coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees lowest daily death since June 1, 3,288 new cases
Health authorities on Saturday reported the death of 29 more people due to deadly COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, which is the lowest number of death in a day that the country registered since June 1.
Covid-19: Wari goes under 21-day lockdown
Wari under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) was put under strict lockdown for 21 days from Saturday morning as the area was identified as a ‘Red Zone’ due to high Covid-19 infection rate.
Covid-19: Wari goes under 21-day lockdown from Saturday
Wari under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is all set to be put under strict lockdown for 21 days from Saturday morning as the area was identified as a ‘Red Zone’ due to high Covid-19 infection rate.
Green jobs, closing gender gaps in jobs, digital transformation key issues for future work: UN
Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General has said that four key issues frame the agenda for future of work -- digital transformation, green jobs, reliance of adaptive techniques, and closing the gender gap in jobs.
Coronavirus: 11,302 policemen infected
A total of 11,302 members of Bangladesh Police were infected with Covid-19 across the country until Friday morning.
MoFA discusses ways to overcome COVID-19 challenges
Current and former diplomats have suggested short term and long term plans to effectively overcome challenges in the current and post-COVID-19 era.
40 judges infected with Covid-19
A total of 40 judges, 136 staff of subordinate courts and 45 officials of the Supreme Court were infected with coronavirus while working for the virtual court as of Friday.
Seventeen judges have recovered till Friday, said Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
He also informed that Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Ferdous Ahmed died of Covid-19 on June 24.
One judge has been undergoing treatment at a hospital while 21 are taking treatment from home.
Bangladesh Supreme Court urged the concerned district judges to take necessary steps for providing treatment to the judges and the court officials, he said.
However, a five-member committee has been formed with Supreme Court Registrar as its head to keep constant communication over the infections of Supreme Court judges and officials.
Coronavirus: Death toll nears 2,000 in Bangladesh, 3,114 new cases
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 1,56, 391 on Friday as the health authorities detected 3114 new cases in a span of 24 hours.
Covid-19 global death toll now 520,634
With the sharp rise in infections in many countries, the global coronavirus cases have soared to 10,836,500 on Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Besides, the virus has so far claimed the lives of 520,634 people globally, shows the JHU data.
According to the data, Brazil is the second most infected country after the US with 1,496, 858 coronavirus cases and 61,884 deaths as of Friday morning.
Meanwhile, India has occupied the fourth position after Russia with 604,641 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 17,834 deaths.
Russia counted the third highest Covid-19 cases- 660,231, after the US and Brazil till date.
Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit one with the highest recorded deaths of 128,684 patients and about 2,735,554 confirmed cases.
Declare Covid-19 Vaccine as Global Common Good
Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus urged the global population to sign the pledge, 111 world eminent personalities made earlier, to declare the Covid-19 vaccine as ‘Global Common Good’.