Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the ongoing lockdown will remain in force until April 13 (Tuesday) in order to curb the spread of Coronavirus. ''The first phase of the 7-day lockdown, which was enforced on April 5, has been extended by two more days,'' Quader
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Daily Covid-19 death count hit record high
Shops, shopping malls to reopen Friday for 5 days
The government has allowed reopening of shops and shopping malls for five days from Friday (April 9-13) subject to maintaining health guidelines. The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Thursday. As per the circular, owners will be allowed to keep their shops and shopping malls open from 9 am
PM for balancing livelihoods and public health
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said livelihood activities need to be continued maintaining health hygiene amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The lives and livelihoods of people should go on. We can’t make people suffer. But it’s absolutely essential to follow health rules,” she said while addressing the concluding ceremony of the
Indian PM gets second dose of Covid vaccine
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi on Thursday morning. Modi took the first shot of the 'Made in India' Covaxin vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech on March 1. Allaying concerns about the safety of
Global covid cases near 133 million
Around 132,944,526 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed around the world, according to the data of the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University. Moreover, death toll from the virus reached 2,886,103 as of Thursday morning. On the other hand, around 75,582,826 people have recovered from the nover coronavirus so
South African variant found in Bangladesh
The South African variant has accounted for 81% of the positive cases in Dhaka since the third week of March 2021. A research study conducted by the icddr,b has revealed this information. The research team at icddr,b analysed genomic sequence data of 57 samples of the SATS COV-2 virus in Covid-19 positive patients
Bangladesh records highest count of daily Covid cases
Bangladesh registered the highest number of daily infections with 7,626 new cases and 63 more deaths during the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning amid the deteriorating coronavirus situation. With today’s figure, over 7,000 new Coronavirus cases were recorded for the fourth consecutive day, according to a handout issued by the
Night curfew in Indian capital till April 30
Highest 66 deaths from Covid-19 in daily count
Bangladesh registers highest 66 deaths due to Coronavirus in daily count and 7,213 infections, taking a total of 6, 51,652 so far. The death toll jumped to 9,384 with 66 new fatalities, said the government in routine bulletin on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 2,969 people have recovered from Covid-19 through treatment at home and