Dhaka January 17, 2026, 1:52 am
Covid-19 death toll crosses 12,000-mark in Bangladesh
Health Minister handed token boxes of Hydrocloroquine tablets manufactured by Essential Drugs Company, PPE & musks for the friendly Nepalese people on
The government has only seven lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in stock at present and the vaccination would be stopped in different districts in the next two to three days
"People of rural areas will be infected massively if people headed home continue to leave the capital in huge crowds"
The current Covid-19 situation may turn grim after Eid if the lockdown is relaxed
Among the latest day's victims, 25 were men, and 13 were women
The deceased is identified as Tawhid (9), son of Humayun Kabir of Malda Colony, in Rajshahi city
In a joint statement on Friday, initiated by Dhaka Ahsania Mission, 121 doctors said tobacco was involved in six of the eight leading causes of preventable death worldwide
This was the 1st consignment of medical assistance including medicines and health protection items Bangladesh offered to India as support to the Indian people during this deteriorating COVID situation in India
Among the latest day's victims, 22 were men, and 19 were women
Total 10-20 mn doses of vaccine sought from US
58,19,719 people have so far received the first dose of the vaccine while 30,23,169 got the second one
With new figures, the total death count from the coronavirus infections reached 11,755, with a fatality rate of 1.53%
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the co-chair of the Global Leaders Group on AMR, reiterated her call to the global leaders to establish AMR as a top priority issue in the political agenda to combat the threat of AMR and crea
Bangladesh is the first country among the countries sending peacekeepers since March 2021, during the replacement of contingents deployed in the DR Congo; vaccine was provided to military personnel and deployed them to the mi
Among the latest day's victims, 36 were men, and 25 were women
Vaccine doses will start arriving here before Eid while the Health Minister Zahid Maleque shared a more specific date - May 10
The government is eyeing 4.5 million vaccine doses from Russia, China; Renata seeks to import Moderna vaccine from the US
The application and relevant documents have been forwarded to the Directorate General of Drug Administration to scrutinise the company’s capacity to store the vaccine
Nazneen, a public health expert with more than 35 years of professional experience in the field of public, got the appointment on April 8, 2021
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