Police recovered the dead bodies of a woman and her daughter in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Jayeda Begum, 55, and her daughter Easmin Akter, 25. The bodies were found inside their home in Purba Jamsi area at Ashidron union of the upazila this morning. Police said they were informed about the matter ...

An influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increases the risk of death in coronavirus patients has been retracted over data concerns. Three of the study’s authors said they could not longer vouch for its veracity because Surgisphere, a healthcare firm behind the data, would not allow an independent review of its dataset. Its findings led the WHO to suspend its testing ...

Bangladesh will operate second Special Flight with Bangladesh citizens stranded in the United States due to international flight suspension meant to curb spread of coronavirus. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken up an initiative in coordination with Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C and Bangladesh Consulates in New York and Los Angeles to repatriate stranded Bangladeshi citizens from the U.S.A. ...

Another 176 people have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus. The total number of people who have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community with the virus as risen to 39,904. In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Thursday, 220,057 tests were carried out or dispatched with 1,805 positive results. A total of 5,005,565 ...

Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, paid tribute Thursday to George Floyd as protests over his death in police custody sweep the nation, and expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement. “I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing because George Floyd’s life mattered,” Markle, who is biracial, said in a videotaped message to ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is offering chartered domestic flight services due to passenger shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. Anyone will be able to charter Biman’s aircraft for roundtrip on seven domestic destinations from Friday for family trips, at a cost of Tk 3 to Tk 5 lakh depending on the distance, said Tahera Khandaker, deputy general manager (Public relation) on Thursday. ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government has relentlessly been working hard to protect the people of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We’ve been trying heart and soul to protect the people of our Bangladesh from coronavirus,” she said while receiving donations from different organisations and individuals for PM’s Relief and Welfare Fund through videoconferencing from her ...

A research compilation book titled “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Green Engineering” was published forecasting some policy level issues related to the future economy of deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Lambert Academic Publication (LAP), Germany published the book edited by economist and entrepreneurial expert Professor Dr Muhammad Mahboob Ali, said a press release. The research work, started immediately after the detection of COVID-19 in ...

 Indonesian embassy official  Siti Herwansyah died from fever this morning. The 28-year-old had tested negative for Covid-19, said an official of the Indonesian embassy. The administrative official of the embassy had fever for the last few days, but no cough or respiratory problems.As Siti’s condition deteriorated, she was moved to United Hospital, but was declared dead in less than an ...

Abdul Mannan has been appointed as the secretary of the Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health. Public Administration ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. Abdul Mannan earlier served as the chairman of the Land Reform Board. Md Ashadul Islam, served as the secretary to the Health Services Division, has been transferred to the Planning ...