The national death rate from Covid-19 infection is around 1.3 percent but in police force it is only 0.5 percent as standard treatment facilities have been ensured for personnel in police hospitals.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that the government is considering cutting down exam days and subjects of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations that had been postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Many guardians expressed their dissatisfaction as South Point School and College held admission test to enrol English medium students yesterday amid closure of schools aiming to stem further spread of coronavirus.

“Open the packet and put on the card around the neck and it will work as a disinfectant.”

Thirty-four people died from coronavirus infections, 3,504 were infected and 1,185 were recovered in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.

In contrast to their major contribution to the country’s economy, thousands of migrant workers living abroad have received little or no help from Bangladesh government to fight their financial hardship during the pandemic.

The drug administration said Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s rapid test kit will not be registered because it had not met the standard set by the government’s technical committees.

The United States and Europe battled a resurgence of coronavirus cases yesterday, with Texas ordering bars to close and warnings mounting worldwide over lifting lockdowns too soon.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected our lives in several ways. Likewise, it is evident that the pandemic’s effect on our country’s economy is likely

Noted thespian, director and playwright Mamunur Rashid spearheads Aranyak Natyadal, one of the most prominent theatre troupes in Bangladesh.

The novel coronavirus pandemic had made more people vulnerable to human trafficking, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday as an annual US report added Afghanistan and Nicaragua to a list of worst offenders while Saudi Arabia was upgraded.

At least two people are testing positive for coronavirus every minute, and five are reported dead every three hours from the highly transmissible virus, according to government statistics released yesterday.

It is not certain that scientists will be able to create an effective vaccine against coronavirus that has caused the Covid-19 pandemic, but it could take a year before one were to be invented, the head of the World Health Organisation has said.

A Bangladeshi worker in Singapore who came close to death a few times defies the odds and has been discharged after five months from hospital.

South Korea has added Gilead's anti-viral drug remdesivir to its coronavirus treatment guidelines in its first revision of recommendations since the outbreak began and urged caution in the use of the steroid therapy dexamethasone.

China may run the second phase trial of coronavirus vaccine, which further evaluates the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine in human body, in Bangladesh, said Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Abul Kalam Azad.

The change management adviser of the Bangladesh Bank died today from coronavirus at the age of 75.

Ruling Awami League's reserved seat MP Ferdosi Islam has been diagnosed with Covid-19.

Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts.

Forty people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, says during a briefing.