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Tough times for seasonal traders in Barishal
Usually, April is a busy month for Nantu Mia.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Organizations helping in COVID-19 relief efforts with crowd funding
Bidyanondo Foundation is a non-profit social welfare organization that has been helping the unfortunate even before the coronavirus
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Migrants in Isolation: Singapore to give food, free treatment, salaries
The Singapore government has promised food, wages, and treatment costs of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are in isolation in the country’s dormitories.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Stay home, stay well: Fight against the ‘infodemic’
Falsehoods and rumours thrive during a crisis and even more when the crisis revolves around a threatening disease.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Hard times for expat workers
Several thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Middle East, Italy and some Southeast Asian countries are facing acute shortage of food and other essential commodities as their income sources remained shut amid shutdown enforced by the countries to contain coronavirus spread.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Recovered patients testing positive again in S Korea
South Korean officials yesterday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t go out after 6pm
The government yesterday ordered people not to leave home after 6:00pm and extended the ongoing shutdown until April 25 as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise, according to a gazette of the public administration ministry.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Death toll 27 as 6 more die
Six more people died of novel coronavirus yesterday, the highest in a single day since the first confirmed case was reported in the country on March 8.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus Infection Curve: For now, the only way is up
If statistics from other countries are to be believed, Bangladesh is now at the shoulder of the epidemic curve, and the only direction that this can go is up.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Credible media vital in fight against COVID-19 and fake news epidemic
As the coronavirus continues its relentless spread across the world, infecting over a million people and killing tens of thousands, news stories of lockdowns, social distancing and overwhelmed hospitals have been making the headlines just about everywhere.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Cash aid for extreme poor
The government is set to unveil its third stimulus package soon, offering cash aid to poor families that have been hit hard by the ongoing shutdown amid coronavirus scare.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Will there be light at the end of this darkness?
Is there light at the end of this COVID-19 darkness? In a world reeling from the unexpected and unrelenting hit from COVID-19, this is an apt question.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Kishoreganj district locked down
District administration announces that Kishoreganj will be placed under lockdown until further notice in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.
10 April 2020, 17:44 PM
2 more test positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram
Two persons test positive for the novel coronavirus in Chattogram, raising the number of confirmed cases in the port city to seven.
10 April 2020, 17:02 PM
2,221 callers to DSCC hotline receive food
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) provides food to 2,221 people under the city corporation who had called their emergency hotline till today, a press release says.
10 April 2020, 14:53 PM
Release detained refugees: rights body to Malaysia
Regional rights body ‘Fortify Rights’ has called for Malaysia to release detained refugees and prevent arbitrary detention of new arrivals to minimise health risks due to Covid-19.
10 April 2020, 14:43 PM
Primary schools’ first-term exams not starting on April 15
First-terminal exams of primary schools will not be held at scheduled time as the government has extended the general closure till April 25.
10 April 2020, 14:17 PM
DMCH’s burn unit to be used for Covid-19 patients
The burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital is going to turned into a centre for treating Covid-19 patients amid the growing number of detections in the last couple of days.
10 April 2020, 14:03 PM
Noakhali to be locked down from tomorrow
Local administration announces that the entire Noakhali district will be put under lockdown to prevent transmission of coronavirus across the country.
10 April 2020, 13:42 PM
123 European citizens leave Dhaka on chartered flight for Germany
A total of 123 citizens of Germany and several other European Union countries, who were stranded in Bangladesh following the outbreak of coronavirus, leave Dhaka for Germany.
10 April 2020, 13:33 PM