Two hundred and sixty-one have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today). The daily positivity rate during this period stood at 25.65 percent, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh has gifted emergency Covid medicines to Indonesia, which has become Asia's new coronavirus epicenter reporting more than 3.57 million cases and more than 102,000 deaths as of yesterday.

Central oxygen supply was inaugurated today at Pabna General Hospital for Covid patients.

Around 22 lakh people have lost jobs as the country’s economy, trade and investment are going through a very challenging time during the pandemic, said Rizwan Rahman, president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce Industries (DCCI).

At least 204 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals of the country in 24 hours till 8am today.

India has given US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine emergency use permission in the country.

Physical distancing, the essential health safety rule to prevent Covid-19 transmission, was largely ignored by thousands of people around the country on the first day of the government’s 6-day mass vaccination drive.

The newly inaugurated Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Covid-19 Field Hospital will provide services to the critically ill Covid-19 patients only.

Eight people died of Covid-19 and 15 with Covid-like symptoms in Barishal division in 24 hours (till 8 am today).

The government is going to purchase six crore doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Nine people -- eight Covid positive and one with symptoms -- died in Kushtia during 24 hours till 8am today.

As the Delta variant of Covid-19 keeps wreaking havoc, Bangladesh today started a mass vaccination drive across the country -- aimed at inoculating 32 lakh people in six days.

Nine patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of two Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.

Two more physicians died from Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in Dhaka and Barishal on Thursday.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.

Nearly five people have died per hour since the Delta variant of the Covid-19 was detected in the country on May 8, shows data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

More and more dengue patients are requiring hospitalisation as the number of dengue cases continues to rise across the country.

Although the government had initially planned to inoculate around one crore people against Covid-19 during a six-day special drive beginning today, it has revised down the target to 32 lakh apparently due to a shortage of vaccines.

Although the government extended the ongoing lockdown for another five days till August 10 to curb the spread of coronavirus, it seemed to have little to no effect on people as many were out on the street yesterday.