One hundred and fourteen people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Two more died while at least 278 more dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Covid-19 mass vaccination drive for the second dose will begin on September 7, Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general (Health) of DGHS, announced today.

A death row convict in a murder case died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early today.

The number of people living with high blood pressure more than doubled since 1990, according to a major study published on Wednesday that found half of all sufferers -- about 720 million people -- went untreated in 2019.

The study calculated that countries which fail to vaccinate 60 percent of their populations by mid-2022 will suffer the losses, equivalent to two trillion euros, over the 2022-2025 period.

Nine-month-old Ismail has been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Shishu Hospital for around two months, and around a month and a half ago, underwent surgery for his brain tumour.

The 15th anniversary of United Hospital, situated at the capital’s Gulshan, was observed yesterday.

Another person died of dengue while at least 258 more patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The 10 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, is set to arrive in Dhaka on August 30, further easing the crunch of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

One hundred and fourteen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

One more died while at least 258 more dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country's high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant, officials and scientists say.

Ten lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine, gifted by the US, will arrive in Dhaka on August 30.

When Covid patient Rokeya Sultana was fighting for her life in the ICU of a private hospital last week, her son Mamunur Rashid was found frantically talking over the phone with someone trying to convince that person to buy a piece of land from him.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that Covid-19 booster shots should be delayed as priority should be given to raising vaccination rates in countries where only 1% or 2% of the population has been inoculated.

Bangladesh logged 117 more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till yesterday morning, the lowest in 55 days.

A committee of experts constituted under the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) of India’s home ministry has warned of an imminent third wave of Covid that could peak around October.

While Covid-19 presents mild symptoms in many, some cases become severe as respiratory symptoms start to appear.

Allegations are rife over the mishandling of Covid vaccinations at some centres in the port city. The situation has become so convoluted in fact, that Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has withdrawn their volunteers from two vaccination centres run by Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), protesting irregularities in their vaccine programmes.