Covid-19: 3 more deaths, 229 new cases reported

Health authorities In Bangladesh have registered 3 more deaths and 229 infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Tuesday morning. With the latest additions, the death toll reached 27,873 and the case tally climbed to 1569,982 in the country. The current positivity rate stands at 1.14 percent as

Covid-19: 51 more deaths, 1,901 new cases reported

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Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 51 more deaths and 1,901 cases from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Wednesday morning. With the latest figures, the country’s total Covid-19 death toll reached 27,058 while the number of total case count reached 1536,341 so far, according to the daily

PM reiterates call to follow health guidelines

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to the countrymen particularly the lawmakers to follow the health guidelines properly as she joined a discussion on an obituary motion at parliament. "It is truly a matter of shock that we have lost so many lawmakers of the

Covid-19: 48 more deaths, 1,327 new cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 48 more deaths and 1,327 new infections from Covid-19 in last 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the latest figures, the country’s total Covid-19 death toll reached 26,880 while the number of total caseload reached 1528,542 so far, according to the daily handout issued by

Decision on vaccinating school students soon

A decision will be taken soon whether school students will be vaccinated against Covid-19, said Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). "The decision is likely to be taken tomorrow (Thursday) at a high-profile meeting of government officials," he told reporters

All will get Covid vaccine shots: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said she has instructed the authorities concerned to inoculate the people massively with Covid-19 vaccines to ensure protection of all. “We have started purchasing vaccines. Inoculation has already started. We have to ensure massive vaccination so that all the people of our country are protected (from

COVID-19 Vaccine: Procurement and Production Need To Go On Simultaneously

Bangladesh should closely work with countries like China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, India, United Kingdom and United States of America in procuring and producing COVID-19 vaccine to combat the present pandemic and help bring back to normal life. Japan has been the biggest development partner of Bangladesh since independence. South Korea

Can conventional electoral politics survive Corona?

Indian PM Modi sacked 12 ministers including the health, the information and the information technology minister in what seemed a tough way to divert blame from himself for the Covid mess. 43 new faces are in but portfolio and minister changing isn’t really the best way to handle a worsening

Covid-19: 201 more deaths, 11,162 new cases reported

Health authorities in Bangladesh have recorded 201 deaths and 11,162 new infections from Covid-19 in last 24 hours to Wednesday morning. With the latest figures, the death toll in country from the disease has now reached 15,593, and total infected cases climbed to 9,77,568, according to a handout released by the

Covid in villages a seriously troubling news

It was thought for a while that Covid-19 was largely an exclusive urban disease.  There was this myth that it spared the poor, the villagers and the pious. Social media is full of such declarations and people go on air explaining the strange and “noble” discrimination of this virus. The first