The government has decided to recruit 2,000 more doctors to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. The Ministry of Health has already sent a letter to the ministry of public administration demanding the appointments. However, doctors are worried about the process by which they will be recruited.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever.

In view of surging coronavirus cases, the West Bengal government tonight decided to go for total lockdown in wider areas from July 9 which would result in shutting of transport movement, shops and industrial activities there.

Renowned singer Selim Chowdhury has tested positive for Covid-19.

In a major development, Biman today decided to resume its flights on the Dubai and Abu Dhabi routes from July 9, paving the way for thousands of stranded Bangladeshi workers to return to their workplaces in the UAE.

The civil surgeon of Feni, who tested Covid-19 positive in mid-June, dies at a city hospital.

After Japan, it’s now Italy, which has suspended Biman’s special chartered flights to and from the European country after several Bangladeshi passengers on yesterday’s flight tested positive for Covid-19 despite having documents certifying that they had tested negative and were safe to travel.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed the authority of Regent Hospital to close the Uttara and Mirpur branches of their hospitals immediately.

Fifty-five people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.

Saudi Arabia opens hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make up 70 percent of the pilgrims after it scaled-back the annual ritual due to coronavirus.

Kolkata sets up the country's second plasma bank to treat Covid-19 patients as West Bengal battles surging cases of the contagion.

A recent headline in Prothom Alo (June 26, 2020) stated, “Amartya Sen and Noam Chomsky showered Kerala with praise for their successful containment of the coronavirus”.

More and more frontline healthcare workers are getting infected, making the country’s battle against the deadly coronavirus harder.

Another 44 people died of Covid-19 and 3,201 tested positive for the virus in the country in 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday.

Rab has detained eight staffers of Regent Hospital, including a director and its manager, on charge of issuing fake Covid-19 test certificates and collecting money from Covid-19 patients while violating agreements with the government.

Responding to a humanitarian call on Facebook, people from different walks of life have come forward to provide fund for purchasing two high flow nasal cannula machines and other medical equipment for the treatment of Covid-19 patients at Barguna General Hospital.

The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned record revenue worth Taka 11.5 crore through transporting goods in June, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Forty-four people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.

The unrelenting record single-day surge of Covid-19 cases takes India past Russia as the third worst-hit in terms of total number of contagion cases.

A government employee suffering from covid-19 was recently admitted to Pabna Medical College Hospital, which has a 100-bed Covid unit, but he was hurriedly shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital because of acute respiratory problem.