​​​​​​​At least 320 people were arrested and 208 people were fined on the second day of the seven-day "strict lockdown" in the capital for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines.

Sylhet division has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in a day after 215 people tested positive in four districts of the division in 24 hours till this morning.

In 25 hours, 13 people have died in the Covid-19 units of Bogura’s Mohammad Ali Hospital and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.

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

The government has deployed 106 executive magistrates to monitor implementation of seven-day lockdown from tomorrow.

The religious affairs ministry today asked authorities of all mosques to keep soap or hand sanitisers at the entrance, urged people to perform their ablutions at home and maintain social distance while offering their prayers.

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

France is likely to have a fourth wave of the COVID-19 virus, due to a resurgence of cases caused by the Delta variant first found in India, said the French government's leading scientific adviser Professor Jean-François Delfraissy.

The countrywide mass inoculation campaign will resume tomorrow at all district hospitals and 40 centres in Dhaka city with Sinopharm vaccines, Dr Shamsul Haque, line director (MNC&H) of the health directorate, said today.

Eighty percent of the country will come under Covid-19 vaccination within the first quarter of 2022, Health Minister Zahid Maleque informed the parliament today.

Two million Sinopharm vaccines in Beijing are ready to be delivered to Bangladesh, said Chinese government officials.

Twelve people died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.

Thirteen patients died while being treated at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8am today.

Moderna Inc's Covid-19 vaccine showed promise against the Delta variant first identified in India in a lab study, with a modest decrease in response compared to the original strain, the drugmaker said on Tuesday.

Turkey issued ban on travel and flights from six countries including Bangladesh and India due to the coronavirus variants.

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) today permitted Indian pharma giant Cipla to import Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in the country, sources said.

Indonesia's COVID-19 surge is on the edge of a "catastrophe" as the more infectious Delta variant dominates transmission and chokes hospitals in Southeast Asia's worst epidemic, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today that primary and secondary educational institutions will open when the Covid-19 situation is under control.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government will procure Covid-19 vaccines at whatever cost, and the vaccines will be administered widely from next month.

Global Covid-19 caseload surged past 181 million on Tuesday even with mass inoculations underway in some parts of the world.