WHY MALARIA PILLS BEING USED?

Because of lack of proven treatment, the Covid-19 patients are largely receiving only supportive care such as breathing assistance.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Whole of humanity at risk

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the entire human race, the United Nations warned yesterday as it launched a humanitarian response plan featuring a $2 billon appeal for the world’s poorest people.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Healthcare in the time of Covid-19

Throughout the world, governments of various countries are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Prices of essentials shoot up

The prices of essentials, including rice, vegetables, cooking oil, spices, and cleaning items, have increased several folds over the last one week.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Community Transmission: It may be happening on a ‘limited scale’

For the first time, the IEDCR yesterday said novel coronavirus might have spread at the community level but “on a limited scale”.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Tk 5,000cr for workers’ pay

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced a stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore for the export-oriented industries to fight the adverse impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM

UK will have coronavirus home test kits ready in days, official says

Britain will have test kits available within days to be sent to households to establish whether people have contracted the new coronavirus and developed immunity, a health official says.
25 March 2020, 17:35 PM

Mobile and internet service providers’ staff facing restrictions: AMTOB

Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) complains that the staff of mobile and internet service providers are facing restrictions from the law enforcement agencies at different places across the country.
25 March 2020, 14:55 PM

Bangladesh could lose 1.1% of its GDP for coronavirus: finance minister

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says Bangladesh could lose 1.1 percent of its GDP growth due to the coronavirus pandemic.
25 March 2020, 14:34 PM

Impact of coronavirus: PM announces Tk 5,000cr stimulus package for export-oriented industries

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announces a bailout/stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore for export-oriented industries to fight the impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy.
25 March 2020, 13:35 PM

Coronavirus awareness: 2 Sylhet tech companies make face shields

As the demand of personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors is rising due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Cybernetics Robo Academy in Sylhet and CRUX have made some face shields and released an easy tutorial guide for everyone.
25 March 2020, 12:32 PM

Spain registers 738 deaths from coronavirus overnight

Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the epidemic hit the country, the health ministry reports.
25 March 2020, 12:17 PM

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, his household says.
25 March 2020, 10:50 AM

5 Bangladeshis died of coronavirus in New York so far

Five Bangladeshis have died of coronavirus in New York so far, according to local journalists.
25 March 2020, 10:37 AM

Coronavirus fear: India donates protection items to Bangladesh

India has donated 30,000 surgical masks and 15,000 head-covers to Bangladesh to help prevent spread of Coronavirus.
25 March 2020, 08:55 AM

Coronavirus: IEDCR urges people to call 01944333222

Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has asked people to call 01944333222 and 10655 for any suspected cases of coronavirus.
25 March 2020, 08:11 AM

Trump, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill

The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announce agreement on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.
25 March 2020, 07:43 AM

Coronavirus: Armed Forces start fieldwork

Members of the Armed Forces have began their fieldwork in Dhaka and across the country to help the civil administration ensure that people maintain social distancing and coronavirus suspects remain in quarantine to prevent spread of the deadly virus.
25 March 2020, 06:57 AM

1 more person dies of coronavirus, death toll now 5 in Bangladesh: IEDCR

One more person has died of coronavirus, taking the total death toll in the country to five, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today.
25 March 2020, 06:18 AM

Covid-19: India revises down death toll to 9, reports 562 cases

The number of coronavirus cases in India, which has been put under a 21-day lockdown, rises to 562 while the death toll due to Covid-19 in the country is revised down to nine, according to the health ministry.
25 March 2020, 05:54 AM