Transcom Group chairman and Bangladesh’s noted industrialist, Latifur Rahman passed away on Wednesday at the age of 75. According to family sources, Latifur Rahman breathed his last at his paternal home in Cumilla at 11 am. His body will be taken to Dhaka today.
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A total of 1,49,258 in 7,84,335 coronavirus tests carried out in Bangladesh have turned out to be positive. The health authorities have confirmed 3,775 cases after testing 17,875 samples in the span of 24 hours until Wednesday. Since March 18, the government said 1,888 people have died of COVID-19. In …
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Dhaka University (DU), the oldest university in the country, stepped into its 100th year on Wednesday. It preferred holding low-key programs to celebrate the big moment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Amid a usual scenario in the country as elsewhere in the world due to the pandemic, the DU authorities …
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At least 19 people have been killed in an explosion at a clinic in Iran’s capital Tehran, officials say. Several people were injured at the Sina Athar clinic, and there are fears the death toll will rise further. Iran’s state media quoted senior officials as saying the blast was caused …
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board hinted that the cricketers will start practice, keeping the Asia Cup and Twenty20 World Cup in mind if the situation allows them to begin cricketing activities in the country. Since all the Test matches that the Tigers were scheduled to play was postponed due to the …
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The state government of Delhi decides to install a plasma bank in view of growing demands for such a facility to treat serious Covid-19 patients, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a virtual media briefing here today. “The bank will start working by next two days,” he said adding that the …
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Bangladesh sees the casualty figure as the country recorded the highest single-day 64 Covid-19 deaths and 3,682 new cases in the last 24 hours ending at 12 pm on Tuesday. With these, the national death tally from the virus rose to 1,847. During the same period, 3,682 new patients have …
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The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed “safe” to be let in from 1 July, despite the pandemic – but the US, Brazil and China are excluded. Those named include Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco and South Korea. The EU is ready to add China if the Chinese …
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A new strain of flu which has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans, they say. The researchers are concerned that it could mutate further so that it can spread easily from …
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, that the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘not even close to being over.’ Speaking on the eve of the grim milestone, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for renewed global commitment to save lives as …
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