Tag: Covid-19

Covid death toll crosses 12,000 mark in Bangladesh

- Times Report -
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The country's Covid-19 death toll crossed the 12,000-mark with 33 more deaths being reported in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am Tuesday. With these latest figures, the lowest since 46 days, the total death count stands at 12,005, according to the data released by the Directorate General of Health Services

Why people don’t listen to governments

- Afsan Chowdhury -

It’s not that South Asian governments don’t speak out on taking precautions against Covid-19 infections but just that people ignore them. It’s not that there is any lack of sincerity but a lack of will perhaps that makes even the most noble sentiment expressed sounds less than what it should.

5 lakh doses of Sinopharm vaccine to arrive on May 12

- Times Report -

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday announced that 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh on May 12 as a special gift from China. "It's the latest outcome of China-Bangladesh anti-pandemic cooperation which again shows that our two peoples are in the same boat and

Covid-19 claims 38 more lives, infects 1,514 people

- Times Report -

Bangladesh reported 38 more coronavirus related death in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of death count to 11,972.  According to the data provided by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the fatality rate was 1.54% during this period. Meanwhile, 1,514 more people were infected with the deadly virus

Callousness may lead to a catastrophe

- Kamal Ahmed -

It seems that we as a nation are very callous towards our health safety, given the waves of a several thousand people from Dhaka and some other northern districts bound for home districts in the south-western region hitting the Paturia and Shimulia Ferry terminals to cross the Padma River. At

Khaleda Zia tests negative for Covid-19

- Times Report -

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has finally tested negative for Covid-19, 27 days after she was found infected with the deadly virus. ''Madam underwent a Covid test on Saturday and her report came out negative,'' the BNP chief's medical board member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said on Sunday. Though her overall condition marked

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 56 deaths, 1,386 new cases

- Times Report -

Bangladesh reported another 56 more Coronavirus-related deaths and 1,386 new cases in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in a hand note, said the new fatalities took the country’s death toll to 11,934 as the mortality rate remained static at 1.54 percent. Besides, the

Plea to take Khaleda Zia abroad turned down

- Times Report -

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that the government has turned down the application of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's family seeking permission to take her abroad for better treatment. ''The Law Ministry informed us that Khaleda Zia can’t go abroad unless her sentences are commuted. There is no judicial

Bangladesh needs a plan which India didn’t have

- Afsan Chowdhury -

India’s suffering is both visible and alarming. What corona has done to India is show that military might and space enterprises etc  are not enough when it comes to a health sector crisis.  Even the fact that the world does need India for a number of reasons and have helped,

Mad rush of homebound people at Paturia terminal

- Times Report -

Ferry terminal in ferry terminal Paturia saw a mad rush of homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr despite the so-called decision of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) suspending daytime ferry services. The corporation took the decision on late Friday night to suspend daytime ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia ferry ghat and Shimulia-Banglabazar