Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Monday, April 20, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following latest developments on coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following Turkey’s worldwide operations to bring back its citizens stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic.

ANKARA - Following latest cease-fire agreement for Idlib, northwestern Syria, along Turkey's southern border, reached by Turkey, Russia.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Monitoring political developments after intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi tasked with forming government.

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump to speak at White House’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing.

ISRAEL

JERUSALEM - Monitoring developments regarding coalition crisis in Israel.

LIBYA / RUSSIA / TURKEY

TRIPOLI / MOSCOW / ANKARA - Monitoring conflict between forces of Libya's internationally-recognized government and renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, diplomatic initiatives to resolve the crisis.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release International Investment Position data for February.

ANKARA - Turkish Patent and Trademark Office to reveal patent, trademark and design statistics for first quarter.

ANKARA - Treasury and Finance Ministry to announce Central Government Debt Statistics for March.

LUXEMBOURG - European statistical department Eurostat to share International Trade figures for February.

SPECIAL REPORT

Bangladesh’s poor struggle to survive amid COVID-19

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Hundreds of thousands of low-income workers have been staging protests in Bangladesh’s capital and elsewhere demanding food and unpaid wages amid a nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.

SPECIAL REPORT

Coronavirus strikes farmers, fishermen in Kenya

By Andrew Wasike

NAIROBI (AA) - The Kenyan economy is in a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting everyone regardless of their age, ethnicity, social status or profession.

SPECIAL REPORT

Police in Bangladesh at great risk from pandemic

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Police officers in Bangladesh remain vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus while working in the field to ensure people’s safety amid a lack of adequate safety equipment.

SPECIAL REPORT

Drop in COVID-19 cases in Iran no excuse to lower guard

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

TEHRAN, Iran (AA) - On April 14, the single-day death toll in Iran from the novel coronavirus dropped to double-digit figures for the first time in a month, giving the nation’s overburdened health workers a great psychological boost.

SPECIAL REPORT

Too slow too late: UK gov't reaction to coronavirus under scrutiny

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) - As the U.K. death toll to novel coronavirus is fast approaching to 20,000, the number of those who would like to pose detailed questions on Tory government’s approach to the outbreak in the country is also swelling.