Rafiul Islam

Despite the joyous occasion of Eid, frontline fighters in the battle against the coronavirus carry on with their jobs -- doctors, nurses and hospital staff celebrate Eid with Covid-19 patients, who are away from their families just like the people in charge of their wellbeing.

Incidents of mugging are happening on the apparently empty city streets, especially after dark, during the shutdown when law enforcers are focusing on containing the spread of Covid-19.

Abul Hashem was going to his betel leaf field in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila as a pillion passenger of his son’s motorcycle on May 10.

Panicking does not help; all should remain resilient during this time of crisis, said noted historian Prof Muntassir Mamoon yesterday, after winning the battle against Covid-19.

After winning the battle against Covid-19, noted historian Prof Muntassir Mamoon has said panicking does not help, rather he urged all to remain resilient during this time of crisis.

Tasikul lost his mind after his seven-month pregnant wife tested Covid-19 positive.

Incidents of so-called shootouts continue unabated during the Covid-19 outbreak with at least 40 persons killed across the country in March and April, the two months in which the country was hit hard by the virus.

The burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, dedicated to treating Covid-19 patients, has not been testing many who died there after exhibiting Covid-19-like symptoms.

With more and more police personnel being infected with the highly contagious virus, the 250-bed police hospital in Dhaka is struggling to accommodate patients.

Many vendors, who are now jobless due to the ongoing countrywide shutdown, are engaging in the sale of PPE to make a living. Public health experts warn that the use of these PPE suits can be fatal for health and a source of Covid-19 infection.

On an average, nearly 30 doctors across the country have tested Covid-19 positive daily in last one week, according to a tally of Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), an organisation of physicians.

When a 38-year-old school from Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila started showing symptoms of coronavirus back in April 5, she immediately locked herself up in her room, fearing she was indeed infected.

While some refuse to help their own family members out of fear of the coronavirus, others step up to take care of complete strangers. United under the banner of ‘Health Service Volunteers’, around 100 people took an oath recently to aid people infected with Covid-19, in Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas.

It has been exactly two years since college student Rajib Hossain died after losing a hand that got stuck between two buses racing in the city, but his family has neither got justice nor any compensation yet.

Although there are criticisms over the role of some healthcare employees, many of them are giving it all on the frontline of the battle against coronavirus.

Apart from over 3,000 petty criminals, the governemnt is planning to release 1,413 inmates who were sentenced to life-term imprisonment and have alresdy served more than 20 years in jail, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Apart from over 3,000 petty criminals, the government is planning to release 1,413 inmates who were sentenced to life imprisonment and have already served more than 20 years in jail, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital is going to turned into a centre for treating Covid-19 patients amid the growing number of detections in the last couple of days.

She is a cardiac patient.

She is a cardiac patient. Yet, this 35-year-old doctor did not evade her duties -- knowing the added risks -- during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. She continues to work at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.