Not a single rupee will be lost to Chinese firms who provided faulty COVID-19 test kits to India as the orders have been cancelled and the payments not made, the government said on Monday amid a controversy over the issue. Coronavirus test kits made by two Chinese companies Guangzhou

Spain let children go outside and play Sunday for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically worked to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies, while in the United States, governors moved at differing speeds, some more aggressive, others more cautious.

Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King Salman, comes two days after the country said it would ban flogging. The UN

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days - one on Sunday - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was "currently" eliminated. But officials have warned against

The global death toll in the novel coronavirus pandemic soared past the grim 200,000 milestone on Sunday, as the World Health Organization warned against “immunity passports” for recovered patients, seen as a possible tool for countries preparing to re-open their economies. The WHO

India has reported 26,496 cases and 825 deaths from coronavirus till Sunday (April 26). Of the cases, 19,732 are active, while 5,939 are recovered patients, according to latest data from worldometer.   Maharashtra continues to be the worst-affected state, followed by Gujarat. During

Three US states have allowed some shops to reopen after measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as the country's death toll passed 51,000. Salons and spas could reopen in Georgia and Oklahoma while Alaska lifted restrictions on restaurants. On Friday, President

China has rejected calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. A top diplomat in the UK, Chen Wen told the BBC the demands were politically motivated and would divert China's attention from fighting the pandemic. Information about the

The number of COVID-19 patients in serious condition in Wuhan, the central China city once hardest hit by the epidemic, has dropped to zero, a health official said Friday. The last patient in serious condition in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, was cured Friday, reducing the number

DHAKA: Around 7,000 more people died from Covid-19 (coronavirus) disease in the last 24 hours, raising the global death toll to 1,91,422 till Friday afternoon (Bangladesh Time). Besides, a total of, 27,36,173 people have been infected and 7,51,799 have recovered worldwide from the

The United States recorded 1,738 deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a lower toll than the day before, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. The new deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the US to 46,583 since the outbreak began

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the approval of some green cards. The measure, which contains a number of exemptions, is to last for 60 days and then could be extended, he said. Mr Trump says the order is designed to protect American

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time. The satellite, named Nur ("Light"), reached an orbit of 425km (264 miles) after being carried by a three-stage Qased launcher, a statement said.

The US state of Missouri on Tuesday (Apr 21) sued China's leadership over COVID-19, seeking damages over what it described as deliberate deception and insufficient action to stop the pandemic. The first-of-a-kind state lawsuit comes amid calls in Congress to punish China and a

India has confirmed 592 total deaths and 18,601 cases till Tuesday. A total of 3,273 people have recovered from the disease, according to the worldometer. A total of 31 people have died while 945 confirmed cases have been reported since last evening. Globally, there are over 2.4

President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited "the attack from the invisible enemy", as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not

Reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill after heart surgery are not true, officials in South Korea have said. Headlines that Kim Jong-un was "gravely ill", "brain-dead" or "recovering from an operation" were always going to be impossible to verify. But the

Specially trained medical detection dogs could be the solution to the crisis in the lack of testing that many countries are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. The dogs are capable of sniff testing 750 people an hour, according to the head of a non-profit which trains medical dogs.

A gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. The 12-hour rampage ended in a car chase. The attacker is also dead. Residents in the rural town of Portapique had been advised to

The global death toll from coronavirus (Covid-19) has climbed to 147,360 till Friday afternoon (Bangladesh Time). A total of  21,92,459 people have been infected and 554,214 people have recovered worldwide from the disease, worldometer reported. A total of 210 countries and