Bangladesh reported 78 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8 am Tuesday, taking the total death count to 11,228 in the country. This is the lowest death toll after 13 April when the country reported 69 daily fatalities from the dreaded virus. The country also saw a declining
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India bans all electoral victory rallies
India's Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday banned all electoral victory rallies in the country. The move comes a day after a higher court held the constitutional body responsible for the ferocious second wave of Covid-19 and threatened to book top poll officials for murdering innocent citizens. The results for assembly elections in
Covid-19: Bangladesh logs new record of single-day deaths
Bangladesh continues to see an alarming increase in coronavirus fatalities, breaking its all-time single-day death count for the third time in as many days on Monday. Fatalities from Covid-19 rose to 9,822 as The health authorities confirmed 83 deaths in the afternoon, surpassing Sunday’s figure of 78. The mortality rate remained static
Ekushey Book Fair ends on April 12
Amar Ekushey Boil Mela will conclude on April 12 due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid on Saturday made the announcement through a press release. The decision of closure comes as the government is going to enforce a week-long strict lockdown across the
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
No outdoor Baishakhi celebrations this year
Lockdown in Bangladesh enters day 2 amid public apathy
The weeklong lockdown in Bangladesh entered the second day on Tuesday with a growing public apathy to it as a large number of private vehicles, rickshaws and auto-rickshaws started plying the city streets and people moving freely ignoring the risks of Covid-19 transmission. However, public transports went off the roads
Avoid public gatherings, wear masks to fight Covid: PM
Seeking cooperation from all to check the rapid transmission of coronavirus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged people to avoid public gatherings, unnecessary outside stay and wear face masks everywhere. “This time the virus is spreading very rapidly. This resurgence is not only seen in our country but also throughout
Covid-19 surge lays bare another crisis: Scant ICU beds and specialists
The hospitals in Bangladesh are filling up as the country keeps recording a rising number of new coronavirus cases but the battle for survival is somewhat uncertain for the more serious patients who require intensive care. The hospitals dedicated for treating coronavirus patients in Dhaka have 108 ICU beds but only
New variant may be behind Covid surge in Bangladesh: Experts
Amid a sudden upsurge in coronavirus cases, health experts fear that a highly transmissible variant of the deadly virus might have appeared in Bangladesh through mutations. They think a comprehensive study and genome squeezing is necessary to examine whether the mutations have led to the new variant contributing to the upsurge