COVID-19
Dengue cases spike in November
Bangladesh is seeing a gradual rise in mosquito-borne dengue cases in November as the country continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic.
2nd coronavirus vaccine shows striking success in US tests
A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase.
bKash gives ventilators to Police Hospital for COVID treatment
Country's largest mobile financial service provider bKash has donated six ventilators to the Central Police Hospital (CPH) to improve the COVID-19 treatment.
Covid surge: Mobile courts to ensure mask use soon
The government has asked the administration to strengthen the mobile court operation and enforce laws to ensure the use of masks, also in the capital, to check the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh records 2,139 new cases, 21 deaths from Covid-19
Bangladesh reported 2,139 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours until Monday, raising the caseload to 434,472.
Boris Johnson self-quarantining after contracting Covid-19 infected MP
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is quarantining himself after coming into contact with an MP, who had tested positive for COVID-19, a Downing Street spokesman said in a statement Sunday.
Global Covid-19 cases top 54 million
Over 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world while the global death toll surged to 1,316,502 on Monday.
National football coach Jamie Day tests Covid-19 positive
Bangladesh football team head coach Jamie Day has tested Covid-19 positive.
World Food Programme warns 2021 will be worse than 2020
The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year, and without billions of dollars “we are going to have famines of biblical proportions in 2021.”
Passengers returning from abroad must carry Covid-19 negative certificates: Minister
Passengers returning home from foreign countries must show Covid-19 negative certificates at the airport, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday.