US will not let Iran buy arms when UN embargo ends: Pompeo
The United States will not allow Iran to purchase conventional arms after a UN prohibition on this expires in October, US Secretary of State...Read More
Bangladesh recruits 7,000 doctors, nurses to combat virus surge
The Public Service Commission has issued a notice for the recruitment of 2,000 doctors from those who passed the 39th Special BCS Exam to th...Read More
Bangladesh reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, cases top 7,500
Bangladesh has registered five more deaths from the coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am Thursday, bringing the body count to 168. from bdne...Read More
Saudi malls fill again as kingdom eases coronavirus closures
Saudis began tentatively returning to shopping malls and open-air markets on Wednesday after authorities relaxed restrictions imposed to cur...Read More
Irrfan Khan: Mira Nair remembers her ‘namesake’ star
Filmmaker Mira Nair first tried to get Irrfan Khan to appear in one of her movies when he was a drama student in Delhi. And while the substa...Read More
People are talking about ‘travel bubbles.’ But could they work?
Last week, Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, said that he and Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, were talking abou...Read More
A strange dinosaur may have swum the rivers of Africa
An enigmatic predatory dinosaur that lived in northern Africa about 95 million years ago possessed a long, powerful tail that may have prope...Read More
Mugda hospital director made OSD over mask scam
The government has moved against Dr Shahid Md Sadiqul Islam, the director of Dhaka Mugda Medical College Hospital, by removing him from acti...Read More
Inside an NYC COVID unit: ‘patients have panic in their eyes’
There is little respite for the nurses working with coronavirus patients at NYU Langone Health. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/2y...Read More
Two more policemen die from coronavirus
Two more policemen have died from the coronavirus in Bangladesh, taking the death toll from the disease in the law-enforcement agency to thr...Read More
Packed with migrant workers, dormitories fuel coronavirus in Singapore
Singapore has seen a surge of coronavirus cases among migrant workers, after months of successfully controlling the outbreak. As of Tuesday,...Read More
‘This isn’t the time for caviar’: a chef finds new flavours in a pandemic
When the coronavirus struck, desperate chefs in Bangkok’s fine-dining scene began offering sea urchin on toast and Wagyu katsu sandwiches fo...Read More
Emissions declines will set records this year. But it’s not good news
Global greenhouse gas emissions are on track to plunge nearly 8% this year, the largest drop ever recorded, as worldwide lockdowns to fight ...Read More
Veteran Indian actor Rishi Kapoor dies at 67, battling cancer
Veteran Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, who starred in celebrated movies such as "Bobby" and "Mera Naam Joker" made by the Bo...Read More
As fashion sales fall globally, big brands leave Asia's garment workers in limbo
The livelihoods of millions of Asian garment workers are in jeopardy after cancellations by top fashion brands, with unions, researchers and...Read More
Veteran Indian actor Rish Kapoor dies at 67, battling cancer
Veteran Indian actor Rishi Kapoor has died in a hospital in Mumbai at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer, according to reports. ...Read More
Pakistan prepares to ease coronavirus curbs with infections below projections
Pakistan is preparing to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions as the number of infections and deaths are well below previous projections...Read More
2,500 mourners jam a Hasidic funeral, creating a crisis for de Blasio
Soon after a revered Hasidic rabbi died of the coronavirus in Brooklyn on Tuesday, his fellow congregants informed the Police Department of ...Read More
Dozens of decomposing bodies found in trucks at Brooklyn funeral home
The call came in at shortly after 11 am Wednesday: A terrible stench was coming from a pair of trucks parked outside a funeral home on Utica...Read More
Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China's handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing "will do anything th...Read More
Facebook sees 'signs of stability' in ad spending after coronavirus drop
Facebook Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday and said it has seen "signs of stability" for sales i...Read More
US coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967
US deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967, accor...Read More
Data on Gilead drug raises hopes in pandemic fight, Fauci calls it 'highly significant'
The top US infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of car...Read More
Satellite images of luxury boats further suggest N Korea's Kim at favoured villa
Satellite imagery showing recent movements of luxury boats often used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his entourage near Wonsan provi...Read More
US faces tough UN battle if it pushes plan to extend Iran arms embargo
The United States faces a tough, messy battle if it uses a threat to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran as leverage to...Read More
Indian actor Irrfan Khan dies after long battle with cancer
Irrfan Khan, an Indian filmstar who brought a modern sensibility to recent hit movies and featured in several Hollywood films such as "...Read More
Suicide bombing in Kabul province kills 3, wounds 15: ministry
A suicide bombing in Kabul province not far from Afghanistan's capital killed three people and wounded 15 on Wednesday, the Ministry of ...Read More
Dead journalist Khokon was infected with COVID-19
Homayuan Kabir Khokon, a journalist who died within an hour of his admittance to a Dhaka hospital with complaints of respiratory distress an...Read More
Coronavirus brews trouble for tea, disrupts supply as demand spikes
The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as mill...Read More
China mounts aggressive defence to calls for coronavirus compensation
China is pushing back against the growing chorus of voices around the world calling for the country to pay compensation for the damage cause...Read More
Rohingya man killed in alleged shootout with police in Cox’s Bazar
A Rohingya man has died in a so-called shootout with police in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu Upazila. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/3aLg6pB...Read More
Investors bet giant companies will dominate after crisis
An economic downturn almost always favors giants like Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, the country’s three most valuable companies. But the dema...Read More
'Life has to go on’: How Sweden has faced the virus without a lockdown
She stood leaning on her cane, briefly resting among dozens of bubbly young Swedes out enjoying one of the first sunny spring days of the ye...Read More
Airborne coronavirus detected in Wuhan hospitals
Adding to growing evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through air, scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in air...Read More
Cyber-intel firms pitch governments on spy tools to trace coronavirus
When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone, they often turn to hacking software from the Israeli firm Cel...Read More
US coronavirus deaths surpass Vietnam War toll as Florida readies reopening plan
The US coronavirus death toll climbed above 58,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War, as Florida's g...Read More
Asia shares extend gains as economies slowly re-open, oil rallies
Asian shares rose for a third session on the trot on Wednesday as investors took heart from easing coronavirus lockdowns in some parts of th...Read More
Singapore's 'hooligan cook' offers free meals for needy during virus lockdown
As food stalls around him have closed during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, 28-year-old cook Jason Chua has vowed to stay open for t...Read More
As migrant workers struggle for lockdown aid, India seeks to count them
A veteran of organising elections and pilgrimages in stifling dust and heat, Indian bureaucrat Pranabjyoti Nath sees a precious opportunity ...Read More
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey says
At least 40 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday, the Turkish...Read More
Toilet paper trophy hunters on a roll as US shortages start easing
US consumers have begun spotting rare Quilted Northern and Charmin toilet paper rolls on store shelves across the United States, as stocks s...Read More
Trump orders US meat-processing plants to stay open despite coronavirus fears
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States, despite conce...Read More
Americans losing faith in what Trump says about the coronavirus, says poll
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump...Read More
Three US children with COVID-19 have rare inflammatory syndrome
Three US children infected with the coronavirus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has rais...Read More
Workers protest in Gazipur as 258 clothing factories have not paid up
Workers in Gazipur have continued protests over back pay as at least 258 readymade garment factories have not yet cleared their wages amid t...Read More
Bangladesh man asked jobless Hindus to convert to Islam. He apologises
A young man in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal has apologised after asking Hindus to convert to Islam while distributing aid among the people left ...Read More
Trouble in paradise: Spanish holiday island reels from coronavirus
On the tourism-dependent Spanish island of Mallorca, a total shutdown of hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak has destroyed livelihoods ac...Read More
Bangladesh PM's office rounds up info on govt losses during shutdown
The Prime Minister’s Office has sought information on the losses suffered by government institutions during the nationwide extended lockdown...Read More
BB extends loan application deadline for exporters to May 2
Bangladesh Bank has extended the deadline for exporters to file applications seeking loans from the Tk 50 billion stimulus package for worke...Read More
Bangladesh records three more COVID-19 deaths; cases top 6,000
Three more people have died from the coronavirus infection in the 24 hours to 8am Tuesday, taking the body count to 155 in Bangladesh. fro...Read More
লিভারপুল এবং ৩ দশকের অপেক্ষা
প্রতিযোগিতার নাম বদলে ‘প্রিমিয়ার লিগ’ রাখার পর যেন বদলে গেল লিভারপুল। দারুণ সফল দলটি দেখল মুদ্রার উল্টো পিঠ। এক দশকে ছয়বার, দেড় যুগে ১১ বার ...Read More
China lab rejects COVID-19 conspiracy claims, but virus origins still a mystery
Claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan have no basis in fact, the head of the lab told...Read More
China says Indian criticism of coronavirus test kits is ‘irresponsible’
China has criticised India's decision to stop using Chinese testing kits for the novel coronavirus because of quality issues as unfair a...Read More
Angry Birds maker Rovio lifts profits with lower costs
Rovio Entertainment , maker of the 10-year-old “Angry Birds” mobile game series, on Tuesday reported an almost 75% rise in first-quarter pro...Read More
South Korea says North Korea's Kim may be trying to avoid coronavirus
Kim Jong Un may have missed a key holiday on April 15 because of concerns over the coronavirus, not because he is ill, South Korea's min...Read More
Two killed in collision between bus and truck in Bogura
Two people have died after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Bogura’s Sherpur Upazila. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift...Read More
Malaysia fines deputy health minister for breaking virus restriction rules
Malaysia's Deputy Health Minister Noor Azmi Ghazali and Perak executive council member Razman Zakaria have been jointly charged with 13 ...Read More
260,000 words, full of self-praise, from Trump on the virus
At his White House news briefing on the coronavirus on March 19, President Donald Trump offered high praise for the commissioner of the Food...Read More
How to livestream your wedding
While social distancing and restrictions on travel and large gatherings have forced many couples to postpone their wedding celebrations, som...Read More
Asian shares fall on fresh rout in crude prices
Asian shares and US stock futures dipped into the red on Tuesday, erasing earlier gains as a renewed decline in oil prices overshadowed opti...Read More
‘It was just too much’: How remote learning is breaking parents
Daniel Levin’s son, Linus, 7, was supposed to be doing math. Instead, he pretended to take a shower in the living room, rubbing a dry eraser...Read More
More than 500 civilians die in Afghan violence in first quarter: UN
More than 500 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in the first three months of the year as violence raged even after an agreement between t...Read More
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
For 15 years, Siti Zabedah Abdul Wahab's family food business has opened for one month a year, selling murtabak, a pan-fried bread stuff...Read More
Top ER doctor who treated virus patients dies by suicide
A top emergency room doctor at a Manhattan hospital that treated many coronavirus patients died by suicide Sunday, her father and the police...Read More
‘Afraid to be a nurse’: health workers under attack
The senior nurse went on national television to make a plea on behalf of her fellow health care workers: Please stop assaulting us. from b...Read More
Georgia eateries welcome diners back as more US states ease pandemic shutdowns
Georgia, at the vanguard of states testing the safety of reopening the US economy in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, permitted restau...Read More
New Zealanders crave fast food as country eases out of lockdown
New Zealanders queued for burgers, fries and coffee takeaway on Tuesday after they were freed from a month-long lockdown, which Prime Minist...Read More
New York maps coronavirus genome to help track future outbreaks
Scientists at New York City's health department have begun to analyse the novel coronavirus's genetic material to allow them to trac...Read More
National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury dies
National Professor Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury has died of heart attack, a relative has confirmed. He was 77. from bdnews24.com - Home https...Read More
Germany should only carefully lift virus restrictions: minister
Germany’s economy minister urged the country’s 16 federal states on Monday to go slowly in lifting coronavirus restrictions to avoid the out...Read More
Bangladesh Bank announces Tk 100bn lending scheme for SMEs
Bangladesh Bank has announced a Tk 100 billion refinancing fund to provide working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aff...Read More
Nearly 2 million Australians download coronavirus tracing app within hours of its release
Nearly two million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVI...Read More
Uber offers discounted trips to 2.5 million UK health and care workers
Uber is offering discounted journeys to health and care workers in Britain from Wednesday, as it extends the scope of a service set up in Ma...Read More
We need herd immunity from Trump and the coronavirus
With each passing day it becomes more obvious how unlucky we are that one of the worst crises in American history coincides with Donald Trum...Read More
HK scientists say new antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days
Researchers at a Hong Kong university say they have developed an antiviral coating which could provide 90 days of "significant" pr...Read More
অনুশীলনে ফিরছেন রোনালদো-বুফ্ফনরা
করোনাভাইরাসের প্রাদুর্ভাবে বন্ধ হয়ে যাওয়া ইউরোপিয়ান ফুটবল মৌসুম ভেস্তে যাওয়ার শঙ্কা বাড়ছে ক্রমশ। এরই মাঝে ইতালি ঠিক করেছে সেরি আর ক্লাবগুলোর...Read More
Don't worry about interest payment, Hasina tells business community
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has moved to allay the fears of business leaders about the payment of interest on loans during the ongoing coro...Read More
Bangladesh’s virus body count tops 150; cases approach 6,000
Bangladesh has registered seven more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am Monday, taking the body count to 152. from b...Read More
COVID-19 patient flees Chandpur hospital. Police hunt him down
A man infected with COVID-19 has been caught and sent back into quarantine after he fled from a hospital in Chandpur. from bdnews24.com - ...Read More
Trump’s disinfectant remark raises a question about the ‘very stable genius’
Political Memo from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/2yMjwuW Read More
Comic insults aside, mayors act as sentinels in Italy’s coronavirus tragedy
In a sort of coronavirus edition of “Undercover Boss,” the mayor of the northern Italian town of Asti this past week surreptitiously inspect...Read More
Drug suspect killed in alleged gunfight with RAB in Gazipur
A man implicated in a series of crimes has died in a so-called shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, in Gazipur. from bdnews24...Read More
South Korea confident that rumours of Kim Jong Un illness are wrong
South Korea is confident that there is no basis to the recent swirl of rumours that the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is gravely ill, the Sou...Read More
El Salvador authorises use of lethal force against gangs
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday authorised the use of "lethal force" by police and military against gang members to c...Read More
Schools to remain closed until virus outbreak fades, says Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said schools and educational institutions across Bangladesh will remain closed until the novel coronavirus ...Read More
To pressure Iran, Pompeo turns to the deal trump renounced
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a legal argument that the United States remains a participant in the Iran nuclear accord that Pr...Read More
Kashmir, under siege and lockdown, faces a mental health crisis
Sara Begum’s suffering began Aug 3, when masked policemen barged into her home, badly roughed up her son and whisked him away. from bdnews...Read More
32 days on a ventilator: one COVID patient’s fight to breathe again
“Is he going to make it?” Kim Bello asked, clutching her phone, alone in her yard. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/358XChs Read More
Next wave of US states set to reopen as coronavirus could push jobless rate to 16%
Another wave of states prepared to ease coronavirus restrictions on US commerce this week, despite health experts warning there is still too...Read More
Mexico all but empties official migrant centres in bid to contain coronavirus
Mexico has almost entirely cleared out government migrant centres over the past five weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic...Read More
মালদিনি ও ফুটবলের ‘ব্যর্থ’ ১০
জিতেছেন অসংখ্য শিরোপা। নিজের জায়গায় একেকজন দারুণ সফল। তবুও আছে আক্ষেপ। ক্ষত হয়ে আছে ফাইনালে হারের অনেক তেতো স্মৃতি। সাফল্য পেলে অনেকে পেছনের...Read More
When oil became waste: a week of turmoil for crude, and more pain to come
The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of US oil futures, which had ne...Read More
Kim Jong Un’s absence and North Korea’s silence keep rumour mill churning
North Korea is still sending letters and gifts to foreign leaders and domestic workers in the name of its leader, Kim Jong Un. Its news medi...Read More
রোনালদিনিয়ো অপরাধী নয়: মারাদোনা
খেলোয়াড়ি জীবনে জিতেছেন সম্ভাব্য সবকিছু। নিজেকে নিয়ে গেছেন অন্য উচ্চতায়। তবে বিতর্কও নিত্য সঙ্গী ছিল রোনালদিনিয়োর। বুট জোড়া তুলে রাখার পরও যা...Read More
India's Modi urges citizens follow lockdown as coronavirus cases rise
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to citizens to strictly comply with a nationwide lockdown and maintain social distanc...Read More
Train possibly belonging to North Korean leader spotted in resort town -think tank
A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country, according to sa...Read More
More stranded Britons set to fly back home from Bangladesh
A fourth chartered flight arranged by the British High Commission in Dhaka is set to fly back more Britons marooned in Bangladesh due to a t...Read More
China says all coronavirus patients in Wuhan have now been discharged
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told ...Read More
Bangladesh records 5 more virus deaths as infections top 5,000
Bangladesh has registered five more deaths from the coronavirus infection in the 24 hours to 8am Sunday, bringing the body count to 145. f...Read More
Garment factories partially resume operations amid virus shutdown
A segment of garment factories affiliated with RMG entrepreneurs’ lobbies, BGMEA and BKMEA, have resumed operations on a limited scale on Su...Read More
Italy to start reopening business on May 4, schools in Sept
Italy will start reopening its manufacturing industry on May 4 as part of plans to ease its coronavirus lockdown, and schools will reopen in...Read More
A Ramadan like no other: Images from around the world
Sprawling banquets that convened crowds of relatives have shrunk to modest meals for immediate family. Imams who led prayers in packed mosqu...Read More
Health Canada cautions on use of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19
Health Canada cautioned on Saturday against the use of malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent or treat COVID-19. from...Read More
Angry garment workers take to Dhaka streets for back pay
Disgruntled workers from a few garment factories have taken to the streets of Dhaka's Malibagh to demand back pay. from bdnews24.com -...Read More
Health Canada cautions on use of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19
Health Canada cautioned on Saturday against the use of malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent or treat COVID-19. from...Read More
Hawker dies from COVID-19 in Rajshahi hospital
An 80-year-old hawker died from the coronavirus in a Rajshahi hospital. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/2VDMzdl Read More
Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge
Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a ...Read More
Amid the coronavirus crisis, heart and stroke patients go missing
Bishnu Virachan was a bicycle deliveryman for a grocery store in Queens. With New York City locked down, he was busier than ever. from bdn...Read More
In 4 US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus - 96pc without symptoms
When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio’s prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. from bd...Read More
Economic freeze cuts remittances, a lifeline for migrants’ families
The money would arrive like clockwork: $300 every couple of weeks, sent by her husband, a day labourer and unauthorised immigrant living in ...Read More
Tux, gown, masks: Arab couples scramble to marry during a pandemic
Carfuls of hooting men careened through the half-empty streets of Cairo, then skidded to a halt on Qasr el Nil, the most famous bridge over ...Read More
G20 launches initiative for health tools needed to combat the coronavirus
The group of 20 rich and emerging economies on Sunday launched an international initiative to accelerate access to health tools needed to fi...Read More
After '21 days of hell' New York governor expands coronavirus testing
New York will on Saturday begin conducting antibody tests for workers at four hospitals hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and will all...Read More
Beaches eyed as United States takes steps toward reopening
Many Americans flocked to beaches on Saturday as one Florida county expanded access and California experienced a heat wave, even as new coro...Read More
মেসি-রোনালদোর ‘সম্মুখ যুদ্ধের’ এক যুগ
করোনাভাইরাসের ছোবলে আরও অনেক দিন-তারিখের মত এবারের ২৩ এপ্রিলও চলে গেল অনেকটা নিরবে-নিভৃতে। ফুটবলপ্রেমীরাও ঝড় তুললেন না চায়ের কাপে। এক যুগ আগ...Read More
RAB monitors 50 websites in crackdown on virus rumours
The Rapid Action Battalion is monitoring more than 50 websites as it has renewed its crackdown on the spreaders of rumours about the coronav...Read More
মেসিদের লা মাসিয়া নিয়ে তৈরি হচ্ছে টিভি সিরিজ
করোনাভাইরাসের প্রভাবে তৈরি হওয়া আর্থিক সঙ্কটের মাঝে অর্থ উপার্জনের নতুন রাস্তা বের করেছে বার্সেলোনা। নিজেদের যুব একাডেমি লা মাসিয়া নিয়ে একটি...Read More
‘No evidence’ yet that recovered COVID patients cannot be reinfected: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently "no evidence" that people who have recovered from CO...Read More
March, April, May: City’s mood darkens as crisis feels endless
A walk in the park brings tense flare-ups: Back off, you’re too close. Oh really? Then stay home. A loud neighbor, once a fleeting annoyance...Read More
মত পাল্টে মেসিকে বেছে নিলেন পেলে
সময়ের সেরা ফুটবলার কে? এই প্রশ্নে এক মাসের ব্যবধানে মত বদলালেন পেলে। এ যাত্রায় ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো নয়, লিওনেল মেসিকে বেছে নিলেন একমাত্র ফুট...Read More
A closed border can’t stop this elderly couple: ‘Love is the best thing in the world’
She drives from the Danish side, in her Toyota Yaris. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/35aPU6D Read More
করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত ফরাসি মিডফিল্ডার
ফরাসি লিগ ওয়ানের প্রথম ফুটবলার হিসেবে করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হয়েছেন মোপেঁলিয়ের জুনিয়র সাম্বিয়া। ফ্রান্সের একটি হাসপাতালে বর্তমানে অবশ্য স্থিত...Read More
China pressured EU to drop COVID disinformation criticism: sources
China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, according t...Read More
Bangladesh virus cases approach 5,000; death count surges to 140
The coronavirus death count in Bangladesh has climbed 140 after nine more fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8am Saturday. from...Read More
India, Pakistan ease restrictions for some small businesses amid lockdown
The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas from Saturday, more than a month after th...Read More
Trump’s temporary halt to immigration is part of broader plan, Stephen Miller says
President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend family-based immigration because of the coronavirus is the beginning of a broader strategy to r...Read More
Al-Aqsa preacher's voice echoes across Jerusalem devoid of Ramadan crowds
An imam standing atop an 18-foot pulpit in a near-empty Al-Aqsa Mosque delivered the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem, his voice...Read More
Bangladesh PM's office to remain open during virus shutdown
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will remain open and continue conducting its business in keeping with the official timetable throughou...Read More
Child dies from coronavirus in Dhaka hospital
A seven-year-old child has died while undergoing treatment for the coronavirus at a government hospital in Dhaka. from bdnews24.com - Hom...Read More
Guerrilla golfers sneak onto greens closed by pandemic
The 18 holes of the Boca Delray Golf and Country Club have been closed since late March, when administrators of Palm Beach County decided to...Read More
Afghanistan's Taliban reject call for Ramadan ceasefire
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Indians try to flee unsanitary, overcrowded coronavirus quarantine centres
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S Koreans return to work, crowd parks, malls as social distancing rules ease
South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social dist...Read More
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The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh has crossed 100, a grim milestone, after 10 more fatalities were recorded in the ...Read More
ভক্তের কাছে মেসির জার্সির ভাণ্ডার
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UAE tells Muslims to pray at home during Ramadan
Religious authorities in the United Arab Emirates said medical workers treating COVID-19 patients are exempt from fasting during Ramadan and...Read More
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New Zealand to ease tough virus lockdown measures next week
New Zealand will next week ease some of the world’s strictest lockdown measures taken to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minist...Read More
Saudi top religious authority recommends home prayers in Ramadan amid coronavirus
Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their c...Read More
Indian media reports arrest of Moslemuddin, another Bangabandhu killer
The Indian media has reported the arrest of Moslem Uddin, another convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had long remain...Read More
Trump would be willing to give coronavirus aid to Iran if asked
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The US tried to teach China a lesson about the media. It backfired
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কে সেরা? লিওনেল মেসি নাকি ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো? এই বিতর্কে এবার যোগ দিলেন ডেভিড বেকহ্যাম। ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেড ও রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের সাবেক মিডফ...Read More
‘পাতানো ম্যাচে’ জেরবার উঠতিদের ভবিষ্যৎ
প্রতি বছর গড়ে ৭ থেকে ৮টি পাতানো ম্যাচের অভিযোগ আসে বাফুফের কাছে। তৃতীয়-দ্বিতীয়-প্রথম বিভাগ ও চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ-এই চার ধাপে কাজ করা একাধিক কো...Read More
Hundreds of parishioners attend Orthodox Easter Vigil in Georgia
Hundreds of Christian parishioners went to churches in ex-Soviet Georgia to attend Orthodox Easter Vigil despite a state of emergency and ca...Read More
10 African countries have no ventilators. That’s only part of the problem
South Sudan, a nation of 11 million, has more vice presidents (five) than ventilators (four). The Central African Republic has three ventila...Read More
Nigerian president's chief of staff dies from coronavirus
The Nigerian president's chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him the most high profile ...Read More
Foreign governments condemn Hong Kong protest arrests
Foreign governments criticised the arrest of 15 Hong Kong democracy activists in a police sweep on charges of organising and participating i...Read More
US stay-at-home frustration spreads; coronavirus-battered New York says may be past the worst
Demonstrations to demand an end to stay-at-home measures that have pummelled the US economy spread to Texas on Saturday as the governor at t...Read More
Pakistan lifts limit on mosque congregations as Muslim holy month approaches
Pakistan has lifted restrictions on congregational prayers at mosques, but put in place a host of safety conditions to avert the further spr...Read More
Who's Who of pop culture unites for 'One World' coronavirus special
Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special broadcast of music, c...Read More
Trump warns China could face consequences for virus outbreak
US President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coro...Read More
Four killed by lightning in Sunamganj
Four people have died after being struck by lightning in different parts of Sunamganj. from bdnews24.com - Home https://ift.tt/2z6geCR Read More
Adherence to social distancing spurs dip in projected US coronavirus deaths
Better-than-expected social distancing practices have led an influential research model to lower its projected US coronavirus death toll by ...Read More
মেসি-নেইমারদের বিশ্বকাপ বাছাই শুরু সেপ্টেম্বরে
লাতিন আমেরিকা অঞ্চলের স্থগিত হয়ে যাওয়া কাতার বিশ্বকাপের বাছাইপর্ব শুরু হবে আগামী সেপ্টেম্বরে। আগের নিয়মেই খেলা হবে হোম ও অ্যাওয়ে ভিত্তিতে। ...Read More
Thousands, ignoring lockdown, attend Islamic leader's funeral prayers in Brahmanbaria
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Brahmanbaria to attend the namaz-e-janaza or funeral prayer of Khelafat Majlish leader Moulana ...Read More
China mandates coronavirus tests for key public workers leaving Wuhan
China ordered on Saturday that anyone in Wuhan working in certain service-related jobs must take a coronavirus test if they want to leave th...Read More
Bangladesh confirms 9 more virus as infections top 2,000
Nine more people have died from the novel coronavirus, taking the total count to 84 in the 24 hours to 8am on Saturday. from bdnews24.com ...Read More
Boost for Kenya's farmers as children lend a hand during coronavirus
At the start of the planting season, Lily Langat, 41, was busy sowing maize with her husband and four of their six children on their family ...Read More
Confirmed Japan coronavirus cases hit 10,000
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Japan rose to 10,000 on Saturday, NHK public broadcaster said, just days after a state of...Read More
Hong Kong police detain veteran democracy activists in raids
Hong Kong police arrested on Saturday about a dozen democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in raids across the Asian financial h...Read More
Netflix adds $50 million to relief fund for production workers
Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) has increased the amount of money in its coronavirus emergency relief fund by $50 million, bringing the total for displ...Read More
Parliament session, adhering to obligation, opens on Saturday amid shutdown
The seventh session of the National Parliament will open on Saturday evening in order to fulfil its ‘constitutional obligation’ amid a worse...Read More
Reasons for hope: the drugs, tests and tactics that may conquer coronavirus
With much of the world living in lockdown, the spread of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first detected in China late last year is...Read More
খেপ খেলার দুষ্ট চক্রে বিলীন স্বপ্ন
অভাব মেটানোর তাড়নায় শুরু। এক পর্যায়ে জন্মে যায় কাঁচা পয়সার প্রতি দুর্নিবার মোহ। যোগ হয় ক্লাব-কোচদের উদাসীনতাও। ক্রমে তৈরি হয়ে যায় খেপ খেলার ...Read More
Coronavirus: Where to call in an emergency
As the novel coronavirus outbreak intensifies in Bangladesh, the government has launched several emergency hotlines for citizens seeking gui...Read More
They filed for unemployment last month. They haven’t seen a dime
Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly promised to fix New York’s archaic unemployment-insurance system, which has been overwhelmed by an unpr...Read More
US appeals to China to revise export rules on coronavirus medical gear
The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipment needed in the coronavirus outbreak so ...Read More
China reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions
China's National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according to dat...Read More
As coronavirus fades in China, nationalism and xenophobia flare
After 16 years in China, a Congolese businessman thought he knew what being black there entailed. He had been subjected to racial slurs and ...Read More
UN says mostly women and children among 32 killed as insurgents, Myanmar military clash
A surge in fighting between the Myanmar military and insurgents has killed at least 32 civilians, mostly women and children, in the restive ...Read More
When coronavirus care gets lost in translation
Recently Dr Alister Martin faced his patient, a Hispanic man who spoke no English, and broke the news that he would have to be intubated. St...Read More
Which mask should you wear?
Face masks have become an emblem in the fight against the coronavirus, with officials in the United States and elsewhere recommending — and ...Read More
US announces $19 billion coronavirus aid for farmers, food buys for poor
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help US farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic,...Read More
US coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn
The US coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their...Read More
New fires fanned by strong winds flare near Chernobyl in Ukraine
New fires broke out in the area around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant on Thursday, fanned by heavy winds that have made it harder to pu...Read More
করোনাভাইরাস: ১ লাখ মানুষের পাশে ইতো
প্রাণঘাতী করোনাভাইরাসের বিরুদ্ধে লড়াইয়ে সাহায্যের হাত বাড়িয়ে দিচ্ছেন সাবেক ও বর্তমান অনেক ক্রীড়াবিদ। সেই কাতারে এবার যোগ দিলেন বার্সেলোনা ও ...Read More
Myanmar to free almost 25,000 prisoners in largest amnesty in years
Myanmar will free almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, the president’s office said on Friday, its largest...Read More
Indonesia reports highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia
Indonesia reported on Friday 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923 and surpassing the Philippines as the coun...Read More
Bolsonaro fires Brazil's health minister, calls to reopen economy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired his health minister on Thursday after clashing with him over how to fight the new coronavirus, and ...Read More
Loan money runs out while small-business owners wait in line
The $349 billion government programme meant to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic and economic meltdown ran out of money on Th...Read More
Bangladesh confirms 15 more virus deaths, 266 new cases
Bangladesh has recorded another 15 deaths from the coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday, raising the total to 75. from bdnews24.co...Read More
Munshiganj reports 13 new coronavirus cases
Another 13 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Munshiganj, taking the tally of confirmed cases in the district to 37. ...Read More
29 dead at one nursing home from the virus. Or More. No one will say
Berna Lee got the call from the nursing home in Queens on April 3: Her mother had a fever, nothing serious. She was assured that there were ...Read More
In Modi's India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui's hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine....Read More
স্বপ্ন দেখার বয়সে ‘অনিয়মিত লিগের’ ধাক্কা
পাইওনিয়ার লিগের পর থেকে উঠতি ফুটবলাররা স্বপ্নের ছবিগুলো আঁকতে শুরু করে নতুন রঙে। ডানা মেলতে থাকে আকাঙ্ক্ষারা। কিন্তু ধাক্কায় খেয়ে বাস্তবতার ...Read More
রেকর্ডের মালায় মেসি-রোনালদোর শ্রেষ্ঠত্বের প্রমাণ
কে সেরা? লিওনেল মেসি নাকি ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো? উত্তর হয়তো কখনোই মিলবে না। তবে দুজনই যে সময়ের দুই সেরা ফুটবলার, তা নিয়ে কোনো সন্দেহ নেই। এক ...Read More
China’s economy shrinks, just when the world needs its punch
The coronavirus outbreak has brought China’s extraordinary, nearly half-century-long run of growth to an end — a stark reminder of the enorm...Read More
'The sun will shine again.’ Captain Tom, 99, raises millions and the spirits of a nation
Captain Tom Moore, 99, a British war veteran, completed the last of 100 laps of his garden on Thursday, raising more than 15.4 million pound...Read More
China's Wuhan city revises up coronavirus death toll by 1,290
China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Friday it had revised up its total coronavirus death toll by 1,29...Read More
Report says COVID-19 patients respond to Gilead's remdesivir, shares surge
Gilead Sciences Inc's shares surged 16% in after hours trading on Thursday following a media report detailing encouraging partial data f...Read More
With drones and tests, India battles to keep virus out of Mumbai's slums
In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV footage of cr...Read More
Myanmar to free almost 25,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty: president
Myanmar will release almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, the president's office said on Friday. fr...Read More
Boeing to restart production in Washington state with 27,000 workers
Boeing plans to resume commercial airplane production in Washington state by bringing about 27,000 employees back to work, the company said ...Read More
Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful COVID-19 posts
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could cause physical harm...Read More
El Chapo's daughter, Mexican cartels hand out coronavirus aid
A daughter of famed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and several Mexican cartels have been doling out aid packages to help cash...Read More
Trump unveils three-stage process for states to end coronavirus shutdown
President Donald Trump laid out new guidelines on Thursday for US states to emerge from a coronavirus shutdown in a staggered, three-stage a...Read More
Court brings UNO, OC to justice for ‘letting relief thief get away easily’ in Bhola
A court in Bhola has started proceedings against Borhanuddin Upazila acting UNO Md Bashir Uddin and police OC Enamul Haque on charges of let...Read More
Europe COVID-19 cases almost at 1 million, coming weeks ‘critical’: WHO
Europe is in eye of the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, and should move with extreme caution whe...Read More
Garment workers protest for back pay in Motijheel
Hundreds of workers from two garment factories have taken to the streets of Dhaka's Motijheel demanding back pay amid an ongoing lockdow...Read More
India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge
India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last m...Read More
Bangladesh Bank extends banking hours for customers again to 1pm
Bangladesh Bank has once again extended the banking hours for customers by 30 minutes to 1pm amid the lockdown to limit the spread of the co...Read More
Pakistani child bride wrongly jailed for murder courts justice
Married as a child and wrongly imprisoned for nearly 20 years over the murder of her husband in Pakistan, Rani Bibi is now free and fighting...Read More
What historians will see when they look back on the covid-19 pandemic of 2020
Sherri Denney was in the fourth day of quarantine in her home in Springboro, Ohio, when she thought about the toll the coronavirus was takin...Read More
Bangladesh reports 10 more virus deaths, 341 new cases
Bangladesh has confirmed 10 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 60. from bdnews24.com - Home ...Read More
Bangladesh to issue 10m OMS cards to buy Tk 10 rice during virus shutdown
The government is set to double its allocation of ration cards to 10 million under a special open market sale or OMS scheme offering subsidi...Read More
Delhi delivery agent tests positive for coronavirus, 72 families quarantined
A 19-year-old pizza delivery agent has tested positive for the coronavirus in Delhi, causing a huge scare for more than 70 families that hav...Read More
নতুনত্বকে আলিঙ্গনে অনীহা ফুটবল কোচদের
কজনই বা বেছে নেন আত্মসমালোচনার কঠিন পথ? আবুল হোসেন কঠিনেরেই ভালোবাসলেন! ফুটবলের তৃণমূল পর্যায়ে কাজ করা এই কোচের কণ্ঠে শোনা গেল উজ্জ্বল ব্যতি...Read More
Kashmir fells trees in effort to fight coronavirus panic
Fearing a convergence of respiratory allergies and spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Kashmir authorities have ordered the felling of tens ...Read More
Hasina urges to Muslims to perform Taraweeh prayers at home
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on Muslims in Bangladesh to perform their Taraweeh prayers at home during the upcoming month of Rama...Read More
Pandemic could trigger social unrest in some countries: IMF
New waves of social unrest could erupt in some countries if government measures to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic are seen as insufficien...Read More
Ivanka Trump, disregarding federal guidelines, travels to New Jersey for Passover
Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter and a senior White House adviser, has positioned herself as one of the leaders of the...Read More
Lockdown lifted, Wuhan's residence committees keep watch
The lockdown of the Chinese city of Wuhan may have lifted, but Feng Jing keeps watching the 5,400 residents in the Tanhualin neighbourhood t...Read More
Iranian vessels come dangerously close to American military ships: US military
Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to US Navy and Coast Guard ships in the...Read More
Michael Joseph Martin, the custodian of Dhaka’s Armenian church, dies
Michael Joseph Martin, the sole custodian of Armenian Church of Holy Resurrection in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola for more than three decades, has...Read More
Bangladesh rescues 300 people from Rohingya boat in Teknaf
About 300 Rohingya people, including women and children, have been rescued from Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf coast, according to coast guard officia...Read More
Trump says US investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, Chin...Read More
Germany eases out of coronavirus lockdown with partial opening of shops, schools
Germany has achieved a "fragile intermediate success" in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lo...Read More
In South Korea vote, virus delivers landslide win to governing party
President Moon Jae-in’s governing party in South Korea won a landslide in parliamentary elections Wednesday, as he leveraged his surging pop...Read More
With confidence shattered, the road to a 'normal' US economy looks long
US air travel was shut down for three days after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. It took three years for the industry to recover despite toughen...Read More
New Yorkers told to cover faces as US coronavirus death toll tops 30,000
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States surged past 30,000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Am...Read More
In Singapore, migrant coronavirus cases highlight containment weak link
As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker commun...Read More
Lockdowns should be lifted in two-week stages to stem COVID-19 spread: WHO
Countries that ease restrictions imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus should wait at least two weeks to evaluate the impact of suc...Read More
Australian PM urges schools to re-open so parents can go back to work
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday urged schools to reopen after Easter holidays so students did not lose a year of educa...Read More
Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus wit...Read More
Police turn back 500 people attempting to escape locked-down Narayanganj
Police have stopped and turned back almost 500 people as they attempted to leave Narayanganj, a hotspot for coronavirus in Bangladesh, in de...Read More
British lawmaker says China is trying to exploit the COVID-19 crisis
China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imaginatio...Read More
India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia to help fight COVID-19
India has agreed to sell hydroxychloroquine tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, a Malaysian minister told Reu...Read More
Bangladesh reports 219 new COVID-19 cases as death toll reaches 50
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 50, a grim milestone, after four more fatalities were recorded in the la...Read More
Coronavirus cases in Russia near 25,000 after record daily rise
Russia on Wednesday reported 3,388 new cases of the coronavirus, a record daily rise, bringing its overall nationwide tally to 24,490, the c...Read More
Garment workers block Dhaka streets for back pay
Hundreds of garment factory workers have come out on the streets in parts of Dhaka demanding back pay. from bdnews24.com - Home https://if...Read More
India, Pakistan seek to lift some curbs to help millions hit by coronavirus lockdowns
India will allow industries located in the countryside to reopen next week, as well as resuming farm activities to reduce the pain for milli...Read More
The world will need more than one COVID-19 vaccine, GSK CEO says
The world will need more than one COVID-19 vaccine so drug companies must partner in the race to develop the weapons to fight the novel coro...Read More
স্বজনপ্রীতির ‘বলি’ অনেক উঠতি ফুটবলার
বেশ চেনা গল্প। একটু পরিচিত মুখ হলে কিংবা ‘রেফারেন্স’ থাকলে কত সুবিধাই না মেলে! ফুটবলারের বাছাইয়ে সময় গড়পড়তা অনেকের নামের পাশে ‘সিলেক্টেড’ সি...Read More
The news is making people anxious. You’ll never believe what they’re reading instead
Although it can be hard to see past the daily deluge of devastating headlines, there is plenty of good news in the world right now — and a g...Read More
US may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study says
The United States may need to endure social distancing measures adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers...Read More
Positioning coronavirus patients on their stomachs can save lives: doctors
Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs (called prone positioning) helps increase the amount of ...Read More
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