Bangladesh announces public transport lockdown till April 4 to curb COVID-19 outbreak

09:09, March 25, 2020

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  Firefighters conduct comprehensive disinfection at railway stations in Hubei

  Firefighters conduct disinfection on the platform at Yichang East Railway Station in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, March 24, 2020. About 50 firefighters conducted a comprehensive disinfection at the railway station on Tuesday. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua).

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  Tokyo Olympics to be postponed until 2021 but keeps name 'Tokyo 2020'

  A pedestrian walks near a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games countdown display in Shimbashi district of Tokyo, Japan, March 24, 2020. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday that Japan and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games by on

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  Guangxi boosts construction of water facilities to alleviate poverty

  Nearly half of poverty-stricken people in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region live in areas with stony desertification, which causes a severe shortage of drinking water. For the local authorities, making drinking water available to people has become a top priority in the battle against po

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  Scenery along Yarlung Zangbo River after snowfall

  Aerial photo taken on March 24, 2020 shows the scenery along the Yarlung Zangbo River after a snowfall in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi). (Xinhua/Zhan Yan).