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Gonoshasthaya Rapid Test Kit: BSMMU speaks at last, spurns it
The Gonoshasthaya Kendra-developed rapid test kit is not effective in detecting Covid-19, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has concluded.
17 June 2020, 18:00 PM
India-China Border Standoff: 20 Indian troops killed in clashes
At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed in a violent face-off with Chinese forces on the disputed border, the Indian army has said, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff in the western Himalayas.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Gonoshasthaya Kit: BSMMU again delays test results
The submission of the report on Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s rapid test kit for Covid-19 has been postponed for the third time in a row by BSMMU officials, frustrating the scientists who developed the kit well before most other countries.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Sher-e-Bangla Hospital: ICU needs ATTENTION
The shortage of trained manpower at intensive care units (ICUs) compromises proper treatment of Covid-19 patients, among others, at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Neighbourhood-based lockdowns still days away
Two city corporations of Dhaka are awaiting maps specifying the areas where lockdown will be imposed from the authorities concerned to stem the transmission of Covid-19.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Treatment at Hospitals: SC stays all but 3 HC directives
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed all but three High Court observations and directives that concern ensuring treatment for patients at all government and private hospitals across the country irrespective of whether or not they are infected with coronavirus.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Doubts grow over coronavirus peak
With the country moving closer to the 100,000-mark of Covid-19 cases, healthcare experts are yet to know when the outbreak will reach its peak.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Kuwait deportees describe how they were defrauded by Laxmipur MP’s manpower agency
With eyes full of hope, a group of Bangladeshis reached Kuwait about two years ago. They made it to the oil-rich Gulf country after spending everything they had.
16 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Sylhet city ex-mayor Kamran dies from Covid-19
Former Sylhet mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died of novel coronavirus at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka early yesterday.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
MP Shahid ‘spills the beans’
Laxmipur lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam has caused an uproar in Kuwait by revealing that high-placed officials of that country used to take bribes from him.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
2 more cops die from Covid-19
Two police personnel, who tested Covid-19 positive earlier, died in city hospitals yesterday.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Situation dire due to incoordination
Absence of proper planning and coordination in the government’s coronavirus response has resulted in a disastrous situation, said a study by the Transparency International Bangladesh.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
We will not accept defeat fearing death
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she would not accept defeat against an invisible force like the novel coronavirus fearing death.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Don’t send away any patient: HC
The High Court yesterday observed that no patient, regardless of whether they are infected with coronavirus, can be deprived of treatment at any government or private hospital.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19: 90,000 cases in 100 days
With over three thousand new infections in a single day, the total number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 90,000-mark yesterday -- the 100th day since the outbreak began in the country.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Confusion reigns supreme
There was confusion all around.
As the news of the government preparing a list of virus hotspots to be categorised as red zones spread, the city residents got puzzled and panicked.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM
45 Dhaka areas marked red
Amid rising coronavirus cases and fatalities, a technical committee of the government has primarily identified 45 areas in the capital as red zones.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Gonoshasthaya Kit: BSMMU to submit test report in days
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is going to submit within a day or two the results of performance trial of the coronavirus antibody testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Police Brutality in US: Another killing adds fuel to race protests
Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident likely to fuel more nationwide tensions over race and police tactics.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Denied treatment by her hospital, young nurse dies
A 22-year-old nurse of the capital’s Ibn Sina Hospital died in front of its emergency unit allegedly after being refused admission yesterday.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM