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American author, philanthropist and already a billionaire Mackenzie Scott (50) is now the world’s richest woman with net wealth of $68 billion, says the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Mackenzie, ex-wife of E-commerce giant Amazon’s…

China’s autonomous region Hong Kong will resume face-to-face class in schools from later September. The resumption will be in phases as classes for grades 1, 5 and 6 will re-start from 23 of the month. The same for other levels will take…

All schools in China, the most possible origin of the novel coronavirus, re-opened their doors to students on August 31, reports AP citing local authorities. The communist nation has taken the decision following gradually steady…

Several entities in Bangladesh have recently opened new job windows for qualified individuals amid the pandemic out of the novel coronavirus. All recruitments are supposed to be filled up quickly. Below are the organizations seeking to…

Usain Bolt, the world record holder Jamaican sprinter in 100m & 200m and multiple Olympic gold medalist, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms ON August 24 confirmed his positive test to media,…

Almost 2,000 schools in South Korea have suspended in-person classes following the latest spike in the cases of novel coronavirus. The country’s Ministry of Education made the announcement on August 24. The country recorded at least 266…

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (59) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in a critical condition. Tymoshenko’s press secretary Marina Soroka said in a Facebook post on August 23. The post states that…

Fortunately, there are still 12 countries or territories where no coronavirus cases are reported yet, though the virus has already spread to over 185 countries, infecting over 51.3 million people and killing more than 1.2 million as of…

Economic Zones are vital to attracting investment, creating employment and driving economy of any country. With that in mind, Bangladesh is going for establishing more of such zones for the sake of boosting its economic landscape. In…

United Nations Development Programme in Bangladesh announces Vacancy for several positions under Special Contract Modality. The positions to be recruited are for a climate change project. The deadline to post application is September 2.…

The line of fatalities from the covid-19 is getting longer as the total toll from the disease has already crossed 800k globally. According to an AFP tally, there are now 801,447 fatalities in total out of 23,003,079 declared infections.…

Russia has now begun production of its own coronavirus vaccine `Sputnik V’ on August 15. The state news agency TASS reported quoting the country’s health ministry the same day, reports CNN. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on…

Russia has claimed that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The vaccine is developed by Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute and named as Sputnik-V, a reference to the 1957 launch of the world's first…

HBH Nursing Institute, a proposed model nursing institute to be built in Dhaka city, has issued vacancy notice for a good number of positions. The personnel will be recruited provisionally at the initial stage. The positions to be filled…

The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has very well crossed 21 million mark globally as the total number of cases across the world now is at least 21.8 million as of August 18, according to data from worldometer. Across…

Schools in the United Kingdom must be reopening full-time in September, says the country’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on August 10, adding that it’s the moral duty to reopen for children’s wellbeing. Schools in England were shut in…

Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (84) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Pranab himself confirmed this in a post on his Twitter account on August 10. In the post, Pranab wrote, ‘on a visit to the hospital for a…

Children in Gaza Strip returned to schools on August 8 after five months of shutdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, reports Reuters. But authorities have also expressed caution that they are ready to close schools again if…

The US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July amid the covid-19 pandemic, ignoring economists’ forecasts of 1.5 million new jobs in a survey by Bloomberg. With new employment figures, the unemployment rate in the country now decreases…

The official unemployment rate in Brazil, the second worst affected country by the novel coronavirus in the world, now stands at 13.3% in the last quarter ended in June. The rate of joblessness of 13.3% means there are now 12.8 million…