May 5, 2020

PM announces cash assistance for jobless before Eid

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced that the government would provide cash assistance before Eid to mitigate the sufferings of those rendered jobless amid...

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May 5, 2020

Death jumps to 2,50,097 globally in COVID-19

News Desk :Total death jumped to 2,50,097 in COVID-19 while infected 36,06,946 in 210 countries and territories and recovered 11,69,555, according to worldometer.The United States...

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May 5, 2020

Padma Bridge’s 29th span installed; 4.35 km now visible

UNB, Munshiganj :About 4,350 metres of Padma Bridge became visible with the installation of its 29th span on Monday.The span, weighing 3,140 tonnes, was installed...

A rally organised by small business owners stops by the Rialto bridge to commemorate the health care workers who died amid the outbreak, as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus, in Venice, Italy, on Mon

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May 5, 2020

A rally organised by small business owners stops by the Rialto bridge to commemorate the health care workers who died amid the outbreak, as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus, in Venice, Italy, on Monday.

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May 5, 2020

NAM Dhaka seeks innovative solutions; highlights impacts on RMG, remittance

Bangladesh on Monday urged the members of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)to work out innovative solutions and approaches to tackle the COVID-19 crisis underscoring the pandemic’s adverse...

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May 5, 2020

Prof Muntasir tests positive for coronavirus

Veteran historian Prof Muntasir Mamun tested positive for coronavirus and is now undergoing treatment at Mugda General Medical College and Hospital.Golak Shahriar Nabi, director of...

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May 5, 2020

Murder accused killed in Gazipur ‘gunfight’

UNB, Gazipur :A murder accused was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion in Konabari area of the city early Monday.The...

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May 5, 2020

Two diagnosed with coronavirus at Dohar

UNB, Keraniganj :Two people including a female physician were diagnosed with coronavirus in Dohar upazila on Sunday.With the two new cases, total coronavirus cases rose...

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May 5, 2020

Justice Hasan Foez Siddique reappointed BJSC chairman

The government has reappointed Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division the chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC).The Ministry of Law, Justice and...

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May 4, 2020

Death toll globally climbs to 2,45,254

News Desk :Death toll globally hits 2,45,254 in COVID-19 with 35,07,776 cases in 210 countries and territories while recovered 11,30,122, according to worldometer.The number of...

Army personnel intercept a biker as he takes to the road on Sunday ignoring the government's stay at home order. During questioning the biker introduces himself as a member of Banani Press Club and afterward shows an ID card. This photo was taken from th

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May 4, 2020

Army personnel intercept a biker as he takes to the road on Sunday ignoring the government’s stay at home order. During questioning the biker introduces himself as a member of Banani Press Club and afterward shows an ID card. This photo was taken from the Palashi intersection in Dhaka.

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May 4, 2020

Fish hatcheries, fry production in crisis in Kishoreganj

Alam Sarowar Tito, Kishoreganj :Public transport is closed across the country to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19. In this situation, due to low prices,...