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All domestic flights suspended from Wednesday

All domestic flights suspended from Wednesday

Bangla Tribune Desk
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has suspended all domestic flights in the country from Mar 25. CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal M...Details
Expats told to get in touch with local police

Expats told to get in touch with local police

Bangla Tribune Report
As part of the government's efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus or Covid-19, expatriates who returned Bangladesh on March 1 and...Details
Bus, train, launch services suspended

Bus, train, launch services suspended

Bangla Tribune Report
The government has ordered to suspend bus, train, launch services across the country in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus or...Details
All local, mail train services suspended

All local, mail train services suspended

Bangla Tribune Desk
Bangladesh Railway Authority has suspended all local, commuter, and mail train services suspended across the country to control the spread of...Details
Educational institutions also shut till Apr 4

Educational institutions also shut till Apr 4

Bangla Tribune Report
Schools, colleges and universities will also remain closed during the Mar 26-Apr 4 general holidays announced to stem the coronavirus spread,...Details
Troops called in to assist administration

Coronavirus fightTroops called in to assist administration

Bangla Tribune Report
Members of the armed forces will assist the civil administration at the field level in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak as the country so...Details
Offices shut from Mar 26 to Apr 4

Offices shut from Mar 26 to Apr 4

Bangla Tribune Report
All government and private offices, services, except for the police and hospitals, will remain shut from Thursday (March 26) to Apr 4.“There...Details
PM Hasina to address nation on Wednesday

PM Hasina to address nation on Wednesday

Bangla Tribune Report
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Wednesday (Mar 25).The PM will give necessary instructions on the prevailing coronavirus...Details
Passport issuance suspended amid virus outbreak

Passport issuance suspended amid virus outbreak

Bangla Tribune Report
The government has suspended the issuance of new passports over the Covid-19 pandemic, an official says."Passport processing stops on Monday (Mar...Details
No Cabinet meeting on Monday

No Cabinet meeting on Monday

Bangla Tribune Desk
The weekly Cabinet meeting will not be held on Monday (Mar 23). “Cabinet meeting will not be held tomorrow,” Cabinet Division Deputy...Details
Three more coronavirus cases reported

Three more coronavirus cases reported

Bangla Tribune Report
Three more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh raising the total number of infected to 27.Epidemiology, Disease...Details
Bangladesh contributes $1.5m to SAARC combating coronavirus

Bangladesh contributes $1.5m to SAARC combating coronavirus

Bangla Tribune Desk
Bangladesh has decided to contribute $1.5 million to proposed SAARC’s health hazard prevention fund to combat deadly COVID-19 pandemic....Details
HSC, equivalent exams postponed

HSC, equivalent exams postponed

Bangla Tribune Report
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, scheduled to starte from Apr 1, have been postponed amid the global coronavirus...Details
Foreigners' entry banned through land ports

Foreigners' entry banned through land ports

Bangla Tribune Report
Bangladesh has shut its eleven land ports for foreigners in an effort to fight against the spread of a new coronavirus The home ministry's Public...Details
'Coronavirus to bring changes in international politics'

'Coronavirus to bring changes in international politics'

Sheikh Shahriar Zaman
A tiny virus turned the world into a war-zone without a single bullet being fired. Over a span of just 4 months, the Covid-19 infected people in...Details
No Independence Day ceremonies this year

No Independence Day ceremonies this year

BSS
The government scrapped the Independence Day ceremonies in view of the coronavirus outbreak across the world, including Bangladesh, and considering...Details
PM calls on President Hamid

PM calls on President Hamid

Bangla Tribune Report
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived at Bangabhaban to meet President Abdul Hamid. The president welcomed her at his residence at 5 pm on...Details
Special parliament session on Bangabandhu suspended

Special parliament session on Bangabandhu suspended

Bangla Tribune Desk
The two-day special session of the 11th National Parliament on the ‘Mujib Year’ marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...Details
By-polls end, counting begins

By-polls end, counting begins

Bangla Tribune Desk
Counting of votes has begun as the by-elections to Dhaka-10, Gaibandha-3 and Bagerhat-4 ended at 5pm on Saturday (Mar 21). The voting began at 9am...Details
Decision over holding HSC exams Monday

Decision over holding HSC exams Monday

Bangla Tribune Report
The government will make a decision over whether to postpone the schedule of Higher Secondary Examinations (HSC) or not on Monday (Mar 23). Dhaka...Details
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