The Bangladesh government has banned Iftar gatherings during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was reported on Friday
The Bangladesh government has banned Iftar gatherings during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was reported on Friday
As the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 11,155 with 237 deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has revealed that 79 per cent of these infections were caused by local transmission
Pakistan has launched a $595 million funding appeal, in collaboration with the UN and its partner organisations, for meeting the countrys urgent needs in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and tackling its socio-economic impact
Pakistan Planning Minister Asad Umar announced that the government has decided to extend the countrywide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus by 15 days
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked his officials to draw up a plan to bring back all migrant workers from the state who are still stranded in other states
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's wife Gauri Khan took to Instagram to share a glimpse of their office in Mumbai which has now been converted into a quarantine facility amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said the coronavirus is at the local transmission stage, the second stage of COVID spread, as people living together are becoming positive in large numbers
India's Health Ministry said that the total number of confirmed cases in India stood at 23,077 on Monday, while 718 people have succumbed to the dreaded virus so far
Nine persons, including five Bangladeshi nationals, tested positive of COVID19 in capital Male bringing the number of cases to 74 in the island city. The capital had seen the first positive case last Wednesday and has seen a spike of cases since then. Over 1400 people have been sent to quarantine to prevent the spread
Amid escalating violence in many parts of the country, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday--the eve of Ramadan--appealed to the Taliban for a ceasefire, citing the special conditions of the countrywide spread of the coronavirus
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for forging a collective global partnership and greater unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic as she placed a five-point proposal that includes devising meaningful strategies
Bangladesh Bank has formed a refinance scheme of Tk 15,000 crore for the industrial and service sectors, much to the relief of the cash-strapped banking sector that was fretting about implementing the Tk 30,000 crore stimulus package announced on April 12 for the two from their own sources
Despite the continued surge in the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths and cases, Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday claimed that Bangladesh was better off than the US and some European countries
Bangladesh won't accept any more members of the Rohingya Muslim minority, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said, amid reports that hundreds of refugees were stranded at sea trying to enter the country
Sri Lanka has had the biggest surge in new COVID-19 cases since the outbreak today April 23, after 30 Navy personnel at the huge Welisara camp were confirmed as having contracted the virus