Covid-19

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A woman talks on the phone in Paris, France, on 9 November 2020

Global Covid cases top 620 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 620,000,208 while the death toll reached 6,539,841 on Sunday morning

Relatives cry at the grave of a person who died of Covid-19

Bangladesh logs 4 Covid deaths, 350 new cases in 24 hrs

Bangladesh reported four more Covid-related with 350 fresh cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina delivers speech at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on 23 September 2022

77th UNGA PM seeks effective role of UN on Rohingya repatriation

Uncertainty over repatriation has led to widespread frustration. Cross border organised crimes including human and drug trafficking are on the rise. This situation can potentially fuel ...

Why is Covid rising again?

Why is Covid rising again?

Covid has been increasing since the end of August and is increasing at an even higher rate

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses US–Bangladesh Business Council at her palace of residence in New York on 22 September 2022

PM Hasina seeks larger US investments in Bangladesh

We would be happy to offer a dedicated ‘Special Economic Zone’ for the US investors, said Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina

PM Hasina expresses concern over Russia-Ukraine war challenges

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed concern about financial and commercial challenges alongside food and energy crisis facing the developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 ...

Health workers inoculate a woman with Covid-19 vaccine at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka.

Bangladesh reports 641 new Covid cases in 24 hours

Bangladesh reported 641 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning

This photo taken on 17 September, 2022 shows a health worker taking a swab sample from a young resident to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Chengdu in China's southwestern Sichuan province

China lifts weeks-long lockdown on southwest megacity Chengdu

China is the last major economy welded to a zero-Covid strategy and officials are under pressure to curb virus flare-ups swiftly ahead of a key political meeting in mid-October

An health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a six-year-old child

Covid-19 Vaccination of children aged 5-11 years from 11 October in districts

The government will start inoculating children aged between 5 to 11 years against Covid-19 in districts and upazilas from 11 October

A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of the words coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on display in this illustration taken on 25 March

Bangladesh reports 141 more Covid cases, zero death in 24 hrs

With no new deaths reported country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,339 while with the new infection, caseload rose to 2,017,087, according to the Directorate General of Health Services ...

Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque

Covid vaccine First dose won’t be available after 3 October: Health minister

Almost 3.3 million people are yet to get the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, but the government has decided to stop administering the first dose by 3 October, health minister Zahid Maleque said on ...

Covid cases increase by 47pc within a week

Covid cases increase by 47pc within a week

World Health Organisation (WHO) said the coronavirus infection has seen a 47 per cent increase in Bangladesh within a week.

A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of the words coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on display in this illustration taken on 25 March

Covid-19 claims two more lives in Bangladesh

Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked death and 363 new cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, reports UNB.

A woman walks at a market in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Lebanon on 6 September, 2022

Further global economic slowdown in third quarter, predicts IMF

The IMF in July revised down global growth to 3.2 per cent in 2022 and 2.9 per cent in 2023. It will release a new outlook next month

CEC Kazi Habibul Awal

CEC Habibul Awal tests positive for Covid-19

He told other election commissioners about his Covid contraction on Thursday morning

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