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257 Canadian, 285 Australian nationals leave by chartered flights

A total of 257 Canadian citizens and 285 Australian who were stranded here due to COVID-19 pandemic left Dhaka on Thursday for their respective countries by separate chartered flights. A chartered

Trump halts funding to WHO

US president Donald Trump announced Tuesday that swaths of the United States could lift coronavirus shutdowns ‘very soon’ and made peace with state governors after being accused of acting like

Bangladeshi folk singer dies of coronavirus in New York

Bangladeshi folk singer has died of coronavirus on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in New York of USA. The deceased was identified as Bina Majumder, hailed from Faridpur.

Govt, humanitarian community to ensure health services in Rohingya camps: IOM

The government and the humanitarian community, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are now delivering a “wide array of supports” to ensure that health services for both Rohingyas and the

98 workers held who fled EPZs, sent to home quarantine

Ten microbuses full of workers of different Export Processing Zones (EPZ) factories who fled in fear of coronavirus infection, were held while entering Khagrachhari early Friday. Officer-in-charge of Khagrachhari Police

‘Widespread irregularities’ in relief distribution: BNP

BNP on Friday alleged that the government’s relief materials are not properly distributed among the helpless and poor people as the “ruling party leaders and activists” are taking those to

12 Bangladeshis among 416 foreigners infected with coronavirus in Malaysia

Twelve Bangladeshi migrants have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Malaysia, Malaysia’s health ministry said. Director-general of the ministry Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that a total of 416 foreigners

Bangladesh logs 5 more coronavirus deaths, 41 new confirmed cases

Five more people died of COVID-19 and 41 more contracted the disease in the past 24 hours till 8:00am Tuesday. The Directorate General of Health Services informed this in an