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Malaysia rounds up migrants to contain coronavirus

Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said, after hundreds of migrants and refugees were detained in the capital Kuala Lumpur, reports Reuters. Authorities said 586 undocumented migrants were ...Details

Shab-e-Barat today

Islamic Foundation (IF) urged the country’s people, including ulema-mashayekhs to offer special prayers staying home on the night of Shab-e-Barat tomorrow to get rid of the global pandemic coronavirus and not to visit graveyards and shrines on the occasion. “We ...Details

President rejects Majed’s mercy petition

President M Abdul Hamid has rejected the mercy petition filled by captain (retired) Abdul Majed, a condemned convict in the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, against his sentence. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal came up with the disclosure on ...Details

Bangladesh sees record 112 coronavirus cases in a day

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded 112 more cases of the novel coronavirus, the highest single-day spike in infections, taking the country’s tally to 330. The country also reported one more death from the virus, officially known as COVID-19, bringing the number ...Details

Army to be deployed from Tuesday

Members of the army will be deployed across the country from Tuesday to help fight the coronavirus. Cabinet Secretary Khandakar Anwarul Islam said this at an emergency press conference held at the Secretariat on Monday afternoon. He said, the government ...Details

Quarantine is not happening in Diabari

The decision to open the Quarantine Center for Coronavirus has been canceled in a building of Uttara Apartments Project (Residential) of Rajuk in the capital’s Diabari. The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) confirmed such information on Saturday, March 27th. Lt. ...Details

Onion prices double due to coronavirus panic-buying

Coronavirus panic-buying of onion caused unusual rise in prices of the key cooking ingredient. In two days, prices of the spice doubled in city markets, and ginger, garlic and potato prices also saw hike. Capitalizing consumers’ panic over coronavirus, some ...Details

Bangladesh confirms 3 more coronavirus cases

Three more people caught the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh, totalling the country’s number of cases to 20, said the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR). The new infected people are: two male in their 70s and 30s respectively, ...Details

Coronavirus: Final leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan called off

The Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket boards have agreed to postpone the upcoming third leg of their series, of one ODI and Test in Karachi in early April, in light of growing concerns around the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and ...Details

3 new coronavirus patients detected in Bangladesh

Bangladesh on Monday announced detecting three new coronavirus patients, taking the number of total cases to eight. Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora revealed the information at a regular press briefing on Monday, ...Details