Three more cases of the Indian Covid-19 variant have been detected at the Genome Centre of Jashore University of Science and Technology.

The amount of new daily Covid-19 cases has doubled in the past two days till yesterday as people started returning to the capital after Eid holidays, defying health safety guidelines.

The health directorate requested those who had left Dhaka for Eid to return after 14 days.

Bangladesh crossed the grim milestone of 12,000 coronavirus fatalities yesterday, nearly 15 months after reporting the first death in March last year.

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force will bring five lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China today.

Be it on the highways or on ferries, people’s desperate rush to go to their home towns for Eid only heightened yesterday, despite mounting difficulties.

Bangladesh’s coronavirus fatalities are nearing another grim milestone with 38 more people dying from the virus in 24 hours until yesterday morning.

Seven of the 10 Covid-19 patients, who fled Jashore General Hospital on April 23 and 24, were held by police for almost five hours yesterday.

Bangladesh reported 45 more coronavirus-related deaths with 1,285 new cases in 24 hours until yesterday morning, amid concern after the detection of the first case of highly contagious Indian coronavirus strain in the country.

The Covid-19 second wave has ravaged the commercial aviation at a time when it was trying to bounce back, braving the financial losses caused by the first wave, aviation experts and top airlines officials said yesterday.

Amid the declining trend in Covid-19 infections and fatalities after an alarming surge in April, Bangladesh registered 41 coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until yesterday, pushing up the total fatalities to 11,796.

Bangladesh reported that 65 more people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, raising the death toll to 11,644.

As the deadly coronavirus continues its onslaught in Bangladesh, health authorities reported 69 more deaths in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.

Bangladeshi workers in the readymade garments sector suffered a 35 percent pay cut during the lockdown period amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, which had adverse impacts on their rights to food, health, housing, and even life, says a new study.

Bangladesh yesterday reported 77 more coronavirus-related deaths and 2,955 new cases as the country grapples with the second wave of the virus.

Considering the global situation and following the advice of public health experts, the government has made quarantine mandatory for all passengers from abroad.

The government project undertaken to prepare the country’s first-ever poverty registry has not been completed in more than seven years, with the data collected for it already rendered useless.

Masks work best when everyone wears them, but not at the time when someone puts it on incorrectly.

Officers tracked down the 10 Covid-19 patients, who fled from Jashore General Hospital from April 18-24 and sent them back to the facility last night.

The daily Covid cases may double after the third week of next month if the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed or withdrawn, a team of researchers has forecasted, based on epidemiological projection modelling.