Amid a barrage of criticism, the director general of the health services directorate yesterday apologised for his comments on the possible duration of the coronavirus pandemic.

At least eight persons, including six Bangladeshi nationals and two South Koreans, have tested Covid-19 positive after flying to South Korea on the same flight from Bangladesh, reports The Korean Herald quoting Yonhap News Agency.

T K Group has handed over 20 ventilator machines to five hospitals in Chattogram for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

India has reported a record daily surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases.

Forty-five people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

An Italian fashion company, Teddy Group, commits to support Bangladesh during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that Bangladesh is a trusted partner.

A total of 375 expatriate Bangladeshis -- including four doctors -- have so far died of coronavirus or with symptoms of the virus in Saudi Arabia since the outbreak of the pandemic, says Golam Moshi, Bangladesh ambassador to Riyad.

Veteran journalist and cultural organiser Kamal Lohani tests positive for coronavirus.

Md Habibur Rahman Khan, chief of the media cell at the health ministry has been transferred to the agriculture ministry.

The government will establish a 1,900-bed hospital in Ukhiya for the Rohingyas as well as the locals, said Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder today.

Dr Abdul Kader, senior consultant of the Orthopedics Department of Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital in Khulna, was flown to Dhaka for better treatment for Covid-19 infection.

Nearly 80 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, marking a near-doubling of global displacement in a decade, the UN said Thursday.

To probe into the graft allegations over N95 mask, PPE and safety gear procurement at Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) forms an inquiry committee.

The Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh will not go away in two or three months, rather it is likely to stay for two to three years, Prof Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says.

Three thousand eight hundred and three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The latest figures take the total number of infections in the country to 1,02,292 -- crossing a grave milestone.

Another doctor died with Covid-19 infection at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar last night.

A record 4,008 cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in the country yesterday.

The Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed rapid test kit is not effective in detecting Covid-19, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has concluded.

There is no point in repeating how Covid-19 has been wreaking havoc around the world over the last couple of months. Some say Covid-19 didn’t break the system—it only revealed what was already broken. This is a perspective that merits some thought.

International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday started a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine Ivermectin, the organisation stated in a press release.