Folk music legend and Ekushey Padak winning singer Fakir Alamgir lost his battle against Covid-19 and died at the city's United Hospital on Friday night after his condition deteriorated in the evening. The beloved singer breathed his last at 10:56pm in the hospital's ICU, where he was receiving treatment for over
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Corporate houses should come forward to fight Covid-19
Covid 2019 pandemic is continuing causing devastation all over the world. In an unprecedented way, for protection vaccine is also invented and produced within much less than expected time by companies from US, UK, Russia, China, Iran and Cuba, and a queue of more is awaiting approval. These are working
Delta Variant in Children: Chattogram reveals troubling data
Highly contagious delta variant of Coronavirus, identified first in India, has been detected among all recent Covid-19 cases among children of Chattogram.Researchers came up with the conclusion after genome sequencing of 12 samples of children admitted to the Chattogram Maa o Shishu Hospital (Chattogram Mother and Child Care Hospital) and
Fakir Alamgir on life support
Coronavirus infected folk legend Fakir Alamgir's health condition deteriorated and he has been put on a ventilator on Sunday night, his son Mashuque Alamgir Rajeeb informed UNB. The singer has been undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the United Hospital in the capital from the early hours of
Covid-19: 204 more deaths, 8,489 new cases reported
Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 204 more deaths and 8,489 new infections from Covid-19 in last 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the latest figures, the death tally reached 17,669 and caseload climed to 1092,411, according to the daily handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The fresh
Sinophram Vaccines: Govt to procure 15m doses at less price
The government will procure a total of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinopharm International of China at a less price compared to the earlier agreement price in a bid to bolster the government's drive to vaccinate the country's people. The approval came from the 24th meeting of the Cabinet
Praava Health on COVID-19 testing awareness
Praava Health is working to ensure and maintain the highest international standard possible, regarding the accuracy of COVID-19 testing, said a press release. Like any diagnostic test, even at the best labs in the world, there is a chance that someone will have the virus but will test negative (false negative),
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
Priorities to make up for the loss of education
Quader seeks all parties role in fighting COVID-19
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Monday called upon all political parties of the country, including BNP, and other concerned to play a responsible role in protecting the lives of people amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. He came up with the call while speaking at a regular press briefing on