Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose vaccine approved in Bangladesh
Jun 17, 2021, at 01:23 am
Bangladesh has approved Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 for emergency use in the country, making it the sixth vaccine to get approval. The country is all set to resume its national vaccination campaign on Saturday.
Bangladesh records 47 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 14, 2021, at 02:07 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 47 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest count in the past four weeks, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh seeks five million Sputnik V vaccines from Russia
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:18 am
Bangladesh has intensified negotiations with Russia to procure five million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine soon.
China upset over disclosure of its vaccine price in Bangladesh
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:52 am
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said China is a little upset that the procurement price of Sinopharm vaccine was made public in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported.
Bangladesh to vaccinate university students soon
Jun 02, 2021, at 02:53 am
Zahid Maleque, Bangladesh’s health and family welfare minister, has said that they would soon vaccinate university students on priority once the country gets enough vaccines. The move would help restart educational institutes.
COVID-19: Bangladesh registers 34 new deaths
May 31, 2021, at 12:48 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 34 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Two cases of black fungus detected in Bangladesh
May 25, 2021, at 09:26 pm
Bangladesh has confirmed two cases of rare black fungus, also known as mucormycosis, a disease that has wreaked havoc in several Indian states, especially among the people who recovered from Covid. Both the patients--one aged 45 and another 60--had recently recovered from Covid-19.
Bangladesh records 25 fresh COVID-19 related deaths
May 24, 2021, at 10:23 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 25 fresh COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh extends COVID-19 lockdown till May 30
May 23, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has extended current pandemic restrictions by another week to May 30, media reports said.
Bangladesh records 1608 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
May 19, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh has recorded 1608 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
US, UK fund for reducing Bangladesh river pollution
May 09, 2021, at 04:21 am
The USA and the UK have co-founded a USD 297,000 advocacy project to reduce pollution caused by different rivers in Bangladesh’s Dhaka district.
COVID-19: Bangladesh extends lockdown till May 16
May 03, 2021, at 10:34 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Bangladesh government has decided to extend the ongoing restrictions till May 16 to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
Bangladesh to receive 100,000 doses of Pfizer next month
Apr 27, 2021, at 12:02 am
As Bangladesh struggles to procure vaccines from India, officials informed the country would receive around 100,000 doses of Pfizer next month from the WHO’s Covax facility.
Bangladesh may run out of vaccines by May 15
Apr 25, 2021, at 07:17 am
Amid apprehensions that Bangladesh could run out of their existing stock of Covid 19 vaccines by May 15, with the government not yet sure whether fresh supplies would arrive from India, a high-level panel has warned of an ‘unstable situation” if vaccines are not imported urgently from alternative sources.
With India's supply uncertain, Bangladesh to join China’s Covid vaccine storage facility
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:33 am
In the wake of uncertainty over getting purchased doses from India, Bangladesh has decided to join China’s COVID-19 vaccine storage facility for South Asia, bdnews24 reported.
Dedicated Covid hospital with 1000 beds comes up in Dhaka
Apr 19, 2021, at 10:30 pm
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country, the Bangladesh government has opened a 1000 beds dedicated Covid-19 hospital in the capital, Dhaka, easing pressure on existing hospitals in the city, according to a report in Dhaka Tribune.
Bangladesh reports 78 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Apr 12, 2021, at 01:19 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 78 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, highest daily figure recorded since the virus hit the country last year, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 7,087 infected, 53 die of COVID-19 in 24 hrs
Apr 05, 2021, at 02:01 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh government on Sunday reported 7,087 more coronavirus cases, the highest number of infections in a day, bringing the total number to 6,37,364.
Developed countries need to donate more in climate fund: Bangladesh
Apr 02, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momin asked developed countries to scale up climate actions, and add funds to the Multi Donar Fund, and also said that the world is nowhere close to the annual target set in the Paris Agreement.
Bangladesh scrambles to add beds in Dhaka’s hospitals amid rising cases
Apr 01, 2021, at 08:30 pm
By Wednesday, only 48 intensive care unit beds were vacant in hospitals in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, as the rising cases of the Covid-19 infections overwhelmed the health infrastructure in Bangladesh’s capital, reported Daily Star.
COVID: Bangladesh registers 5,181 new cases, 45 more die
Mar 29, 2021, at 11:41 pm
Dhaka/UNI: With the detection of 5,181 new covid-19 cases on Monday, the tally in the country has surged to 6,00,895.
Amid rising cases, ICUs may run out soon in Bangladesh’s major cities
Mar 25, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Worried over the spike in Covid-19 infections, Bangladesh health authorities fear that intensive care units (ICUs) in major cities may soon run out of their full capacity, reported Dhaka Times. Already Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet are operating at near full capacity.
4.8 million Covishield vaccine doses administered in Bangladesh
Mar 23, 2021, at 12:33 am
The Bangladesh government has so far administered 4.8 million doses of Covishield to its people, and around 80,000 doses alone lasst Sunday. The registration portal for vaccines has already received 6.2 million applications. Bangladesh has procured over 9 million doses of vaccines so far, of which two million of them were donated by India.
34 variants of coronavirus spreading in Bangladesh
Mar 22, 2021, at 11:29 pm
The SARS COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has around 34 unique mutants in Bangladesh. The virus, researchers claim, has mutated 4,604 times in Bangladesh since the first week of December last year. The 34 new mutants are unique to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh top receiver of Made-in-India Covishield vaccines
Mar 17, 2021, at 05:10 am
Of the 70 countries that received India-manufactured vaccines, Bangladesh received the most Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India, a minister stated in a written reply in the Indian parliament.
Bangladesh fights Coronavirus: 291 more infected with COVID-19, 13 fresh deaths
Feb 14, 2021, at 04:05 am
Dhaka/UNI: Thirteen more people died due to Novel Coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,266.
Bangladesh records 435 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Feb 05, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 435 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the number of instances registered in the country so far to 537,465.
Bangladesh registers 20 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Jan 25, 2021, at 01:29 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 20 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
COVID-19: Death toll in Bangladesh crosses 8000
Jan 24, 2021, at 12:08 am
Dhaka: The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 virus in Bangladesh has now crossed 8000-mark, media reports said.
India officially hands over 20 lakh Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh
Jan 22, 2021, at 01:23 am
Dhaka/UNI: India officially handed over 20 lakh vaccines for Novel Coronavirus to Bangladesh as a gift on Thursday.