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Search engine giant Google on Monday paid rich tributes to doctors, nurses and medical staff during this global coronavirus pandemic by a special doodle on its regular home page. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new insurance scheme for government employees, including doctors, nurses and law-enforcement officials, in the fight against the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh. According to...
44 health workers including 19 physicians of MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet were sent to home quarantine on Monday as they came into contact with a COVID-19 patient....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a collective effort to fight the COVID-19 epidemic in her address to the nation on the eve of the Bengali New Year amid...
Online food delivery service foodpanda, in collaboration with retail brand Shwapno, have officially launched an on-demand grocery delivery service through its app across the country, according to a press release....
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday warned that looting of relief materials and hoarding of essentials will not be tolerated in this...
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday advised journalists to contact Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) if they need to undergo coronavirus test, saying there is a special arrangement for...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will on Tuesday in Beijing attend a special meeting of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus China, Japan and the Republic of...
Wet markets in many provinces and regions across China have been reopened in succession as cities in Hubei Province get released from lockdown. Restored fresh markets have to meet strict...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against an open market sale (OMS) dealer in Bogura on charge of embezzling rice meant to be sold to underprivileged people...
Millions of rural people, who bank on small loans for financing family ventures and small businesses, cannot borrow money even to meet their emergency needs during the Covid-19 lockdown, stakeholders...
India and Pakistan are planning to partially open up some parts of the economy, officials in the two countries said on Monday, as the costs of harsh lockdowns to limit...
Hundreds of thousands of children, detained in countries around the world currently, are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19. “Many are being held in confined and overcrowded spaces with inadequate...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen in a letter to his Turkish counterpart proposed postponement of the D8 Summit, which was scheduled to take place in Dhaka at the end...
The government has suspended a special open market sale (OMS) of rice at Tk 10 per kg during the coronavirus shutdown amid concerns over the risk of contagion due to...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said more than one-third people of the country are getting government assistance amid nationwide COVID-19 shutdown. “Apart from its routine social safety net programmes,...
The district administration of Moulvibazar on Monday put it under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner Nazia Shirin made the announcement around 1:00pm. All emergency services will...
India has invited healthcare professionals from Saarc countries to join a five-day online training course on prevention and management of COVID-19 pandemic. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday tripled the size of its response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to $20 billion and approved measures to streamline its operations...
The lending rate for credit under the Tk 50.0 billion stimulus package for farmers has been revised down to 4 per cent from 5 per cent. Banks participating in the...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has urged 20 companies to manufacture and market quality food items in the upcoming Ramadan. The Ministry of Industries gave the information through...
The Bangladesh Bank has announced a set of ‘special incentive’ for bankers working at their offices during the ongoing lockdown due a novel coronavirus outbreak. “If bank officers and employees...
South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from US President Donald Trump, a Seoul...
The novel coronavirus outbreak has dealt a massive blow to clothing retailers ahead of the Bangla New Year, but now traders in Chattogram are also fearing the worst for the...
The authorities of BSCIC have decided to provide support to industrial units involved in producing food, manufacturing medical equipment and doing their marketing in the country amid the ongoing coronavirus...
Grameen Communications has taken an initiative to provide relief goods to 1,500 people of 300 families for three months in different districts. As part of their initiative, they have already...
Five more people died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today (Monday). The death toll now stands at 39, the minister said during...
All television channels will air a programme to digitally celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar. The programme of the Cultural Affairs Ministry will be broadcast by all...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Munnujan Sufian on Monday directed all industry owners to pay the salary of March to their workers within April 16. “Legal action will be...
Additional Secretary Sultana Afroz, currently the United Nations Wing chief at Economic Relations Division (ERD), has been promoted to the rank of Secretary. She has been made the Chief Executive...
A Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City has invented a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice for people out of work following an ongoing nationwide lockdown to stem...
As the US Federal Reserve rolls out trillions of dollars to blunt the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a notable difference to the last financial crisis: close to...
A man who was suffering from breathing complications died in the coronavirus isolation ward of Rangamati hospital on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Samsu, 55, according to a...
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has said that disrupting its involvement in the rollout of 5G would do Britain "a disservice". In January, the UK government approved a limited role for...
Germany’s number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2,537 to 123,016, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. That was lower than a...
Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritise orders from existing customers buying food...
A minor boy died from coronavirus at Chattogram General Hospital early Monday, taking the death toll to two in the district. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Alam, 6, son...
AB Bank Limited chairman Mohammad A. (Rumee) Ali on Monday congratulated all on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the bank. He conveyed the congratulation in a message on...
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) is using drones to ensure that people maintain social distancing and do not come out of their homes without emergency works. Though police are raising awareness...
The DSE Brokers Association has sent a legal notice to the DSE board, claiming the bourse has given the consent to the draft rules on issuing new TREC licence ignoring...
A coronavirus patient has been detected in Louhajang upazila on Monday morning, raising the total number of cases to 13 in Munshiganj. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research...
India is planning to restart some manufacturing after April 15 to help offset the economic damage of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, two government sources said, even as it weighs extending...
A former Israeli chief rabbi has died after contracting the coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, in what is the country’s highest-profile death from the pandemic. Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron,...
An accused, who was admitted to Jashore General Hospital with fever and cold, fled from the coronavirus isolation unit on Sunday night. Sujon Mallik, alias Shakil, 27, is accused in...
When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. On Sunday, however, Dal Colleto was...
China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in...
The Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) has demanded the government provide interest-free working capital of Tk 15 billion (1,500 crore) to cover their losses due to the outbreak of...
An international institutional investor has demanded resumption of trading on Bangladesh's stock market. "The indefinite closure of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Bangladesh SEC's circular in March that...
A director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has demanded financial package along with waiving tax at source from brokerage commission. DSE director Minhaz Mannan Emon made the demand as the...
Prices of rice, ginger and potato continued to increase in the last two days, inflicting further pain on consumers amid shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak. Medium and finer quality rice...
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