolism was comfortingly reassuring.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure food for ethnic communities
A recent report published in this daily sheds light on the dire situation faced by a large population consisting of multiple ethnic minorities spread across the country, who remain at risk of being ignored from receiving aid, mainly food relief, during this pandemic.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
The entire country is now at risk
With the highest number of deaths (15) in 24 hours on April 17, public health experts have warned that the country is heading towards the fourth stage of coronavirus transmission when the virus spreads quickly.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump was too slow in virus response: poll
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump was too slow in taking major steps to address the threat to the United States from new coronavirus, a poll published on Thursday said.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Docked on to uncertainty
Sadek Ali, a boatman who plies his trade on the Buriganga, took loans from his relatives to send his only son to Brunei two months ago. This, he hoped, would bring his family better days, and finally allow him to retire from after a 20-year long career.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshis Stranded in India: 8 special flights to bring them home
The US-Bangla Airlines will operate eight special flights on Chennai-Dhaka and Kolkata-Dhaka routes from April 20 to bring back over 1,000 stranded Bangladeshis who went there for treatment.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of thousands of children could die: UN
Hundreds of thousands of children could die this year due to the global economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and tens of millions more could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Saving lives, helping the vulnerable vital
The Covid-19 crisis has affected the entire world and hit the developing countries like Bangladesh even harder -- a fact that calls for greater global cooperation and solidarity.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Surge in deaths rings alarm
Deaths from Covid-19 hit a new high as the authorities said another 15 people died in 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday, taking the official death toll to 75.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Panchagarh to be locked down as first Covid-19 positive case reported
The local administration announces the lockdown of Panchagarh district after a woman tested positive for Covid-19 in Tirnoihat union under Tetulia upazila, the first confirmed case in the district.
17 April 2020, 17:17 PM