US health secy sued over Covid vaccine change
Several leading medical groups filed suit against US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Monday, accusing him of endangering public health with new Covid-19 vaccine recommendations...
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SC begins hearing Mobarak鈥檚 appeal against death sentence for war crimes
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader and a former Jamaat-e-Islami member, challenging his 2014 death sentence for war crimes committed in the Brahmanbaria area during the 1971 Liberation War...
11 more Covid-19 cases reported across Bangladesh in 24 hours
A total of 11 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
One more dies of Covid in 24hrs
At least a man died of Covid and six others were infected with Covid-19 across in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday...
15 lakh COVID jabs unused, set to expire in Bangladesh by August 6
Over 15 lakh doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that have remained unused since May will expire by August 6 as authorities have failed to administer the lifesaving vaccine amid people鈥檚 unwillingness to take the jab even though there is now a fresh rise in Covid-19 infections and deaths...
Two more covid-19 patients die, seven new cases reported in 24hrs
At least two people, a man and a woman, died of Covid and 7 others tested positive for coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Saturday morning...
19 more Covid cases reported
Bangladesh reported 19 more Covid-19 cases across the country in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Thursday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services...
Govt should step up protocols for health on raging viral diseases
THREE viral diseases, having similar symptoms of fever and body aches, raging at a time is worrying as it harms patient and hospital management. Whilst the Aedes mosquito is the primary vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses, Covid-19 spreads through small airborne droplets that the infected individuals discharge when they breathe, talk, cough or sneeze. Individuals...
21 more Covid cases reported
Bangladesh recorded 21 more Covid-19 positive cases in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Tuesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Three more die of Covid-19
Bangladesh recorded three more deaths, two women and one man, due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Monday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Single-day highest 5 die of Covid聽
Bangladesh recorded the year鈥檚 single-day highest five Covid deaths in 24 hours ending 8:00am on Sunday.
Two die of Covid-19
Two women died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours till 8:00am on Saturday in the country and four others were infected.
Regressive reality of聽VAT
DESPITE having several sources of revenue and a dual system of tax collection (direct-indirect), the majority of tax revenue is collected through indirect tax, called value-added tax, regulated聽by the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act 2012. The income tax, which is governed by the Income Tax Ordinance of 1984, includes corporate taxes, taxes...
Masks made mandatory in HSC exam centres
The inter-education board coordination committee has mandated masks for all candidates and staff during the next Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations, beginning June 26, as Covid-19 and dengue cases rise nationwide.
Govt issues guidelines to edn institutes to curb Covid, dengue spread
In response to rising concerns over Covid-19 and dengue outbreaks, the government has issued a set of urgent directives to all educational institutions across the country.
Mask prices double with surge of Covid infections
As Covid-19 infections has begun to rise once again in Bangladesh, the prices of face masks has doubled in the wholesale market, driven by opportunistic traders seeking to cash in on its growing demand...
10 new Covid cases reported in 24hrs in Bangladesh
Ten new Covid cases were reported in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday evening, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Bangladesh鈥檚 public hospitals to begin Covid-19 test again
Amid rise of Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services has decided to start testing at different public hospitals across the country in a limited scale.
Govt issues 11-point directives to prevent spread of Covid-19
The Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday issued an 11-point directive, including the avoidance of public gatherings, for people amid a rise in infections caused by new omicron sub-variants of the Covid virus in Bangladesh and a surge in Covid infections in neighbouring India...
DGHS DG urges all to avoid public gatherings amid fresh COVID surge
Voicing deep concerns over the emergence of a new sub-variant of COVID-19, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, Abu Jafor on Wednesday urged all to avoid all forms of public gatherings...
13 more Covid-19 cases reported in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases out of 101 in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
BNP questions govt preparedness over new Covid variant spread
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday raised concerns over the government鈥檚 preparedness in tackling a potential new wave of coronavirus, as new sub-variants of the virus keeps spreading in neighbouring countries, including India...
Bangladesh govt advises citizens to avoid India travel amid rising Covid cases
The Directorate General of Health Services has advised Bangladeshi citizens to refrain from traveling to India and other neighbouring countries experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases unless absolutely necessary...
Metro rail passengers asked to wear masks to avoid Covid infection
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has urged passengers using the capital鈥檚 metro rail service to wear masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19...
Screening tightened at Benapole border to prevent spread of new Covid variant
Authorities have intensified the screening of people returning from India through Benapole land port in a bid to prevent the spread of a new variant of Covid-19...
Bangladesh reports three new COVID-19 cases
Bangladesh reported three more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning...
Railways ministry urges travelers to wear masks amid surge in COVID cases
The Ministry of Railways on Sunday urged passengers to wear masks as deadly COVID-19 cases are rising again...
Govt issues Covid-19 awareness message
The government on Friday urged all to wear mask in crowded areas in the backdrop of prevalence of Covid-19 in some areas in Bangladesh...
Left ogrs condemn attacks on, threats to protesters
Left student organisations on Sunday condemned recent attacks on and threats to left student leaders and activists during demonstrations in Rajshahi and Chattogram rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges...
Protests on against Azhar release, attacks on protesters
Protests rejecting the Supreme Court鈥檚 May 27 verdict acquitting Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of 1971 war crimes charges and against the recent attacks on left student leaders and activists in Rajshahi and Chattogram continued in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the fifth day on Saturday...