A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel safer during the coronavirus pandemic.

The World Health Organization tried on Tuesday to clear up confusing comments about how often people can spread the coronavirus when they do not have symptoms.

A total of 11,025 women suffered domestic violence during the countrywide shutdown last month, says a survey report of Manusher Jonno Foundation.

Victor Umbricht, chief of United Nations Relief Operations in Dacca (UNROD), calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official residence.

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force along Agrobhulote border in Jashore’s Sharsha early yesterday.

Three people were killed and at least 10 others injured as two groups of people clashed over establishing supremacy in Gondab village of Narail’s Lohagara yesterday.

Fifty relatives of coronavirus victims yesterday filed complaints over the handling of the pandemic in the first such legal group action in Italy, which has reported over 34,000 deaths.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday informed the High Court that government hospitals across the country have a total of 733 intensive care units (ICU) beds.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has slightly recovered from pneumonia.

The global economy will suffer the biggest peace-time downturn in a century before it emerges next year from a coronavirus-inflicted recession, the OECD said yesterday.

Kuwait’s Public Prosecution has ordered continued detention of Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, who was arrested by the country’s Criminal Investigation Department last Saturday on charges of human trafficking and money laundering, pending further investigation, reports Arab Times on Tuesday.

Two more policemen have died of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, raising the total number to 21.

In a shocking incident, the victim of an attempted rape was fined Tk one lakh by village arbitrators at Baliadanga of Tebaria union in Natore on Tuesday night.

Japan has barred Biman from operating special chartered flights to repatriate stranded citizens to and from Japan after four Bangladeshi passengers on a recent repatriation flight tested positive for Covid-19 despite having documents certifying that they had tested negative and were safe to travel.

Moscow emerged from a strict coronavirus lockdown yesterday despite Russia seeing thousands of new cases every day, as the World Health Organization warned the pandemic was “worsening” worldwide.

Authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University will not submit this week the performance trial result of home-grown Covid-19 testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.

The government yesterday extended the relaxation of the requirement to obtain driving licences to operate heavy vehicles by one more year to June 2021, following the demand of transport leaders.

Siddharta Shankar Roy, chief minister of West Bengal, along with his wife calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official residence. They discuss various bilateral issues.

Disease experts yesterday questioned a statement by the World Health Organization that transmission of Covid-19 by people with no symptoms is “very rare”, saying this guidance could pose problems for governments as they seek to lift lockdowns.

The lush green banks of the Shibsa river winding through the Sundarbans, once outlined by the beautiful keora and golpata trees, have turned all grey and pale yellow.