Expressing deep concern over the restriction imposed on providing information of patients and health services at government hospitals to the media during the Covid-19 pandemic, Transparency International (TIB) today demanded immediate revocation of the order signed by the Dhaka District Civil Surgeon yesterday.

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

A Russian worker of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka yesterday.

Bangladesh reported 48 more dengue cases in 24 hours until this morning.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that a total of 60 lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the country under COVAX facility in the beginning of August.

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Convention Centre of will be turned into a 1,000-bed field hospital for Covid-19 patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Sylhet division saw 55.41 percent Covid-19 positivity rate in 24 hours till this morning, breaking all previous records. At least 394 tested positive out of 711 samples.

Twelve people died while being treated at the Covid unit of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Ten patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Twenty-two people -- 14 Covid-19 positive and eight with symptoms -- died in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.

The record for the daily death toll from Covid-19 was broken again yesterday with officials reporting 212 deaths across the country.

Traffic was thin on the streets in the capital and other districts on the ninth day of the ongoing “strict lockdown” yesterday.

COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and governments need to find $75 billion over the next 5 years to prepare for them, a panel of experts told finance ministers of the Group of 20 rich countries on Friday.

Police have arrested 585 people for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines in Dhaka today, the ninth day of the strict lockdown.

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

Just in the span of 20 minutes, three Covid-19 patients died in the Coronavirus dedicated unit at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital (BSMMCH) in Faridpur due to “low oxygen pressure” today.

Sixteen patients died at the Covid-19 units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8am) today.

Twenty-seven people died in Covid-19 units at four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

At least 442 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Sylhet division in 24 hours till this morning, breaking previous records.

Pfizer Inc plans to ask US regulators to authorise a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months after inoculation and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.