A team comprising academics and professionals has alleged that widespread human rights violations were taking place in the country amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has already completed trial of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed antibody test and may submit its report to the drug administration by Wednesday.

In a negative development, Bangladesh has become one of the top 20 countries in the world in terms of the number of population infected with Covid-19 as the country reported 60,391 positive cases until yesterday.

Sylhet City’s former mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran has tested positive for Covid-19.

The municipality area under Cox’s Bazar district has been declared as a Red Zone for Covid-19 transmission and will come under a 15-day strict lockdown from June 6 midnight onwards, the district administration has said.

Japan aims to put coronavirus vaccines into use by June 2021, the health minister has said, as the country strives to be fully ready to host the Tokyo Olympics, originally planned for this summer but postponed by one year due to the pandemic.

Owing to a fall in human activity, the water quality of the rivers of northern districts has seen a significant improvement in the last few months. The usual collection of debris, plastic waste and other rubbish is now gone and in its place is now pristine water.

Thirty people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Mostafizur Rahman of Chattogram-16 (Banskhali upazila) constituency is tested positive for coronavirus along with 11 other members of his family.

A total of 946 Bangladeshi citizens, most of whom are migrant workers, return to the country by four separate special flights from Kuwait, Oman, UAE, and Russia in the last 24 hours.

Former health and family welfare minister and Awami League senior leader Mohammad Nasim has undergone a successful surgery after having a stroke while undergoing Covid-19 treatment at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the capital.

Family of Dr Md Moyeen Uddin, who died after being infected with coronavirus, is going to receive the government-declared compensation soon.

With a total of 25,000 cases and death toll of 650, the current coronavirus situation in India’s national capital Delhi is “worrisome,” Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says.

Prof SAM Gulam Kibria, former chairman of Urology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), dies with coronavirus infection. He was 72.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has defended his government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a broader method of counting deaths led to an all-time daily high, outstripping even the United States.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved a proposal to recruit some 3,000 medical technologists, technicians and cardiographers soon to improve the Covid-19 test and healthcare services.

Officials reported 2,423 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, while experts said the actual number of people getting infected was much higher.

Bangladesh’s carbon emissions have dropped by 24 percent to 183,000 tonnes per day during the recent countrywide shutdown.

Bangladesh yesterday rolled out a contact tracing app on a trial basis to warn users if they have been near someone who later tested positive for the coronavirus and suggest the next course of actions in a bid to flatten the curve on the rogue pathogen.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for the “rapid invention” of newer vaccines to avert pandemics like coronavirus (Covid-19), saying that vaccination has proved to be one of the most important means of combating contagious diseases.