Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday inaugurated a 2,000-bed hospital at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital for treating Covid-19 patients.

Amphan, the cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, may lash the coastal districts in three days, upending social distancing and hygiene practices needed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

With the severe cyclonic storm “Amphan” approaching the coast, the agricultural office has advised farmers in coastal districts to harvest all the paddy that have matured up to at least 80 percent matured.

Senior citizens are like lighthouses. With their acumen and expertise they guide a better world for all. But this section of the society is more vulnerable to Covid-19.

Local influential people and some government officials are getting involved in irregularities in rice procurement and taking bribes from farmers, according to an intelligence report of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Police yesterday stepped up measures to restrict movement of people and vehicles nationwide during the Eid holidays with an aim to curb further spread of the novel coronavirus.

Expert panel warns government about 29,000 returning from Middle East and says institutional quarantine a must to avert bigger disaster.

The agriculture ministry yesterday took some initiatives and put forth several recommendations to improve the transportation and marketing of seasonal fruits in an attempt to reduce food waste as well as the loss of farmers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

At least 241 police personnel were infected across the country in the last 24 hours till yesterday noon, taking the total number to 2,382, according to a tally of the Police Headquarters.

Covid-19 cases have risen 30 times in 12 densely populated areas in the capital over the last five weeks, according to data from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.

Issuing a warning that Covid-19 threatens to reverse development gains made by Bangladesh in the last 50 years, World Food Programme has appealed for $320 million to help the most vulnerable.

Two years ago, Bazlur Rashid of Bogura went to Saudi Arabia to work as a farm labourer. He now sends Tk 15,000 to Tk 20,000 in remittance every month.

The government yesterday asked garment factory owners to pay the workers 50 percent of their basic salary as Eid bonus before the festival and another 50 percent after the festival.

Two physicians, who are Covid-19 survivors, donated plasma at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday for the trial of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) aimed at treating coronavirus patients.

Three more Rohingyas tested positive for Covid-19 at Ukhia refugee camp yesterday, a day after the first novel coronavirus case was reported in the camp.

Some 7,000 to 8,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Bahrain have lost their jobs due to economic shutdown enforced by the country’s government to contain coronavirus pandemic, an official at Bangladesh embassy in Manama said yesterday.

National Professor Anisuzzaman was laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard with state honour yesterday morning.

The national technical advisory committee on coronavirus has recommended that all hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 treatment should be brought under a network to reduce the sufferings of patients.

The coronavirus situation will worsen further if the government fails to place the highly affected areas on strict lockdown immediately, experts warn as the number of Covid-19 patients continues to surge despite a nationwide shutdown.

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