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Front line soldiers must be well-armed to fight deadly coronavirus

AT least a dozen people with different illnesses died in Dhaka and other places after they were refused treatment by doctors since March 8 when the first case of coronavirus was reported in the country. Many said a sense of insecurity caused by the persisting shortage of personal protective equipment ...

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Devotees offering Jum'a prayers on the street without having place in the mosque. The snap was taken from in front of Naya Palton Jame Masjid in the city on Friday.

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Army personnel deployed in different areas trying to raise awareness among the commoners to stay home with a view to protecting themselves from coronavirus. The snap was taken from Chwakbazar in th city on Friday.

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Local lawmaker Elias Uddin Mollah, on behalf of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, distributing essential food sttuff among the poor at Pallabi area in the city recently. Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal, Vice-Chancellor of the university was also present.

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Olympic chiefs bracing for extra costs in rescheduling Tokyo Games

AFP, Paris :Olympic chiefs said Thursday they were bracing themselves for the extra costs incurred by rescheduling the Tokyo Games by a year to 2021.The historic decision to postpone the summer Olympics by 12 months was taken this week amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It was the first peacetime postponement ...

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Suarez 'hurt' by criticism of Barca players' pay cut delay

AFP, Montevideo:Uruguay star Luis Suarez complained on Thursday that he has been "hurt" by criticism of him and fellow millionaire Barcelona players for the time it took to agree to pay cuts to help out other club employees.Argentine superstar Lionel Messi announced on Monday that Barca's players had agreed to ...

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Let them seek publicity, but let them help generously

WHEN the poor people need cash and food support under the shutdown some wealthy people are misusing the occasion to demonstrate their charity otherwise. Some public leaders are using the plight of the poor to make their own fortune. They are giving less of the government given rice to the ...

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Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon handing over essentials for 500 families to its 26 No Ward Councilor Hashibur Rahman Manik at Nagar Bhaban on Thursday.

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Women`s European Championships to be moved back a year to 2020

The Women's European Championships - set to be held in England in 2021 - will be moved to the summer of 2022.The tournament was expected to be shifted after the men's European Championship and the Tokyo Olympics were both postponed until 2021 because of the global coronavirus pandemic.Three European teams ...

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Donations show 'togetherness' against virus, says Rashford

The public response in donating to charity to help feed deprived children after an appeal by Marcus Rashford has impressed the Manchester United forward.The 22-year-old England international teamed up with FareShare, a food distribution charity, after schools in the Manchester area were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Donations as of ...

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Vice-Chairman of Summit Group of Companies Md Farid Khan, handing over a cheque of Tk 3 Crore to the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Kaikaus at the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday to help daily wage earners.

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M. Reazul Karim, Managing Director of Premier Bank Limited, handing over a cheque of Tk. 5 crore to the Prime Minister's relief fund to combat the spreading of Covid-19 to Ahmad Kaikaus, Principal Secretary of Prime Minister at PMO recently. Syed Nowsher Ali, DMD of the bank, was also present.

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Cooler tone in new US Soccer women`s equal pay filings

Women players suing US Soccer say in court documents filed Tuesday that the federation has acknowledged the jobs of men and women footballers require equal skill.The language seemed to signal a decrease in tension between the parties after language in documents filed by federation lawyers earlier in March provoked widespread ...

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Former Marseille president Pape Diouf dies after contracting coronavirus

BBC Online :Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting coronavirus, the club have announced.The Senegalese was president between 2005 and 2009 when Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup finals.They went on to win a first French league title in 18 ...

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Sale of OMS rice to marginal people

THE government is going to launch a special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at Tk 10 per kg in all city corporation areas to ensure food for the urban poor amid the countrywide public holiday for coronavirus. The shutdown is being enforced as part of the efforts to ...