Dhaka June 16, 2025, 4:16 pm
According to the DGHS, 49,114,462 people -- 40.93 percent of the target -- have received their first doses of vaccine while 31,963,515 of them (26.64pc) have completed receiving both the doses as of November 9
Bangladesh will get 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine from Saudi Arabia and 3.3 million of same jabs from Poland as donation soon
Chief operating officer of Beximco Pharma Rabbur Reza confirmed the matter to reporters on Tuesday noon
Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Incepta, Beacon Pharma and Renata will manufacture medicine Molnupiravir
Seventeen files, mostly related to purchase by different public medical colleges, have disappeared the ministry at the secretariat
Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the campaign at Ideal School and College at Motijheel in the capital
Among the fresh fatalities, six were males and three were females
The minister stated this at a meeting on healthcare and development issues of the country organised by UHFPO, an organisation of Upazila Health Officers, at Hotel Intercontinental in the capital
The vaccines -- all Pfizer-BioNTech -- are being donated through the World Health Organization's Covax program
China will also extend its full support to Bangladesh in securing free trade and open economy, and developing science and technology of the next generation
The President came up with the directive as a BSMMU delegation, led by its Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban in the capital this evening
Across eight divisions, 66,25,123 people were vaccinated, "which is a record number of jabs inoculated in Bangladesh in a single day"
The vaccine jabs will be administered from 9 am at 6,000 centres across the country, he said adding that in the first two hours women above 50 years and physically-challenged people will get the jabs on priority basis
A cargo flight of National Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses gifted by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:15 PM
A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Shahjalal International Airport with the vaccine consignment around 2 am
The decision to restart the vaccine export has come ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly as well as Washington DC starting Tuesday (Sept 21) where vaccine
Deputy Director of the anti-graft commission Farid Ahmed Patwary filed the case against five people with Dhaka Coordinated Office-1 on September 23 last year for embezzling Tk 1.37 crore by issuing fake Covid test certificate
The children will be inoculated with US-made Pfizer vaccine doses as it is suitable for them
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved charge-sheets against 11 people, including seven doctors and three contractors for irregularities in procurement of drugs for Maternal and Child Health Training Instit
Government is planning to vaccinate 1.5 to 2 crore people from the next month