A total of 751 Bangladeshi workers returned home from Dubai by two special flights today.

As coronavirus cases and fatalities continue to rise in Bangladesh, the government has taken all necessary preparations to bring hotspots (red zone) under lockdown and will declare closure in those areas to prevent entry and exit.

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

India surpasses the three lakh-mark of coronavirus positive cases with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, according to the country’s health ministry.

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An increasing number of experienced doctors at the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 are falling victim to the virus, creating vacuum in the healthcare system that is already strained by the pandemic.

The Covid-19 situation is gradually going from bad to worse with the death toll and number of new patients rising every day.

India reported a record daily increase of novel coronavirus cases yesterday and became the world’s fourth worst-hit country, raising the prospect of the return of a lockdown just days after it was lifted.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and his wife Laila Arjuman Banu tested positive for Covid-19 today, according to a press release issued by the ministry.

Dr AKM Fazlul Haq, a professor of Ophthalmology at ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College, died after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban district Md Daudul Islam has tested positive for Covid-19.

India’s Supreme Court has described the state of affairs at the hospitals in Delhi as “horrendous” regarding treatment of patients and handling of bodies of those dying of Covid-19.

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

India records more than 10,000 new cases in a 24-hour span for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak.

Two more doctors, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, dies today.

Bangladesh persistently remained on the 10th position on the global ranking of the worst coronavirus-hit countries for five consecutive days from June 6 due to its high number of new cases.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court asking that the government be asked to immediately lockdown the entire Dhaka city.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed to allocate Tk 29,247 crore for the Health Services Division and Health Education and Family Welfare Division in the 2020-21 fiscal year.

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States tops two million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.