Geneva, 29 Mar (D. Ravi Kanth) — The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called on individuals and countries to refrain from using therapeutics that have not been tested and demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives around the world. Read More »
Dhaka — Top 91 Bangladeshi cricketers, who are contracted with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as the First-class ones, decided to donate their 15-day salary to help the poor people who have been suffering due to crisis created over coronavirus pandemic. The donation will go to the fund of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) who earlier called for ... Read More »
Dhaka -The apex body of the World Football FIFA has approved the proposal of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for postponing its Executive Congress 2010 scheduled for April 20 due to the pandemic coronavirus outbreak globally. The FIFA, in a written letter on March 31, advised BFF to arrange BFF Executive Congress 2020 soon after the situation gets normal and directed ... Read More »
Dhaka -The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday expressed condolence at the death of a mathematician and statistician Tony Lewis. Lewis was 78. Lewis is the co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method for deciding weather-affected limited-overs matches in the game of cricket. BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said Tony Lewis revolutionised the cricket with a method that is considered the ... Read More »
Dhaka, April 02 – With a view to helping the government in finding a way out of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the country, mobile phone operator Robi has deployed artificial intelligence (AI) powered decision support solution to analyze risk and movement of potential carriers of coronavirus. Read More »
DHAKA, April 02 – The government today issued directives to train up 10 volunteers in each Upazila for performing last rituals deaths to avert creating panic over any death in suspicion of COVID-19 cases. Read More »
At least 1,000 samples of people with coronavirus symptoms will be tested across the country by Friday. Read More »
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry is set to open a control room at the Department of Livestock Services in the city’s Farmgate area on Saturday aiming to resolve the crisis in poultry and dairy sector of the country following coronavirus outbreak. Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic is raging around the world, posing a thorny test for countries and regions, as the global tally of cases surpassed 900,000 on Wednesday. Read More »
The Commerce Ministry on Thursday withdrew its ban on the export of face mask and hand sanitizers. Read More »
BNP on Thursday demanded police security at Firoza, the Gulshan residence of its chairperson Kaleda Zia. Read More »
Bangladesh Bank has extended the operational hours of the banks by one hour during the extended general holidays until April 9. Read More »
Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died Wednesday at the age of 85 after contracting the coronavirus, his son Branford said. Read More »
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the shutdown of the sporting calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic are going to hit international sports federations hard financially. Read More »
News Desk The country’s two bourses will remain closed till April 11 as the government extended the general holidays to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus. The government on Wednesday issued an order extending the nationwide holiday until April 11. Read More »
News Desk Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all government officials and employees to use mask while discharging their duty in view of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Read More »
Some 327 Japanese citizens left Dhaka for Tokyo on Thursday morning by a special chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Read More »
Two more people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of cases in the country to 56, the government announced Thursday. Read More »
Dhaka, April 02 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked second-worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the second consecutive day on Thursday morning. Read More »
Rangamati, April 02 – A local leader of Jubo League was gunned down by miscreants at Chitmarme Headman Para in Kaptai Upazila on Wednesday night. Read More »
Naogaon, April 02 – Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police in Atrai and Patnitala Upazilas of the district early Thursday. Read More »
London, AP/UNB, April 02 – Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won’t be played. Read More »
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh and United Enterprises & Co Ltd (UECL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to aid collaborative response during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More »
Tributes are being paid to world-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee, who has died from Covid-19-related complications. Read More »
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম (পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই) বলেছেন, করোনা আতঙ্কগ্রস্ত মানুষ দিশেহারা। যারা আক্রান্ত এবং যারা আক্রান্ত নয় সকলেই দিশেহারা। করোনা আক্রান্তরা নিজে ইচ্ছে করে আক্রান্ত হয়নি। কাজেই তাদের চিকিৎসা সেবা নিশ্চিত করতে হবে। ঠান্ডা ও কাঁশি রোগী দেখলেও মানুষ চোখ বাকা করে তাকায়। এজন্য মানুষ বেশি আতঙ্কিত। মানুষের মনের ভয় ভাঙ্গতে সরকারকে আরো উদ্যোগ ... Read More »
Geneva, 31 Mar (D. Ravi Kanth) — Trade ministers of the Group of 20 countries (G20) on 30 March failed to arrive at a concrete developmental package for assisting developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) in combating the deadly COVID-19 disease that has already claimed more than 37,000 lives around the world, sources told the SUNS. The three-hour virtual meeting on ... Read More »
1 April 2020 UN weather experts warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic risks disrupting key forecasting services, including early warning alerts around the world. Read More »
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