10-day holiday in Bangladesh from Thursday

The government on Monday announced public holidays from March 29 to April 2, the deployment of army personnel, limiting the public gatherings..

Bangladeshi migrants hit hard in Middle East

Bangladeshi workers who migrated to the Middle East countries are passing their days in deep distress after losing jobs due to lockdown ..

PPEs not essential for doctors, nurses, claims health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque on Monday claimed that personal protection equipment was not essential for the healthcare providers of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh..

Bangladesh Bank to file fresh case in NY as US Federal Court quashed its case

Bangladesh Bank on Monday decided to file a fresh case with a state court in New York against a Filipino bank and other parties to recover $81 million..

One more dies of COVID-19, six more infected in Bangladesh

One more died of COVID-19 and six new novel coronavirus cases were detected in Bangladesh on Monday, raising the death toll to three and number of infected people to 33...

Coronavirus is bringing a plague of dangerous doomsday predictions

In the summer of 2008, an elderly psychic who claimed she started receiving premonitions at age 5 published a book that contained an ominous prediction...

12-year-old girl with coronavirus is on a ventilator and fighting for her life

Emma, a 12-year-old girl, is "fighting for her life" in an Atlanta hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to her cousin...

West Bengal announces lockdown

The West Bengal government, on Saturday, ordered shutting down of all restaurants, pubs, bars, clubs, nightclubs, hookah bars, massage..

Coronavirus suspect dies, 3 more infected in Bangladesh

An elderly woman died in Sylhet with coronavirus symptoms while three more people were tested positive for the virus on Sunday...

Disinfectants disappear fast

From pharmacists at high-end medicine shops to unlicensed medicine sellers at rundown neighbourhoods in the capital all looked annoyed ..