COVID-19 pandemic
Biman cancels flights scheduled for Sunday, Monday
The shortage of passengers has forced Biman Bangladesh Airlines to cancel its flights scheduled for Sunday and Monday on three domestic routes.
Speakers emphasize on urgent action for nature conservation
Marking the World Environment Day, speakers at a webinar on Saturday stressed on urgent action for nature’s conservation to prevent pandemic.
Ctg youth kills self fearing he’s coronavirus positive
A young man took his own life by jumping off a building thinking that he has been infected with coronavirus in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram on Saturday.
Parameters set for red, green and yellow zones
To stem the spread of coronavirus, the government is planning to designate areas according to coloured zones - red, yellow and green. Different parameters have been set to separate the three and avoid arbitrary zoning.
Policeman suffering from fever, cold dies in Chattogram
A sub-inspector of Sitakunda Model Police Station died after suffering from fever and cold at his residence at Uttar Bazar in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday.
Gallery Cosmos hosts first-ever virtual art camp on June 8
Gallery Cosmos is going to organise the first-ever online live art camp on June 8 in association with 'Hidden Her Foundation' and Cosmos Foundation to raise funds for coronavirus victims.
With the theme ’Brightening The Spirits With Art’, the art camp is going to portray six of the most renowned Bangladeshi artists who will go live from 11am to 5pm through video calling app ‘Zoom’ on the Gallery Cosmos Page on Facebook - all at the same time but from their own studios.
The six art maestro of the country - Mustafa Monwar, Biren Shome, Mohammad Eunus, Kanak Champa Chakma, Anisuzzaman Anis and Bishwajit Goswami - will create two paintings each. They will also talk about their paintings, current situation, social awareness and other art-related topics. Moderators will host the events on behalf of the Gallery.
Cosmos Foundation and Sunehra Z Islam, Founder, Hidden Her Foundation will complete further procedures going forward with selling the artworks in order to raise funds for those affected by the pandemic.
“At a time when the entire world is literally captive at the hands of a pandemic, Gallery Cosmos, in association with Hidden Her Foundation & Cosmos Foundation, is set to break barriers with the country‘s first-ever online, or virtual art camp, taking advantage of the technological advances at our disposal,” artist Sourav Chowdhury, Executive Artistic Manager of Gallery Cosmos and Cosmos Atelier71, told UNB.
Coronavirus: Almost 6,000 policemen infected in Bangladesh
Altogether 5,999 members of Bangladesh Police have been infected with coronavirus while performing duties across the country as of Saturday morning.
More Bangladeshis to return home from UK on June 13
More Bangladeshi citizens will return home from the United Kingdom (UK) as the government has arranged the second special repatriation flight on June 13.
Coronavirus: SBMCH orthopaedic department locked down
The orthopaedic department of Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has been put under lockdown after 11 doctors and nurses tested positive for coronavirus.
Coronavirus-infected Biman official dies
A junior technical officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines died of Covid-19 at a city hospital on Saturday.