Reeling under an unabated sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the southern Indian state of Kerala will enforce a two-day lockdown on July 31 and August 1 while the Indian Health Ministry is rushing a high-level multi-disciplinary team there to help contain the alarming spread of the disease.

Eight people died of Covid-19 and five with symptoms at different Covid units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8 am) today.

Seventeen people – nine male and eight female -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till 8am today.

Two sitting judges and eight staff members of lower courts died of Covid-19 so far since the pandemic hit the country in March last year.

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

Bangladesh will resume vaccination with AstraZeneca jabs soon, DGHS spokesperson Prof Dr Nazmul Islam said on Wednesday.

 The authorities will resume administering AstraZeneca vaccine jabs soon, DGHS spokesperson Prof Dr Nazmul Islam said yesterday.

As the highly transmissible Delta variant keeps sweeping through the country, Bangladesh recorded 237 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours till yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 20,016.

Grey area. The place between black and white -- and that is where life happens. This begs the question: shouldn’t the government’s communication be clear and concise for events that might fall in the grey area?

The US will prioritise Bangladesh in its plan for producing Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics and expanding production of PPE, a senior US official has said.

A senior judicial magistrate of Jhalakathi, Sania Akter, died of Covid-19 yesterday morning.

It has been more than a year since the novel coronavirus pandemic broke out in the country.

A total of 736 new Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths were recorded in Sylhet division in 24 hours till yesterday morning, breaking previous records.

The pandemic situation is dire in Mymensingh Even after Mymensingh Medical College Hospital increased the number of beds in its Covid-19 unit from 210 to 500, the hospital’s 20-bed ICU  remains at capacity due to the onrush of critical patients.

A few weeks ago, the photo of 65-year-old Asiya Begum -- a house-help who was walking for two hours, wading through ankle-deep water, to reach her home at Hemayetpur from her employer’s house at the capital’s Lalmatia -- went viral on social media. 

With rising public and vehicular movement, everything except public transport is plying the capital’s roads, as the nationwide “strict lockdown” rolled into its sixth day yesterday.  

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

Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its forecast for full-year sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed with Germany's BioNTech by nearly 29% to $33.5 billion, as nations stock up on doses for the rest of the year.

Facebook has partnered with Bangladesh’s ICT Division and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to launch the “Covid-19 Vaccine Finder”, a new tool to help Bangladeshis confirm their eligibility and identify nearby places to get the vaccine.

Bangladesh and the United States have expressed willingness to work closely to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.