CNN – Chinese authorities say a sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus in Shenzhen. The sample was tested during a screening of imported frozen food in Longgang district of Shenzhen, the local government…
Chapainawabganj, Aug 13: A total of nineteen more persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the district on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 567.
Dhaka, Aug 12 – Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has tested positive for coronavirus. The minister underwent Covid-19 test and received the test report on Wednesday, said Dipangkar Bor, senior information officer of the ministry.
Alan Stoga “Because there’s less external pressure on the continent now than there has ever been, we are beginning to see African countries coming together to figure out how they’re going to solve their problems.” —Carole Wainaina
Geneva, 11 Aug (Kanaga Raja) – The COVID-19 pandemic has created “the largest disruption of education systems in history”, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries, according to a United Nations report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that his country is the first in the world to register vaccine against COVID-19.
Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 20 million according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, reports Xinhua.
AP/UNB, Aug 10 – Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said that he tested positive for Covid-19. He made the disclosure in a tweet Monday afternoon, reports Hindustan Times.
Veteran singer-actor SP Balasubrahmanyam on Monday said he has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.
DHAKA – Two national hockey players tested for COVID-19 positive after sixteen hockey players reported Saturday last to the selection committee at Shaheen Hall at Air Force in Mohakhali for the physical fitness camp. Talking to BSS today, Bangladesh Hockey…
The death tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 3,399 on Sunday with the death of 34 more patients in the last 24 hours.
DHAKA – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) in order to be sure of their booters COVID-19 result, decided to conduct further COVID-19 test of all of their footballers, coaches and officials in two recognised hospitals on Monday (August 10). The national…
Kazi Ashraful Azim, the superintendent of Sherpur police, has been infected with coronavirus.
Rangpur, Aug 8: The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases jumped to 7,197 as 157 new infected patients were reported in a day after testing 470 samples at two COVID-19 Laboratories in Rangpur division on Friday.
Opinion by Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates (CNN)Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now spends her days at home in a small suburb…
DHAKA – It’s a blow for national football team as seven more booters and one assistant coach of the twelve-member first batch COVID-19 were tested positive for coronavirus today. Local coach Mohammad Masud Parvez Kaiser was also tested COVID-19 positive.…
Two people, who were undergoing treatment at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, died from Covid-19 on Friday.
Xinhua/UNB, Aug 07 – The officially confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed 19 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Dhaka, Aug 07 – At a time when people need credible information, coronavirus has upended Bangladesh’s media industry, hitting hard its revenue generation and claiming the lives of a good number of journalists and infecting many more.
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has again requested the countries to unite and fight against Covid-19 as the pandemic has claimed over 700,000 lives globally while the number of confirmed cases has gone up to 19 million as of…
By Edward Hammond Vanderbilt University is in hot pursuit of pandemic profits. Antibodies from Vanderbilt, potential COVID-19 treatments whose discovery was paid for by the public, have been turned into private property as the University and its partner, the drug…
Dhaka, Aug 06 – With 39 additional deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll in Bangladesh from Covid-19 has gone up to 3306 on Thursday.
France will provide a concessional loan of 150 million euro to support Bangladesh with its cash transfer programmes and COVID-19 responsiveness.
Nearly 220,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on August 4, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 18.14 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Tuesday.
Pointing out that the risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding should continue.
Dhaka, Aug 05 – The global Covid-19 deaths surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the morning, data compiled by JHU showed the globally confirmed cases rising at 18,540,119.
Dhaka, Aug 4: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $9.3 billion in financial resources in the last six months since early February when ADB started its initial response to support its developing member countries and the private sector to address…
Washington, Xinhua/UNB, Aug 04 – A new study says US communities that made using face masks in public compulsory saw a decline in the spread of coronavirus.
Karnaphuli Tunnel Project has achieved a “breakthrough” with the completion of the left line despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The death tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh reached 3,184 on Monday with the death of 30 more patients in the last 24 hours.