Covid-19 Hospitals: Some may halt services for a lack of patients

While the number of infections and deaths from Covid-19 continues to rise in the county, the health directorate mulls over suspending operations of some hospitals dedicated to treating coronavirus patients due to a “lack of patients”.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid cases close to 2 lakh mark

As the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country is set to cross 2 lakh milestone today, record shows, it has taken only four weeks to cross the second one lakh mark.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Health Research at Universities: Knowledge unutilised

Hundreds of biological science and technology graduates of the country cannot apply their specialised knowledge in practical settings due to the lack of well-equipped laboratories and funding.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Boy dies by ‘suicide’ after cops ‘pick up’ mother, sister

A teenage boy allegedly died by suicide hours after police assaulted and picked up his mother and sister in Agrabad area of Chattogram yesterday.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Three shot dead in clash over supremacy

Three villagers were killed and seven others injured after a local Awami League leader and his two brothers allegedly opened fire on them at Moshiali village of Atra-Gilatla Eastern Gate area in Khulna city on Thursday night.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Fahim Murder: His personal assistant arrested

The personal assistant of Fahim Saleh, co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, was arrested yesterday in the murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur in his Manhattan apartment, New York’s news media reported.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

School Closure Amid Pandemic: Dropout rise a major concern

The ongoing closure of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic is increasing chances that thousands of marginalised students across the country might have to drop out and engage in child labour, warn government documents and educationists.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Same day, same Covid-19 test, two different results!

Same day, same RT-PCR test, two different results. One says that the person is positive for Covid-19, while the other says negative.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

DGHS aware of JKG Health Care scams

Surgeon Sabrina Arif Chaudhury told interrogators that she had warned the health directorate multiple times about corruptions in JKG as soon as she found out what was going on.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Regent's Shahed: A man with a murky past

For any business deal, Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim used to issue bank cheques with encashment dates that could be two months later.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh to move forward combating pandemic: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her firm optimism that the country would advance again and the people would get rid of the ongoing crisis by combating the novel coronavirus.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Transshipment of Goods to Northeast: India starts first trial run using Ctg port

India has begun its first ever trial run of the much-talked-about transshipment of goods to its north-eastern states through Bangladesh’s Chattogram port.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Virus curbs in disarray

With Eid barely two weeks away, government ministries are at odds with Covid-19 containment strategies for the holidays, which experts say could worsen the situation.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Financial issues might have prompted Pathao co-founder's killing: NYPD

The murder of Fahim Saleh, co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao, has been ruled as a homicide and investigators in New York hinted that the killing might be linked to financial issues.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Meeting SDGS: Nurse the youth thru pandemic

There has to be a policy in place to make sure that the problems faced by the youth during the pandemic can be overcome if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be met, said speakers at a virtual dialogue yesterday.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Fraudsters like Shahed won’t be spared

Fraudsters like Shahed would be caught, regardless of how powerful they are, ministers Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Obaidul Quader warned yesterday.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 Pandemic: Innovation key to overcoming crisis

Innovation, collaboration and adaptability should be the guiding principles for social or commercial entities to tackle the socio-economic challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, speakers said yesterday.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Pathao co-founder Fahim brutally murdered in NY

Co-founder of ride-sharing venture Pathao Fahim Saleh was found dead in a New York flat.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Regent Hospital: MoU signed upon then health secy’s directive

The director general of the health directorate has replied to the health ministry’s letter saying that its MoU with Regent Hospital on treating Covid-19 patients was signed following directives of the immediate past health secretary.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Global trials raise vaccine hope

New results from human trials for Covid-19 vaccines brought hope after researchers from US, Russia and UK claimed that their experimental shots are safe and induced antibodies in all trial participants.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM