A mobile court in Patuakhali fined three traders Tk 61,000 on charges of illegally stocking soybean oil and other irregularities in Bauphal upazila of the district today (May 14, 2022).

During a raid this afternoon, Ullapara upazila administration in Sirajganj seized 26,000 litres of illegally stored edible oil. For hoarding the oil, two traders were fined Tk 1 lakh.

Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) has suspended its Corona Unit as it lacked patients.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 24th consecutive day, while 22 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has overseen her country's world-leading response to the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced Saturday.

Amid the struggle to cope with the record hike in edible oil prices, a fresh surge in prices of other daily essentials has dealt a further blow to those with low incomes.

While healthcare is quite accessible for city residents, people living in rural areas are far less fortunate. This is where “Jibon Tari”, a floating hospital aptly named according to the service it provides, creates an impact. The hospital has been sailing through the major rivers of the country, making healthcare accessible for rural citizens.

The ongoing drive against illegal hoarding of edible oil continued in the country yesterday with another 3,400 litres of oil seized in two districts and hoarders fined Tk1.60 lakh.

Bangladesh reported 18 new Covid cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning, taking the total recorded cases to 1,952,957.

UNICEF has listed Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam and the Philippines as "Covid-19 Vaccine Success Stories" in their recent report, noting that Bangladesh's vaccination rate has risen sharply.

A trader was fined Tk 1 lakh for illegal stocking of soybean oil in his store at Manikganj today (May 13, 2022).

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a Covid-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic.

The United States will share technologies used to make Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.

The seizure of hundreds of thousands of litres of hoarded edible oil in the last one week has proved the claim that unscrupulous traders created the crisis to be able to sell cooking oil at higher prices.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day, while 51 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.

A mobile court in Pabna yesterday (May 11, 2022) seized 104,000 litres of soyabean oil from different grocery shops in the district.

A United Nations Weibo post on the World Health Organization chief's comments that China's zero-tolerance Covid-19 policy is not sustainable was removed from the Chinese social media platform on Wednesday morning shortly after being published

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for 21 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 33 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

An annoyed Shovon Das was walking home with a five-litre bottle of soybean oil from Shaheb Bazar in Rajshahi city yesterday afternoon. He had paid Tk 985 for it even though the government set the price at Tk 760.