COVID-19 pandemic
Tarnishing govt's image: Court grants 10 more working days to end inquiry
A Dhaka court gives police 10 more working days to complete the investigation into the allegation brought against 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.
20 July 2020, 14:12 PM
Dhaka-Rajshahi flights to resume tomorrow
The government will resume air-connectivity on the Dhaka-Rajshahi-Dhaka route from tomorrow as the sixth domestic destination, following reopening of air travel to Chattogram, Sylhet, Saidpur, Jashore and Barishal since the suspension of flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
20 July 2020, 13:26 PM
No jamaat at Eidgah or open grounds this Eid-ul-Azha due to Covid-19: Govt
There will be no Eid jamaat at Eidgah or open grounds this Eid-ul-Azha due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, people have been asked to offer Eid prayers at nearby mosques, following health guidelines and special instructions.
12 July 2020, 14:31 PM
MPs denounce health minister in parliament, demand his removal
Health Minister Zahid Maleque today came under fire from opposition BNP and Jatiya Party MPs in parliament due to the ministry’s failure to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure treatment and testing facilities for people infected with the coronavirus.
30 June 2020, 11:59 AM
670 Bangladeshis brought back from Bahrain, Maldives
Two separate flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines repatriate 670 Bangladeshi citizens stuck in Bahrain and Maldives for several months due to the suspension of regular flight operations in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
25 June 2020, 14:14 PM
The process and timeline of the vaccine for COVID-19, explained
With the world entering its fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic, there's one question that has been on everyone’s mind; when will the vaccine be ready? The answer is not so simple and we try to explain why.
1 April 2020, 16:09 PM
China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases: researchers
China's decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global COVID-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by delaying the spread of the virus, researchers have said.
1 April 2020, 04:57 AM