COVID-19 vaccine

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 ...

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

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 ...

Two Chinese people wearing masks on their way to office

End of Covid pandemic is near: WHO

The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed ...

A couple walk past closed shops in a quiet lane in central Sheffield, in northern England on 21 October 2020, prior to further lockdown measures to combat the rise in novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases. More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under tougher new coronavirus rules announced by government minister Robert Jenrick on Wednesday

Global Covid cases top 610 million

The overall number of global Covid cases has surged past 610 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

A vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

US donates additional 10m Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh

The US government has donated another 10 million (1 crore) doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh via COVAX to help the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare continue expanding vaccinations ...

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

Covid-19 US donates another 10m Pfizer vaccine doses to Bangladesh

More than two-thirds of all international Covid-19 vaccine donations to Bangladesh have come from the United States and the American people

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Rate of child mortality to decrease further by 2030: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Malik said the rate of child mortality in the country was 30-32 per 1000 live births and it will be brought under control to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals ...

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Children aged 5 to11 to get Covid-19 jabs from 11 August

Currently, the health workers are administering first, second doses and booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine but people will not be able to get second doses after some days as stock of vaccines will ...

People get tested inside their vehicles at a Covid-19 testing station on 14 January, 2022 in Monterey Park, California. Americans can start requesting free at-home Covid-19 tests, limited to four free tests per home, when a federal website begins accepting orders on 19 January amid nationwide shortages

Global Covid cases top 584 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 584 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

First consignment of paediatric Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Bangladesh

Bangladesh receives first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine for children

The vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech - are meant for children aged 5-11 years, said Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Committee of the Directorate General of ...

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 576 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 576 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Govt to launch two liquid oxygen plants: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque said two liquid oxygen plants will be established in the country for more development of the health sector

A woman consults a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 23 June 2020

Covid claims four more lives, infects 446 others in 24 hrs

Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 446 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning

Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests during a city-wide testing following new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Qingdao, Shandong province, China 12 October 2020

Global Covid cases near 571 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now nearing 571 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

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