COVID-19 study deals blow to conspiracy theorists

bdmetronews Desk ॥ A new study on the origins of COVID-19 has concluded that the pandemic-causing strain developed naturally, and not in a laboratory. onspiracy theories claiming COVID-19 was engineered… Read more

Bill Gates counters Trump on coronavirus response

bdmetronews Desk ॥ President Donald Trump recently argued that restrictions should be loosened by Easter Sunday, April 12, with healthy people returning to work while people who are sick remain… Read more

N. Korea: Our praise for Trump goes only so far

bdmetronews Desk ॥ President Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to develop ties, but Kim’s powerful sister warned their good personal relationship won’t restart… Read more

Why did coronavirus hit hard in Italy and Spain?

bdmetronews Desk ॥ When Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain, a country now in lockdown with over 17,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, took the dais in Parliament in Madrid on Wednesday… Read more

Reasons social distancing advice is being ignored

bdmetronews Desk ॥ Government officials and public health experts have made dire warnings about the risk the coronavirus poses, but many people have chosen to ignore safety advisories. What’s happening… Read more

Saudi women’s driving activist on trial almost 2 years (video)

bdmetronews Desk ॥ The trial of a prominent human rights activist who campaigned for women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia held its first open-court session Wednesday, nearly two… Read more

Poachers kill world’s last female white giraffe

bdmetronews Desk ॥ Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major blow for the rare animals found nowhere else… Read more

Coronavirus generally ’causes symptoms within five days’

bdmetronews Desk ॥ The coronavirus tends to take five days to cause symptoms, research suggests. Scientists from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, looked at 181 people who tested positive… Read more

Trump defiant as U.S. coronavirus cases top 500

bdmetronews Desk ॥ The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases soared past 500 Sunday, including two further deaths, as President Donald Trump defended his administration’s “perfectly coordinated” response to the… Read more

Mortaza to step down as Bangladesh ODI captain

bdmetronews Desk ॥ Mashrafe Mortaza will step down as Bangladesh ODI captain after the final match of the series against Zimbabwe on Friday. The 36-year-old paceman first led the Tigers… Read more