coronavirus
Taking coronavirus home
The government’s decision to allow people to travel to their village homes to celebrate Eid is a “suicidal move” amid the coronavirus outbreak, which will help the virus spread to all corners of the country, experts fear.
Coronavirus: 3,574 policemen infected
As coronavirus situation has been worsening in the country the number infected policemen rose to 3,574 as of Saturday.
Any inconsistency in electricity bills to be adjusted with next month’s bill: Power Division
If there is any inconsistency in electricity bills, it will be adjusted with the next month’s bills, said the Power Division in a clarification on Saturday against the backdrop of media report that consumers are receiving overstated power bills.
In the clarification, the Power Division said that estimated electricity bills are being served to the consumers due to Covid-19 situation as power utility employees are not being able to visit the consumers’ meters for health safety concerns.
It said there have been some confusions among many power consumers in different areas about their electricity bills in the backdrop of the coronavirus situation.
Power Division said that for the sake of preventing coronavirus, bills of many consumers are not being possible to prepare through visiting their meters at the house premises.
Instead, bills are being prepared considering either the previous month’s bills or the bills of corresponding months of the last year as there is lockdown in many areas and also for obligations of maintaining social distance and health safety by the electricity workers, it said.
“If there is any inconsistency in the bills compared to the consumed electricity, it will be adjusted with the next month’s bills. The consumers would not need to pay any extra bills than they have consumed”, said the Power Division in the clarification.
Considering the health safety of consumers to prevent coronavirus, the government has already waived the surcharge of for delayed payment of bills of February, March and April and these bills could be paid until June 30 without any extra charge.
The Power Division requested the consumers to contact the offices concerned about any complaint against their bills.
It also requested to pay bills through bKash, mobile phone and bill booths side by side the payment system of banks.
Coronavirus: 1,020 Armed Forces members in service, retired infected
A total of 1,364 members of Armed Forces both in-service and retired, their families, and civilians and others, who are employed in various organisations under the Armed Forces, have been infected with COVID-19 till Saturday.
154 more Thai citizens leave Dhaka for Bangkok
Some 154 more Thai nationals left Bangladesh for Bangkok on Saturday by a special flight.
Bangladesh's coronavirus cases jump to 32,078
The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.
The national death tally went up to 452 with another 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at the daily health bulletin.
Remittance: UK, Switzerland call for countries to work together
The United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland have called for countries to work together to make sure people can continue sending money to relatives in other countries during coronavirus outbreak.
Shomeshwar Oli writes ‘Baba’ for Imran Mahmudul
Popular lyricist-singer duo- Shomeshwar Oli and Imran Mahmudul- are coming up with a new song titled ‘Baba’ this Eid, at a time when the music industry is suffering due to coronavirus pandemic.
Cop dies from coronavirus, 39 new cases in 5 districts
A policeman died from coronavirus in Rajshahi and 39 new cases were reported from five districts in the last 24 hours till Friday night.
COVID-19: Bangladesh also exploring plasma therapy as a ray of hope
As the world grapples with a rising number of coronavirus cases and deaths with a vaccine still far off, researchers are now betting on Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) for saving lives of COVID-19 patients.