প্রিন্সিপাল মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর মহাসচিব প্রিন্সিপাল হাফেজ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেছেন, সারাদেশে করোনা আক্রান্তমৃতদের দাফন-কাফনে ইসলামী আন্দোলন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভুমিকা পালন করে যাচ্ছে। চাঁদুর, ফেনী, নারায়ণগঞ্জ, সিলেট, কিশোরগঞ্জ, নোয়াখালী, চট্টগ্রাম প্রশাসনের সহযোগিতা নিয়ে করোনা আক্রান্তমৃতদের দাফন-কাফন করে যাচ্ছে। Read More »
by Çiğdem Boz and Ayça Tekin-Koru on 8th May 2020 @Ayca_TekinKoru The expansion of free time during the crisis could lead to a reassessment of leisure and a revalorised public sphere. The Covid-19 crisis has engendered an unparalleled self-evaluation of time. As more and more found themselves confined to their homes, an unprecedented effort to fill suddenly abundant free time ... Read More »
Sudhirendar Sharma Even if everyone were to get a Ferrari, it will only be the Fiat of its generation With Covid-19 having slowed down everything, and with frugality in thoughts and actions set in, the idea of ‘de-growth’ may seem a possibility provided the newfound approach and attitude towards life and life processes persist both at the individual as well ... Read More »
LONDON – England captain Joe Root has said he is “very optimistic” Test cricket will take place in his side’s 2020 home season even if that means the squad have to go into more than two months’ of quarantine. With Britain currently in lockdown because of the coronavirus, a three-Test series against the West Indies scheduled for June has been ... Read More »
DHAKA – Celebrated national footballer late Monem Munna’s historic jersey will be put up for auction tomorrow (Saturday). The auction conducting company Action for Auction will organise the action at 10.30 pm. The base price of legendary national footballer late Monem Munna’s historic jersey has been fixed at Taka two lacs. Bangladesh won the maiden international football trophy (home soil) ... Read More »
BERLIN – Miroslav Klose, who holds the record for the most goals scored at men’s World Cups, has joined Bayern Munich as assistant coach, it was announced Thursday. “It feels very good, I’m really looking forward to the task,” said the 41-year-old, who scored 16 goals at four World Cups and won the 2014 title with Germany. Klose will be ... Read More »
The recovery of an 80-year-old woman from coronavirus in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali has risen hope among others fighting with the deadly disease. Ajimon Bibi, 80, and her four other family members — Honufa Begum, 40, Farzana, 14, Hawa Begum, 50, Siddiqur Rahman, 22, recovered from COVID-19 after a long 18-day battle. Baufal Upazila Administration greeted Ajimon and her family ... Read More »
Business leaders in Sylhet city and owners of 11 markets in Chattogram city on Friday decided not to open their businesses before Eid-ul-Fitr. In Sylhet, the decision was taken at a meeting attended by local business leaders, presided over by Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury as the number of coronavirus patents have been increasing. Everybody agreed to ... Read More »
Chhayanaut, country’s leading cultural institution, paid their tributes to Rabindranath Tagore on his 159th birth anniversary through its official YouTube channel on Friday. The special programme, compiled and presented by Chhayanaut President Dr Sanjida Khatun titled ‘Oi Mohamanob Ashe’ streamed on Chhayanaut’s YouTube channel named Chhayanaut Digital-Platform at 9:00 am. “Rabindranath Tagore had always been the one quintessential companion to ... Read More »
Danielle Nierenberg One of the most powerful ways to learn about the food system is through those on the front lines. And as we shelter at home during this pandemic, documentaries can help transport us directly to farms, processing facilities, grocery stores, corporate boardrooms, and protest marches across the food chain. Read More »
A pregnant woman and two children were killed and five others injured as a septic tank went off in Dighirpar area on Wilson road of Bandar upazila on Friday. Read More »
Grameenphone on Friday announced more initiatives and contributions to stand by customers, frontline health professionals, and its business partners during the coronavirus pandemic. Read More »
Eighteen humanitarian agencies called on governments in the region to save lives of stranded asylum seekers in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Read More »
Many Muslims in the capital took part in Jum’a prayers at mosques on Friday, a month after the restriction on congregations was withdrawn subject to abiding by necessary medical advice. Read More »
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday berated statements posted on social media by some diplomats on media freedom issue terming them “unfortunate, disappointing and unacceptable”. Read More »
Seven more people died from coronavirus while 709 more confirmed cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Friday morning. Read More »
From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling to get by on the economic margins have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to earn from a hard day’s work. Read More »
India’s cricket team is prepared to undergo quarantine to salvage a money-spinning Test series against Australia, a top official said Friday, but there was less optimism about this year’s Twenty20 World Cup taking place Down Under. Read More »
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য, ভোরের কাগজের সিনিয়র সাংবাদিক আসলাম রহমান আর নেই। গতকাল বৃহস্পতিবার রাত পৌনে ১১টায় ঢাকা মেডিকেল কলেজ হাসপাতালে মারা যান (ইন্নালিল্লাহি…..রাজিউন)। তিনি দীর্ঘদিন ধরে হৃদরোগে ভুগছিলেন। Read More »
Madonna said Thursday she has had the coronavirus and that it was why she had to cancel a concert in Paris in February, though she is not currently sick. Read More »
China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections Friday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. Around the globe, governments are opting to accept the risks of easing pandemic-fighting restrictions that left huge numbers of people without income or safety nets. Read More »
Farmers in Koyra upazila of Khulna have been successful in sunflower cultivation on saline soils which used to lie unused after the cultivation of Aman paddy. The farmers of the upazila had, in fact, started farming sunflower on the saline soils experimentally and they were now expecting good profit from it. Talking to UNB, some farmers said the lands used ... Read More »
Twenty more people including two children were infected with coronavirus in the upazila in the last 24 hours till Thursday night. Read More »
7 May 2020 – Humanitarians are seeking nearly $7 billion to protect millions of lives and halt the spread of COVID-19 in more than 60 of the world’s most fragile countries. Read More »
Coventry, United Kingdom, 6 May (Celine Tan) – The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the systemic failures of the international framework for development cooperation and international public finance. Based on an outdated, post-war system that is premised on charity, not solidarity, the current architecture of public finance aggravates power asymmetries and socioeconomic and geopolitical inequalities and is inadequate for dealing with ... Read More »
New Delhi, AP/UNB, May 08 – A train in India crashed into a group of migrant workers walking along the railroad tracks on to their way back to their home state on Friday, killing at least 14, officials and local media said. Read More »
Hyderabad, AP, India – A gas leak at a chemical factory owned by a South Korean company in southern India early Thursday left at least 11 people dead and about 1,000 struggling to breathe. Read More »
Dhaka, May 08 – The BNP has formed committees at the division level to observe and assess the coronavirus situation across the country. Read More »
Dhaka, May 08 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government is ‘deceiving people’ by giving them inappropriate information about coronavirus infections and deaths. Read More »
Barguna, May 08 – Two journalists were sent to jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on Thursday afternoon. Read More »
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