Jack Ma sends another 300,000 masks to Bangladesh

Jack Ma -- one of the richest people in Asia and founder of Alibaba -- today donated another thirty thousand coronavirus testing kits and other medical supplies to Bangladesh.
29 March 2020, 09:09 AM

Naogaon youth barred from entering village died without treatment: family

A 22-year-old, who had fever and headache, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
29 March 2020, 09:09 AM

Coronavirus awareness: Govt collecting health info through SMS

Mobile operators in the country have started sending text messages to users to determine potential carriers of coronavirus.
29 March 2020, 07:27 AM

In rare case, US infant dies from COVID-19

A US infant has died from the COVID-19 illness, officials in the state of Illinois said on Saturday, marking an extremely rare case of juvenile death in the global pandemic.
29 March 2020, 05:53 AM

No new cases detected in Bangladesh in last 24hrs: IEDCR

No new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said during a press briefing.
29 March 2020, 05:40 AM

6 arrested in Dhaka for spreading coronavirus rumours

Police arrest six persons from different areas in Dhaka on charges of spreading rumours and misleading information on the coronavirus outbreak.
29 March 2020, 05:18 AM

Coronavirus: Trump decides against quarantine of New York region

US President Donald Trump decides against imposing a broad two-week lockdown on New York and its neighbors after a strong pushback from local political leaders and warnings of the panic it could spark.
29 March 2020, 04:43 AM

Coronavirus: Bangladeshi national first fatality in Qatar

Qatar has recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry says.
28 March 2020, 18:56 PM

Shellshocked Spain reports record 832 new coronavirus deaths

Spain’s coronavirus fatalities rise by a record 832 people overnight to 5,690 as hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed and a police chief fought back tears announcing a colleague’s death.
28 March 2020, 18:15 PM

Stop hiking prices of medicines

It is truly disappointing that, at a time when we need citizens of this country to be more selfless, compassionate and altruistic than ever, some unscrupulous businessmen and pharmacists are arbitrarily hiking prices of essential medications.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Europe suffers huge surges in cases, deaths

Europe was reeling from a staggering surge in coronavirus deaths yesterday, still days or weeks from what experts desperately hope will be the epidemic’s peak.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

A Sylhet hospital fully prepared to fight Covid-19

At a time when most of our government and private hospitals are struggling to get personal protective equipment (PPE) for their doctors, nurses and medical staff and sufficient resources for the infected Covid-19 patients,
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Hospitals were never this far

With the capital in shutdown, people who need to urgently reach hospitals have been left in the lurch mainly due to a dearth of vehicles.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus Pandemic: Tea workers exposed to high risk

About five lakh people living and working in 163 tea gardens in the country seem vulnerable during the ongoing spread of coronavirus as they often come in close contacts.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

10-day Closure for Coronavirus: Sales drop at bazaars around Dhaka

After the government shut down malls and banned unnecessary gatherings to contain the spread of coronavirus, people have also limited the number of trips to kitchen markets.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Funds begin to flow in from ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $300,000 in emergency grant for Bangladesh in its first of the planned support that the lender is preparing to help the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Taming coronavirus rampage: An efficient and inclusive approach is the need of the hour

The outbreak of coronavirus is deepening in the country and the risks on public health and overall economy is getting high.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt drawing on big data analytics to contain pandemic

The government has initiated a process to draw a digital map to track coronavirus cases and find out areas susceptible to contamination by using mobile users’ information -- a move that may help portray the real picture of a possible outbreak.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Will the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme be a success?

These are extraordinary times and the UK government has announced an extraordinary set of economic policies in response to them.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus pandemic: Are we (mis)managing it?

I’m panicked, as is everyone around the world now. We’re faced with an existential threat. A death sentence hovers over us as it has hovered over Wuhan, China, since December 2019.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM