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Coronavirus: Police go tough on errant Dhaka residents

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has intensified efforts to make sure people stay indoors and do not venture out of their homes without emergency reasons to limit the transmission of highly

570 more Bangladeshis in Singapore test COVID-19 positive in one day

A total of 570 Bangladeshis tested positive for COVID-19 in Singapore just in one day on Saturday. With this, the number of Bangladeshis infected by the virus rose to 2,597

Steps taken to ensure food security: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has taken measures to ensure food security for the people of the country considering the possible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

B’baria villages connected with local madrasa placed under lockdown

The district administration of Brahmanbaria has placed villages connected with a local madrasa under lockdown as several thousand people attended the namaz-e-janaza of the founder of the institution Mawlana Jubayer Ahmed

9 more die of Covid-19, 306 new cases detected

The death toll from coronavirus rose to 84 in Bangladesh as the country confirmed nine more deaths on Saturday. The tally of infections also soared to 2,144 after 306 people

Teachers’ residential area of Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University locked down

The residential area of the teachers under Amar Ekushey Hall of the University of Dhaka has been placed under lockdown, according to media report. The administrative authority of that area took

Doctor among 17 test positive for coronavirus in Laxmipur

Seventeen people including a physician tested positive for coronavirus in Laxmipur on Thursday. Laxmipur Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Gaffar said a senior physician of Ramganj Upazila Health Complex and four

Mujibnagar Day being observed

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed on Friday, marking the formation of Bangladesh’s first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971. Senior leaders of Awami League assembled