March 18, 2020

Coronavirus eating away restaurant business

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 It started from the second week of this month. At first, Md Mahbub Zaman, the owner of […]
March 18, 2020

Egypt quarantines 300 families in village after virus deaths

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of […]
March 18, 2020

Coronavirus could create bed shortage in US hospitals

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the […]
March 18, 2020

Chile and Peru close borders

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 Chile and Peru announced a total closure of their borders on Monday while Latin America’s largest airline […]
March 18, 2020

EU chief hopes for coronavirus vaccine this year

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 The president of the European Commission said yesterday that, after speaking to a German biotech firm, she […]
March 18, 2020

US, China trade barbs over coronavirus

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 A spat between the US and China over the novel coronavirus escalated yesterday as President Donald Trump […]
March 18, 2020

Covid-19 in South, SE Asia: WHO calls for aggressive measures

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday called on countries under its South-East Asia​ zone, including Bangladesh, to […]
March 18, 2020

Global death toll surpasses China’s

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in other countries has surpassed those inside China for […]
March 18, 2020

Virus can cause havoc in Rohingya camps

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 Mar 2020 Around a million Rohingya in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, along with aid workers, are likely […]