Ten years ago, I wrote a Tangents column called “Grandmother’s Diet.” The idea was this: in this age of processed and factory manufactured food, how does one choose what’s best for health? The notion – originally presented by Michael Pollan - is to avoid items that your great-grandmother (or, in my case, my grandmothers) would not recognize as food.

Two more physicians died from Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in Dhaka and Barishal on Thursday.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.

The number of people registering for Covid-19 vaccination through the Surokkha app in Bangladesh reached the two-crore mark tonight.

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

At least 214 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8am today. Of them, only three are from outside Dhaka.

Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network's coronavirus policy by coming into the office unvaccinated, according to US media reports.

Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman, a retired judge of the High Court, has died from Covid-19 infection.

A lot of different statements about the Covid-19 vaccination have come from various places. But neither the health ministry nor the health directorate is responsible for all of those statements, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General Professor Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said today.

Scientists from the world’s four major economies, India, China, Russia and Brazil, have come together to carry out genomic sequencing of Covid-19 and studies on the epidemiology and mathematical modelling of the pandemic.

Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said yesterday according to CNN.

Fifteen people died while undergoing treatment at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages areas where people did not get vaccinated.

The last-minute retreat regarding the special vaccination drive has exposed the lack of coordination and planning on the government’s part, experts said.

The Barishal division  has seen the highest number of deaths and infections in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Bangladesh has urged Italy to waive its present restrictive measures at least for the stranded Bangladeshi expatriates who have fully vaccinated and allow them enter the European country.

Civil society groups and private sector leaders from home and abroad yesterday called for lifting the restrictions set in the WTO’s Trade-Related Intellectual Property (TRIP) rights and declaring Covid vaccine as public goods to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million yesterday, an AFP count showed, as Germany, France and Israel said they will go ahead with plans to administer vaccine boosters, disregarding an appeal by the World Health Organisation to hold off until more people are vaccinated around the world. 

Lack of instructions from government high-ups and coordination between different government bodies has left in a shambles the move to ensure community engagement in the fight against Covid-19.

The country yesterday recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day.