More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
Bangladesh coronavirus: 100,000 gather for funeral, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears
More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
PGIMER to conduct programme on Covid-19 management for SAARC nations
Senior professionals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles and Sri Lanka will participate in the programme. PGIMER officials will educate them on the most …
Bangladesh funeral attracts 100,000 people, shattering coronavirus social distancing rules
A funeral for a Bangladeshi religious leader drew around 100,000 people in defiance of nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Police reported that mourners did not wear masks or gloves as they crowded the …
Briton fears ill father, 66, will not make Bangladesh rescue flight
Learn more Show vendors A British man whose ill father has been stranded in Bangladesh because of the pandemic has said he fears he will not make the repatriation flight because of the local lockdown.
Coronavirus: UK launches first Bangladesh rescue flights
Britons in Bangladesh will be able to fly home on four repatriation flights this week – the first arranged from the country amid the coronavirus crisis – the Foreign Office has confirmed. It said the …
Global brands must not abandon Bangladesh’s factory workers in the coronavirus crisis
Bangladesh’s ready-made garment manufacturers are struggling to survive. Seven years after the Rana Plaza collapse, garment business owners wonder whether their new, gleaming factories will ever start …
UK announces first Bangladesh rescue flights
The Foreign Office says up to 850 Britons in the South Asian country will have the chance to get home.
Coronavirus: Kuwait records 93 new cases raising total to 1,751, one new death
Kuwait has recorded 93 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, raising the total to 1,751, the health ministry announced. The death toll is now six after a 68-year-old Bangladeshi resident died of the …
Tens of thousands defy Bangladesh lockdown for imam’s funeral
Tens of thousands of people defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh on Saturday to attend the funeral of a top Islamic preacher, even as authorities battle a surge in virus cases.