Bangladesh's daily infection rate fell slightly to 10.04 percent on Friday morning from 10.45 percent a day earlier. The health authorities registered 18 more coronavirus-related deaths and 1,899 new cases in the last 24 hours until morning. The latest figures have pushed the number of total Covid-19 fatalities to 8,642 and the
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Corona infected Rizvi hospitalized
Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been admitted to a hospital in the capital after he was tested positive for the Covid-19. Confirming the news, BNP's health secretary and Rizvi’s personal physician Rafiqul Islam said that he was admitted to the city's Square Hospital on
Sweden latest country to stop using AstraZeneca vaccine
Sweden on Tuesday became the latest European country to pause use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine amid reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients. The company and international regulators continue to say the vaccine is safe, however, and many countries elsewhere in the world are forging ahead with their vaccination
China offers Bangladesh 100k doses of Covid vaccine
China on Monday offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming made this offer when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence Ganobhaban in the morning. “The Chinese ambassador offered to provide 100,000 doses of the
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Zonta Club awards 4 women for contribution to society during pandemic
With the motto 'Choose to challenge', Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka awarded four women on Saturday celebrating the occasion of Zonta Rose Day & International Women’s Day, through a ceremony in the capital’s Basundhara residential area. Director Communications and Business Development of United Hospital Ltd Dr. Shagufa Anwar, Founder of Sunshine
Daily Covid-19 cases keep crossing 1,000-mark
Bangladesh's daily Covid-19 cases continued to pass the 1,000-mark for the last four days with the country reporting 1,014 new cases in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. Twelve more Covid-19-related deaths were reported during the period, putting the mortality rate at 1.53%, according to the Directorate General of Health
Covid cases keep rising in Bangladesh; 6 more die
Bangladesh is seeing a continuous rise in the number of daily Covid-19 infection cases as it recorded 1,051 fresh ones in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning. Six more coronavirus-related deaths were reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Though the daily infection rate fell
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Global Covid cases near 118 million
The world is fast approaching the grim milestone of 118 million Covid-19 cases, despite high rates of vaccination. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the global caseload reached 117,980,987 while the death toll climbed to 2,618,490 on Thursday. People in the US are getting vaccinated and the number of those is increasing