COVID-19 pandemic
Bangladesh, Australia need to work to tap post-Covid opportunities: Envoy
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer has said Bangladesh and Australia need to redouble their efforts to ensure that the two countries can take advantage of new opportunities in trade and investment as the world begins to recover from the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global COVID-19 cases surge to 23.3 mn: JHU
The confirmed global COVID-19 cases hit 23.3 million as of Monday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
MP among 17 infected with coronavirus in Thakurgaon
Dabirul Islam, an MP from Thakurgaon-2 constituency, has been infected with coronavirus.
Take steps to protect media industry: BNP
Observing that the newspaper industry is now on the brink of ruination due to coronavirus pandemic, BNP on Sunday demanded the government take effective steps to protect it.
Three years in review: No end in sight to Rohingya crisis
Myanmar has not taken a single Rohingya back home till date although the crisis enters the fourth year within a couple of days amid "lack of conducive conditions" in Rakhine required for a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas, officials said.
Another cop dies from coronavirus
Another policeman died from coronavirus at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital (CPH) on Sunday.
Economic crisis caused by COVID-19 ‘most synchronised’ in history
The world witnessed the ‘most synchronised’ economic crisis during the coronavirus pandemic and its prospects of recovery is quite uncertain, said experts.
India's coronavirus caseload crosses 3mln
India’s coronavirus caseload surpassed three millions on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the virus marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the wealthier but older populations of the south, reports AP.
BAF airlifts coronavirus infected doctor from Bogura to Dhaka
Coronavirus infected Prof Dr AKM Rownak Hossain Chowdhury of TMSS Medical College Hospital was shifted to Dhaka from Boruga on on Sunday on a MI-171SH helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).
24pc of female online entrepreneurs shut businesses in June: Study
Though the online sales of health products and daily essentials were booming due to COVID-19, the ongoing pandemic has taken its heavy toll on the online retailers of fashion, cosmetics, and other imported products, says a recent study.