coronavirus
Sabbir urges fans to stay home
Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman has urged people to stay at home in this time of coronavirus pandemic so that the spread of the virus can be contained.
MJF expresses concern over rising domestic violence
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) on Wednesday expressed grave concern about the rising trend of domestic violence against women during the ongoing countrywide shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
2 patients flee from Barishal coronavirus unit
Two patients with fever and cold related issues fled from the coronavirus unit of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College this week.
Coronavirus: Rights groups for waiving slum rent
Leaders of organisations, working for rights of low-income people, demanded waiver of rent for slum dwellers as they have become jobless due to nationwide shutdown aimed curbing the spread of coronavirus.
Australia, UK to charter flights to repatriate their citizens from Bangladesh
British and Australian governments have taken initiatives to take their citizens from Bangladesh who are willing to return to their respective countries by chartered flights from Dhaka.
Lockdown imposed in Cox’s Bazar
The district administration has decided to impose a lockdown on the district to prevent spread of coronavirus.
One dies from cold, fever in Nilphamari; physician tests ‘corona positive’
A 65-year-old man suffering from cold and fever died at Domar upazila in Nilphamari district while a physician of Kishoreganj Upazila Health Complex was reportedly found infected by coronavirus on Wednesday.
Coronavirus: Slum locked down after resident tests positive
A slum in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar was put under lockdown on Wednesday after a resident tested positive for coronavirus.
Bangladesh’s coronavirus cases rise; 3 more dead, 54 newly infected
Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Coronavirus: Global death toll tops 82,000
The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 82,074 as of Wednesday morning.
There have been 1,431,689 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last, according to worldometer.
Of those infected, 1,047, 470 are currently being treated with 47,891 being in serious or critical condition.