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.

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.

How many people actually died of Covid-19 in Sylhet division since the beginning of the pandemic?

“No vacant beds available for Covid-19 patients at ICU and Covid wards” -- reads the sign hanging in front of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital’s (MMCH) emergency department.

A “pilot project” of the government’s special countrywide mass vaccination drive at grass-roots level kicks off today.

Ten years ago, I wrote a Tangents column called “Grandmother’s Diet.” The idea was this: in this age of processed and factory manufactured food, how does one choose what’s best for health? The notion – originally presented by Michael Pollan - is to avoid items that your great-grandmother (or, in my case, my grandmothers) would not recognize as food.

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.

The number of people registering for Covid-19 vaccination through the Surokkha app in Bangladesh reached the two-crore mark tonight.

Two hundred and forty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).