No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a Covid-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic.

The United States will share technologies used to make Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.

The seizure of hundreds of thousands of litres of hoarded edible oil in the last one week has proved the claim that unscrupulous traders created the crisis to be able to sell cooking oil at higher prices.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day, while 51 new infections were recorded in the 24 hours till 8am today.

A mobile court in Pabna yesterday (May 11, 2022) seized 104,000 litres of soyabean oil from different grocery shops in the district.

A United Nations Weibo post on the World Health Organization chief's comments that China's zero-tolerance Covid-19 policy is not sustainable was removed from the Chinese social media platform on Wednesday morning shortly after being published

No Covid-19 deaths were reported for 21 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 33 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

An annoyed Shovon Das was walking home with a five-litre bottle of soybean oil from Shaheb Bazar in Rajshahi city yesterday afternoon. He had paid Tk 985 for it even though the government set the price at Tk 760.

Pfizer Inc will pay $11.6 billion to buy migraine pill maker Biohaven Pharmaceutical, marking the biggest deal by the cash-rich drugmaker since 2016 to beef up its portfolio ahead of patent losses for some cancer drugs.

Police in a raid seized 92,616 litres of edible oil illegally stored at four warehouses and a truck at Baneshwar Bazar of Rajshahi's Puthia upazila today (May 10, 2022).

People with larger striatum are more likely to exhibit impulsive and sometimes psychopathic behaviour, which include anti-social and egocentric traits, a study has found.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 20 days straight in Bangladesh, while 26 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.

With the government still struggling to bring stability to the volatile edible oil market, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said it was a mistake on his part to trust the businesspeople as they hoarded edible oil and hiked prices abnormally after the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Police in a raid seized 20,400 litres of edible oil illegally stored at a warehouse at Taherpur Bazar of Rajshahi's Bagmara upazila this evening.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

After the new prices came into effect, edible oil companies started supplying bottled, loose soybean and palm oil through distributors from Saturday.

A start-up company in India’s IT city Bengaluru has allowed half-an-hour for power nap for its employees in office, in the latest of novel moves by such firms to be staff-friendly amidst rising attrition post-Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 8, 2022) underscored the innovation of climate tolerant crops by agriculture scientists and the adaptation of modern technology for ensuring food security across the globe.

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 18 consecutive days in Bangladesh, while 23 new cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today.