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February 26, 2020 12:48 PM

China's corona virus death toll touches 2715

The death toll in China's Novel Corona virus today climbed to 2,715 with 52 new fatalities while the confirmed cases rose to 78,064, amidst strong signs of COVID-19 slowing down even at its epicentre Hubei province. The country's National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily said, it recei...

February 26, 2020 10:04 AM

Pranab Mukherjee to address Bangladesh Parliament on Mujib Centenary

<span style="color: #222222;">Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be invited to address the special session of Bangladesh Parliament, Jatiya Sangsad, on the occasion of the centenary year of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was announced in Dhaka by the Pres...

February 26, 2020 9:19 AM

UNSC renews its sanctions regime on Yemen for another year

<span style="color: #313131;">The UN Security Council has renewed its sanctions regime on Yemen for another year, after tense negotiations between Britain and Russia. Russia threatened to veto any mention, even implicit, of Iran.<br />'' &a...

February 26, 2020 7:11 AM

World 'simply not ready' for COVID-19 spread: WHO-China mission chief

The head of a joint WHO-China mission of experts has said that the world is simply not ready to rein in the new virus Covid-19 outbreak. Bruce Aylward told reporters in Geneva yesterday that countries have to learn from China's expertise and be ready to manage this at a larger scale.<br ...

February 25, 2020 9:22 PM

3,000 kilometre long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India: BIMSTEC

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on connecting about 3,000-kilometre long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India. This was announced by the Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury while inaug...

February 25, 2020 2:51 PM

Italy reports seventh death from new coronavirus; officials call for calm

<span style="color: #222222;">Italy reported its seventh death from the new coronavirus yesterday, but officials called for calm and reported a lower rise in the number of infections after a spike over the weekend. Head of Italy's civil protection department Ange...

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