US sets one-day record for Covid-19 cases, Texas pauses reopening

The governor of Texas temporarily halts the state’s reopening yesterday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day increase in cases.
26 June 2020, 04:25 AM

No DGDA approval for antibody testing kit: Gonoshasthaya Kendra says

Gonoshasthaya Kendra claims its antibody testing kit did not get permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration.
25 June 2020, 16:51 PM

Fake hand sanitiser factory in Dhaka busted

As there is a high demand for hand sanitiser due to Covid-19 pandemic, they set up a factory and started producing hand rub without using its prime element -- isopropyl alcohol.
25 June 2020, 15:19 PM

UNB Editor Mahfuzur Rahman recovers from Covid-19

UNB Editor Mahfuzur Rahman has fully recovered from Covid-19, a month after testing positive for the virus.
25 June 2020, 15:00 PM

Sheikh Hasina Nat'l Burn Institute to treat Covid-19 patients

The government has decided to use Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital’s Chankharpul for treatment of coronavirus patients.
25 June 2020, 10:27 AM

Three more doctors die with Covid-19 in Dhaka and Chattogram

Three more doctors have died from Covid-19 infections in Dhaka and Chattogram.
25 June 2020, 08:33 AM

India records highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases

India records the highest-ever single-day surge of 16,922 Covid-19 cases as the country’s total tally goes up to 4,73,105 in the last 24 hours.
25 June 2020, 08:18 AM

Covid-19: Number of recoveries crosses 50,000 mark

Thirty-nine Covid-19 patients died, 3,946 were infected and 1,829 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.
25 June 2020, 08:02 AM

Type of ultraviolet light kills airborne coronavirus

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
25 June 2020, 05:04 AM

Delhi overtakes Mumbai as worst hit Indian city with 3,788 new Covid-19 cases

With 3,788 fresh cases, Delhi’s coronavirus tally has risen to over 70,000 as it became the country’s worst-hit city, overtaking Mumbai, the country’s financial hub.
24 June 2020, 20:22 PM

Govt forms 15-member coordination cell to prevent Covid-19 spread

The Local Government Department under the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has formed a 15-member coordination cell to prevent the coronavirus transmission.
24 June 2020, 19:06 PM

How about leaving some space for ordinary patients?

In 1883, the American poet Emma Lazarus wrote a sonnet about the virtues of diversity and inclusion.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 ICU in Sylhet Division: Unaffordable, inaccessible

Heart patient Syed Shofiqul Alam, 75, from Habiganj’s Nabiganj upazila, was admitted at the general ward of Sylhet’s North East Medical College Hospital on June 11 with fever.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Fake Covid Reports: Cops track down dozen syndicates

While the coronavirus itself is a cause for grave concern in the country, some people are out there making business by putting others at further risk of infection by selling fake Covid-19 certificates.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM

3,000-plus daily cases the new normal

In all but one of the last 16 days, the daily new Covid-19 cases has not dipped below 3,000 and another 3,462 tested positive in the 24 hours preceding 2:30pm yesterday.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Containing Covid-19: Testing kit crunch frustrates efforts

With the country witnessing a continuous surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths, a shortage of testing kits appears to be a major setback for efforts to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM

First judge to die of Covid-19 in the country

Ferdous Ahmed, judge of Lalmonirhat District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, died of Covid-19.
24 June 2020, 16:35 PM

Covid-19: ILO warns of “crisis within a crisis” for migrant workers

Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure their reintegration in their home countries, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said in a statement.
24 June 2020, 16:33 PM

Coronavirus claims life of retired doctor

A retired doctor named Upendra Nath Paul (75) died of coronavirus infection in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat yesterday.
24 June 2020, 16:19 PM

262 Bangladeshis return from Singapore

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today brought 262 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Singapore.
24 June 2020, 16:04 PM