Seventeen people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours, till 8am today.

Reeling under an unabated sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the southern Indian state of Kerala will enforce a two-day lockdown on July 31 and August 1 while the Indian Health Ministry is rushing a high-level multi-disciplinary team there to help contain the alarming spread of the disease.

Eight people died of Covid-19 and five with symptoms at different Covid units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8 am) today.

Seventeen people – nine male and eight female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Two sitting judges and eight staff members of lower courts died of Covid-19 so far since the pandemic hit the country in March last year.

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday and affirmed US support for the global health body's plans to conduct additional studies into the origins of Covid-19, including in China.

Bangladesh will resume vaccination with AstraZeneca jabs soon, DGHS spokesperson Prof Dr Nazmul Islam said on Wednesday.

The US will prioritise Bangladesh in its plan for producing Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics and expanding production of PPE, a senior US official has said.

A senior judicial magistrate of Jhalakathi, Sania Akter, died of Covid-19 yesterday morning.

It has been more than a year since the novel coronavirus pandemic broke out in the country.

A total of 736 new Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths were recorded in Sylhet division in 24 hours till yesterday morning, breaking previous records.

The pandemic situation is dire in Mymensingh Even after Mymensingh Medical College Hospital increased the number of beds in its Covid-19 unit from 210 to 500, the hospital’s 20-bed ICU  remains at capacity due to the onrush of critical patients.

A few weeks ago, the photo of 65-year-old Asiya Begum -- a house-help who was walking for two hours, wading through ankle-deep water, to reach her home at Hemayetpur from her employer’s house at the capital’s Lalmatia -- went viral on social media. 

With rising public and vehicular movement, everything except public transport is plying the capital’s roads, as the nationwide “strict lockdown” rolled into its sixth day yesterday.  

 The authorities will resume administering AstraZeneca vaccine jabs soon, DGHS spokesperson Prof Dr Nazmul Islam said yesterday.

As the highly transmissible Delta variant keeps sweeping through the country, Bangladesh recorded 237 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours till yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 20,016.

Most of the dengue patients this year are being infected by Serotype-3, a variant of the dengue virus which can increase mortality risk, warn doctors.

Grey area. The place between black and white -- and that is where life happens. This begs the question: shouldn’t the government’s communication be clear and concise for events that might fall in the grey area?

A patient diagnosed with black fungus (Mucormycosis) at Chattogram Medical College Hospital is not getting proper treatment due to lack of an essential drug necessary for the treatment, say family members of the patient.