Eight men have died from the coronavirus infection in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, bringing the body count from the disease in Bangladesh to 214
Bangladesh’s container depot fire; norms violated in cargo handling at Chittagong port
Industrial accidents are common in Bangladesh. Experts blame poor safety standards and lack of enforcement of norms and regulations. Garments factories, which account for the country’s most exports and employ over 4 million workers, often see deadly fire incidents.
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The government has taken an initiative to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic in a chartered flight either on May 14 or 15
People pack ferries, stream back to Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid coronavirus crisis
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Schools, colleges to stay closed till May 30
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Bangladesh reports 786 new virus cases in record jump, death toll hits 183
Bangladesh has detected 786 COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour count to Tuesday morning in the biggest jump, taking the tally of infections to 10,929
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2,200 clothing factories apply for coronavirus bailout loans to pay workers
Around 2,200 clothing factories in Bangladesh have applied for bank credits worth nearly Tk 31.5 billion from the government’s coronavirus bailout funds to pay workers
Bangladesh extends virus shutdown to May 16 as cases surge
Bangladesh has extended a nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces to May 16 as a novel coronavirus outbreak runs rampant across the country
Rohingya refugees sent to remote island after stranded at sea
Authorities in Bangladesh have said that they sent over two dozen Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited remote island after they entered the country in small boats following weeks at the sea
