Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh must win the fight against Covid-19, urging all to follow health guidelines accordingly to check the deadly virus.

India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian country.

Thirteen more patients died while undergoing treatment at Covid units of five Khulna hospitals in 24 hours, till 8 am today.

Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday.

All workplaces, including factories and offices, will stay shut during the fortnight-long lockdown starting July 23, as per the latest gazette notification that came on the eve of the three-day Eid vacation.

The country yesterday logged a record 231 daily Covid deaths raising the total number to 18,125.

When Bangladesh was struggling to get Covid-19 vaccines amid surging infections and deaths, the arrival of 26 lakh vaccine doses over the last one month under the Covax facility offered it a ray of hope.

At least 115 Bangladeshi migrant workers who returned home untimely amid the pandemic have faced “wage theft” in different host countries, according to a regional migrant rights group’s report.

The number of infections and deaths in Khulna division this month has broken all previous records.  

Three million doses of Moderna vaccine from the United States arrived in Dhaka under the COVAX facility today.

Health ministry has not gone ahead with Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s proposal of buying 20 million Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

At least 75 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours till 8:00am today.

People aged 30 and above can register for Covid-19 vaccine on the Surokkha app from today.

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

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' ending over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was marred on Monday by surging infections, warnings of supermarket shortages and his own forced self-isolation.

As Covid-19 continues to devastate families and communities, Unicef has stressed the need for protecting the rights of every child to live and grow up in an environment that supports their physical, psychological, social and emotional development.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Institute and Hospital today

The Associated Press, among others, reported that the easing of the “strict lockdown” for eight days could exacerbate an ongoing surge in Bangladesh fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, which was first detected in India.

Thirteen patients died while undergoing treatment at Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8 am today.

Twenty people died in the Covid unit of Kushtia General Hospital till 8am this morning.