Thirty-three people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

India’s Supreme Court says it will hear on July 24 the pleas filed by foreigners, challenging the federal government’s orders that blacklisted more than 2,700 citizens of 35 countries from travelling to India for 10 years for alleged involvement in Tablighi Jamaat activities.

President Donald Trump takes a swipe at health experts in his government leading the US response to the coronavirus, and one of them, Dr Anthony Fauci, answers with an appeal for states to stick to guidelines to snuff out a surge in cases.

Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official says.

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours as South Africa re-imposed a nationwide curfew and Sri Lanka ordered schools to shut again following a surge in new cases.

The coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday.

Patients who recover from coronavirus infections may lose their immunity to reinfection within months, according to research released yesterday that experts said could have a “significant” influence on how governments manage the pandemic.

A recent report in this daily shows that the coronavirus positivity rate in the country has soared in the last few days, despite a decline in the number of tests during this period.

Thirty-nine more people died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours until yesterday, the death toll rose to 2,391.

The by-election to Bogura-1 constituency will be held tomorrow amid coronavirus pandemic and worsening flood situation in the electoral area, forcing voters to lose interest in polling.

Global coronavirus infections have passed 13 million, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease which has killed more than half a million people in seven months.

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against owner of Regent Hospital and Chairman of Regent Group Md Shahed in connection with two cases filed over misappropriation of Tk 3.68 crore.

Thirty-nine people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

Florida reports a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, as the Trump administration renews its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests are planned in Michigan and Missouri.

In mid-June, the IMF in a country focus report on Bangladesh said that the economic impact of Covid-19 has most notably been felt in three main areas: a fall in remittances; a decline in RMG exports; and a drop in domestic economic activities.

Mandatory use of face masks and social distancing have kept the number of Covid-19 cases low in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila, compared to the district’s 12 other upazilas, local officials say.

Police yesterday arrested JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, also a government official, over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports, about three weeks after the scam came to light.

As the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on almost every business in some way or another, bookstores and book cafes in the capital are no exception.

The coronavirus positivity rate in the country has soared in the last few days despite a decline in the number of tests during this period.

The World Health Organization has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours.