The coronavirus pandemic has already taken a severe turn in Bangladesh, with both the daily infection and death cases hitting new high every day. The total number of deaths has already gone past 10,000 and the rate of infection has risen to more than 21 per cent. Thousands of new
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Oxygen leak leaves 22 Covid-19 patients dead in India
Covid-19: 95 more die with infection rate falling to 15.07pc
Bangladesh today registered 95 more Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours until Wednesda that pushed up the total number of fatalities to 10,683. Besides, 4,280 people were found infected with the disease during the period as 28,408 samples were tested, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a handout. With
Uncertainty looms large over vaccination
The future of vaccination program in Bangladesh looks bleak due to broken supplies of the injection vials as the lone supplier Serum Institute of India failed to ship the vaccines in time, officials said. Bangladesh government signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India for procuring some 30 million dosesAstraZeneca,
Covid-19: 91 deaths with 4,559 fresh cases
More scribes dying of Covid-19 in South Asia, PEC urges preparedness
As more journalists are falling preys to Covid-19 in south Asian nations (India and Bangladesh), the Switzerland based media rights and safety body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) urges for preparedness among media persons as they have to continue playing the role of corona warriors after the doctors, nurses, sanitation workers. Expressing
Taming Hefazat is a major issue but so is taming the virus
Reaching PM’s cash aid to target groups key challenge
Many people of Bangladesh have become jobless, thanks to nationwide lockdown imposed to control the spread of the second wave of Covid-19. Against this backdrop, the government has yet again, like last year, declared cash aid for 35 lakh jobless, poor and low-income people hit hardest by the pandemic. Moreover,
Light vehicle workers demand govt support to survive lockdown
Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle workers demanded direct food and financial support from government to survive the all-out lockdown that has been extended until April 28. In a joint statement, the President and Secretary of Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF), Abul Hossain and Md Golam Faruk respectively, said lockdown
Delhi goes into weeklong lockdown
India's capital Delhi announced a week-long lockdown from Monday after recording a spike in cases that overwhelmed the city's healthcare system. Government offices and emergency services, such as hospitals, pharmacies, and groceries will be open during the lockdown. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a news conference, said the national capital was