Bangladesh is now ranked first out of eight countries in South Asia and fifth out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.

Protesting the decision to hike edible oil price, left-leaning political parties yesterday alleged that syndicates that control the oil market and the government are reasons behind the hike.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 17th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while 10 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

Bangladesh has advanced eight notches to rank 5th out of 121 countries across the globe on Nikkei’s Covid-19 Recovery Index.

Bottled and non-bottled soybean oil, which went out of stock at most shops about a week ago, remained unavailable in almost all the grocery stores yesterday, a day after the price of the essential cooking ingredient saw a record hike.

The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Edible oil prices see the biggest increase in Bangladesh’s history as the government moves to put an end to the unprecedented crunch of the essential cooking item.

The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated yesterday -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 15th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while four new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said Bangladesh ranks at the top among the countries that received free Covid-19 vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO).

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 14th consecutive day in Bangladesh, while another 10 new cases were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for 13 straight days till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

As of April 30, a total of 25,77,93,863 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, including booster doses, have been administered since the countrywide vaccination campaign was launched on February 7 last year.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recently adopted a positive opinion recommending an extension of the NovoSeven® label to treat women suffering from severe post-birth bleeding when uterine contractions anti-bleeding medications (uterotonics) are insufficient to stop the bleeding.

In a small, randomised study, sleep restriction increased daily calorie intake, weight gain, and abdominal fat deposition.

A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine for over 60 has been approved in Israel. Two retrospective cohort studies now assess its COVID-19 prevention efficacy.