Mobile courts in Moulvibazar fined 186 people Tk 1,43,750 for opening shopping malls, running public transport and CNG-run-auto-rickshaw defying restrictions.

Covid-19 vaccine Moderna was given emergency use authorisation in Bangladesh.

Turkey issued ban on travel and flights from six countries including Bangladesh and India due to the coronavirus variants.

One hundred and twelve people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The United States began shipping 2.5 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine to Bangladesh on Tuesday, a White House official told AFP, as the South Asian country confronted a wave of new infections.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused $17 billion damage to the country's economy since March last year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government will procure Covid-19 vaccines at whatever cost, and the vaccines will be administered widely from next month.

Twelve people died while being treated at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8am today.

Twenty-five people died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that restrictions imposed in the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease have been extended till July 15.

A third shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine produces a strong immune response, researchers said on Monday, adding there was not yet evidence that such shots were needed, especially given shortages in some countries.

One hundred and four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

India has so far reported 3,129 deaths from mucormycosis (black fungus) infections, the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

Strict restrictions on movement will be enforced for seven days across the country from July 1, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam said today.

Eleven people died of Covid-19 at two hospitals in Khulna in the last 24 hours till 8am today.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is skeptical if procuring vaccines would be smooth at all, saying that bilateral cooperation is not the only deciding factor, but there are issues of global politics affecting vaccine supply.

Around 93 percent of those who received both doses of Covishield vaccine have developed antibodies against Covid-19, according to a latest survey.

Fourteen people died of Covid-19 and three died with symptoms at three hospitals in Khulna in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today.

Ten people -- seven male and three female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till this morning.

Five patients of Covid-19 have died in Kushtia in 24 hours till this morning.