বাংলা

    Malaysia extends movement curbs to April 14 as virus cases surge

    Malaysia's prime minister on Wednesday extended a two-week virtual lockdown to April 14 as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country, which has the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia.

    >>Reuters
    Published : 25 March 2020, 06:01 AM
    Updated : 25 March 2020, 06:11 AM

    Muhyiddin Yassin said the country had 172 new coronavirus cases as of Wednesday noon, taking the total to 1796, with 17 deaths. The original restrictions were until March 31.

    He also said that he will announce a comprehensive people-oriented economic stimulus package on Friday.

    RELATED STORIES
    Landslides kill 14 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island
    Landslides kill 14 in Indonesia
    High-intensity rains affected two villages in the region of Tana Toraja
    A Thai soldier sits in front of the blockage of a road leading to the Thailand-Myanmar border where the fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels still continues in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, Dec 19, 2021. REUTERS
    Thai military step up patrols along Myanmar border
    Myanmar’s anti-junta rebels continue to clash with a weakened military that has suffered a string of defeats in frontier areas
    FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on Feb 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Mar 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
    Myanmar regime 'losing strength': Thai PM
    It is a good time to open talks as the military junta is weakening in the wake of an insurgency on multiple fronts, Thavisin said
    Kungwal Buddhivanid, 62, arrives before the hearing of his petition to revive the case of the death of King Ananda Mahidol or Rama VIII, at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2024.
    Thai author seeks to reopen probe into 1946 death of King Ananda
    King Ananda, also known as Rama VIII, reigned from 1935 to 1946, and was the uncle of the present Thai monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn

    Opinion

    Oil funds turn bullish as Mideast conflict intensifies
    John Kemp
    Western armed forces face recruitment crisis
    Peter Apps
    US manufacturers emerge from slump
    John Kemp
    Echoes of silence: unveiling the Bangladesh genocide
    Tawheed Reza Noor