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Coronavirus
‘Real’ Covid-19 patient who fled from Sylhet hospital found after two days
After two days and following plenty of confusion over a Covid-19 infected woman who fled from a hospital in Sylhet while another woman having the same name being discharged on the same day, police have finally found the ‘real’ patient.
25 April 2020, 13:52 PM
Chief Justice suspends decision to run court functions to a short extent
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain suspends till April 27 his earlier decision to run court functions to a short extent.
25 April 2020, 13:14 PM
IGP hands over safety equipment to DMP
Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed hands over safety equipment to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) so that police personnel who are discharging duties amid the outbreak of coronavirus are better protected.
25 April 2020, 13:05 PM
166 more Bangladeshis return from India
A total of 166 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India’s Chennai for over a month, returned to Dhaka on a special flight of the US-Bangla Airlines today.
25 April 2020, 12:15 PM
World Child Cancer stands beside doctors, nurses
World Child Cancer (WCC), a UK-based charity organisation, extends its helping hand to the doctors and nurses involved in cancer treatment in the time of coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh.
25 April 2020, 11:44 AM
Rab warns of stern action against narcotics smugglers
The newly appointed Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has warned of taking stern action against any one found carrying out narcotics smuggling, criminal or militant activities during this period of coronavirus.
25 April 2020, 11:01 AM
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute begins Covid-19 testing
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute in Savar begins testing samples for coronavirus infection from today.
25 April 2020, 08:36 AM
7-year-old with coronavirus dies at Kuwait Maitree Hospital
A seven-year-old, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.
25 April 2020, 08:17 AM
9 more coronavirus patients die, 309 test positive in 24hrs: DGHS
Nine people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, DGHS says.
25 April 2020, 07:51 AM
Chinese companies stand by the quality of their coronavirus testing kits
Two Chinese pharma companies that supplied 5.5 lakh rapid testing kits to India for Covid-19 said they are ready to cooperate with Indian agencies probing allegations of poor accuracy of their products.
25 April 2020, 07:44 AM
Couple with coronavirus sent to isolation ward in Kushtia after fleeing Dhaka
A couple, who fled from their house in Dhaka after testing positive for coronavirus, is taken to the isolation ward of a hospital in Kushtia.
25 April 2020, 06:48 AM
‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Thor’ shift release dates
Hollywood studios are shuffling more release dates as a result of the coronavirus, including sequels to “Doctor Strange,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Into the Spider-Verse.”
25 April 2020, 06:45 AM
18-bed ICU set up for coronavirus patients at SBMCH
Coronavirus patients will get ICU support at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) from now on as an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with ventilators has been set up at its isolation unit.
25 April 2020, 05:21 AM
World Bank fears ‘secondary’ health crisis
Diverting the scarce healthcare resources of developing countries to the rapidly expanding COVID-19 pandemic could see a 45 percent jump in child and maternal mortality before the end of the year, an international health consortium warned Thursday.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
India to double daily virus testing capacity by May 31
India is going to almost double its present daily capacity of conducting tests for coronavirus infection by the end of next month, said Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump’s ‘disinfectant’ theory: Experts trash dangerous idea
Experts yesterday dismissed as reckless and irresponsible US President Donald Trump’s suggestion of injecting disinfectant to treat patients with Covid-19 as global death toll crossed 190,000.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
UN joins global push for virus remedies
The UN yesterday joined forces with world leaders and the private sector on an initiative to speed up development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and ensure equal access for all.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Snapshots of life: April is cruel, May may be cruelest
April in Dhaka is not what we know of. The month behaves almost like spring now.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Daily essentials get pricier
Soaring prices of essentials in Ramadan have become a major burden at a time when hundreds of thousands of people are struggling with reduced income due to the coronavirus restrictions.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM
How best to survive the coronavirus
Here we are, in the middle of a global pandemic, desperately trying to figure out how to survive. The US now has the dubious distinction of being the world’s leading nation both in terms of number of deaths and identified cases.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM