India has reported a record daily surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases.

Forty-five people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

An Italian fashion company, Teddy Group, commits to support Bangladesh during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that Bangladesh is a trusted partner.

A total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis -- including four doctors -- have so far died of coronavirus or with symptoms of the virus in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic, says Golam Moshi, Bangladesh ambassador to Riyad.

Veteran journalist and cultural organiser Kamal Lohani tests positive for coronavirus.

Md Habibur Rahman Khan, chief of the media cell at the health ministry has been transferred to the agriculture ministry.

The government will establish a 1,900-bed hospital in Ukhiya for the Rohingyas as well as the locals, said Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder today.

Dr Abdul Kader, senior consultant of the Orthopedics Department of Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital in Khulna, was flown to Dhaka for better treatment for Covid-19 infection.

Nearly 80 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, marking a near-doubling of global displacement in a decade, the UN said Thursday.

To probe into the graft allegations over N95 mask, PPE and safety gear procurement at Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) forms an inquiry committee.

The Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh will not go away in two or three months, rather it is likely to stay for two to three years, Prof Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says.

Three thousand eight hundred and three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The latest figures take the total number of infections in the country to 1,02,292 -- crossing a grave milestone.

Another doctor died with Covid-19 infection at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar last night.

There is no point in repeating how Covid-19 has been wreaking havoc around the world over the last couple of months. Some say Covid-19 didn’t break the system—it only revealed what was already broken. This is a perspective that merits some thought.

International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday started a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine Ivermectin, the organisation stated in a press release.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a meeting yesterday discussed the Covid-19 situation in the country and issued directives to contain the pandemic.

India’s official coronavirus death toll leapt by more than 2,000 yesterday as China closed schools in Beijing and restricted air travel from the capital to prevent a second wave of infections.

Three more doctors died of Covid-19 in different districts yesterday, taking the toll to 44, according to Bangladesh Medical Association.

The authorities may extend the academic calendar for primary and secondary students till February next year to overcome academic losses caused by school closure over Covid-19.

A record 4,008 cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the country yesterday.