Pahela Boishakh is being celebrated on a limited scale for the second year in a row across Bangladesh due to the lockdown enforced by the government to curb the rising spread of Covid-19. Television channels aired a special program on Wednesday morning as people stayed indoors on the first day of
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Covid-19: Highest single-day deaths recorded
Bangladesh has reported its all-time highest single-day coronavirus fatalities on Sunday, surpassing Saturday’s figure. The health authorities confirmed 78 deaths during the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. A day earlier, the country recorded 77 fatalities, the highest since the outbreak of the disease first reported in March last year. Fatalities from Covid-19
PM for balancing livelihoods and public health
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said livelihood activities need to be continued maintaining health hygiene amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The lives and livelihoods of people should go on. We can’t make people suffer. But it’s absolutely essential to follow health rules,” she said while addressing the concluding ceremony of the
Tk 10,000cr fund for minnows to fight back pandemic
The government has planned to create a Tk 10,000 crore fund for micro, small, and cottage industries and microfinance institutions to power them to fight back the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has taken an initiative earlier this year to provide low-interest loans to small traders affected by the pandemic. It is likely
Highest 66 deaths from Covid-19 in daily count
Bangladesh registers highest 66 deaths due to Coronavirus in daily count and 7,213 infections, taking a total of 6, 51,652 so far. The death toll jumped to 9,384 with 66 new fatalities, said the government in routine bulletin on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 2,969 people have recovered from Covid-19 through treatment at home and
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
Bangladesh no longer needs to import 4G handsets: Mustafa Jabbar
With as many as 14 electronics makers now producing smartphones in this country, Bangladesh no longer needs to import 4G handsets from abroad. Minister of Post and Telecommunication Mustafa Jabbar said this at the 'GSMA Roundtable on Bangladesh Achieving Mobile-Enabled Digital Inclusion', a virtual global event, that took place on Tuesday. "As
Covid death toll near 9,000 mark; Cases rise steeply
Bangladesh today saw a steep rise in Covid-19 daily infection rate as the country recorded 18.94% infection as 5,042 people tested positive for Covid-19 in 24 hours. The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 605,937. Bangladesh confirmed 45 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours
Share Covid jabs out of self-interest: WHO
The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming “more grotesque every day”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “In January, I said that the world was on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure unless
Covid-19: 30 more die, 2,809 infected in Bangladesh
Bangladesh witnessed a big jump in the number of Covid-19 deaths and infections as health authorities recorded 30 more deaths and 2,809 new cases in the last 24 hours until Monday morning. With the new cases, Bangladesh saw the worst daily increase since January this year. The infection rate jumped to