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‘Real’ Covid-19 patient who fled from Sylhet hospital found after two days

After two days and following plenty of confusion over a Covid-19 infected woman who fled from a hospital in Sylhet while another woman having the same name being discharged on the same day, police have finally found the ‘real’ patient.
25 April 2020, 13:52 PM

Chief Justice suspends decision to run court functions to a short extent

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain suspends till April 27 his earlier decision to run court functions to a short extent.
25 April 2020, 13:14 PM

IGP hands over safety equipment to DMP

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed hands over safety equipment to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) so that police personnel who are discharging duties amid the outbreak of coronavirus are better protected.
25 April 2020, 13:05 PM

166 more Bangladeshis return from India

A total of 166 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India’s Chennai for over a month, returned to Dhaka on a special flight of the US-Bangla Airlines today.
25 April 2020, 12:15 PM

World Child Cancer stands beside doctors, nurses

World Child Cancer (WCC), a UK-based charity organisation, extends its helping hand to the doctors and nurses involved in cancer treatment in the time of coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh.
25 April 2020, 11:44 AM

Rab warns of stern action against narcotics smugglers

The newly appointed Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has warned of taking stern action against any one found carrying out narcotics smuggling, criminal or militant activities during this period of coronavirus.
25 April 2020, 11:01 AM

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute begins Covid-19 testing

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute in Savar begins testing samples for coronavirus infection from today.
25 April 2020, 08:36 AM

7-year-old with coronavirus dies at Kuwait Maitree Hospital

A seven-year-old, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.
25 April 2020, 08:17 AM

9 more coronavirus patients die, 309 test positive in 24hrs: DGHS

Nine people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, DGHS says.
25 April 2020, 07:51 AM

Chinese companies stand by the quality of their coronavirus testing kits

Two Chinese pharma companies that supplied 5.5 lakh rapid testing kits to India for Covid-19 said they are ready to cooperate with Indian agencies probing allegations of poor accuracy of their products.
25 April 2020, 07:44 AM

Couple with coronavirus sent to isolation ward in Kushtia after fleeing Dhaka

A couple, who fled from their house in Dhaka after testing positive for coronavirus, is taken to the isolation ward of a hospital in Kushtia.
25 April 2020, 06:48 AM

‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Thor’ shift release dates

Hollywood studios are shuffling more release dates as a result of the coronavirus, including sequels to “Doctor Strange,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Into the Spider-Verse.”
25 April 2020, 06:45 AM

18-bed ICU set up for coronavirus patients at SBMCH

Coronavirus patients will get ICU support at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) from now on as an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with ventilators has been set up at its isolation unit.
25 April 2020, 05:21 AM

Covid-19 Is No Leveller

The horrific images of white plastic body bags in which the final journeys are set during this great pandemic add to the myth of coronavirus as the great leveller.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Iftar with no gathering this time

Iftar is never meant to be had alone. But this year, as Ramadan begins after the new crescent moon was sighted last night, that is precisely what has to happen if this country is to beat the coronavirus pandemic.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Freedom of expression is vital during Covid-19

The world is passing through a cataclysmic phase. Fear, anxiety and uncertainty have gripped the nations.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Exposed to virus risk

Shafiqul Islam Rony is more worried than ever. The health assistant at Mougram community clinic in Pabna feels unprotected every time he goes to work amid a wave of Covid-19 cases in the country.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Fish farmers in need of support

Bangladesh has had the distinction of ranking amongst the top inland fish producing nations in the world. But the Covid-19 crisis, which has
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

The spirit of Ramadan during Covid-19 crisis

As we begin the holy month of Ramadan with devotees around the world observing it with fasting and prayers, we must acknowledge that it has
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

World Bank fears ‘secondary’ health crisis

Diverting the scarce healthcare resources of developing countries to the rapidly expanding COVID-19 pandemic could see a 45 percent jump in child and maternal mortality before the end of the year, an international health consortium warned Thursday.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM