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Hospitals for Covid-19 Treatment: Not all ICUs functional
The intensive care units for coronavirus patients have yet to become functional in many of the 17 hospitals dedicated to Covic-19 treatment, even a month and a half after the authorities reported the first case in the country.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Record surge in infections
The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed 6,000 yesterday as the authorities reported a record 549 infections in a single day.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Food Aid for The Poor: Smart cards for 1.25cr families
The government is working to develop a database of nearly 1.25 crore beneficiary families to ensure proper distribution of food aid and plug the loopholes in the current distribution system, said officials at two ministries.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundreds block roads demanding food aid
Several hundreds of people yesterday blocked two highways in Jashore and Savar demanding food aid.
28 April 2020, 18:00 PM
2 die after showing Covid-19 symptoms
Two people died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms in Barguna and Patuakhali yesterday.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt won’t allow rapid testing kit
The government has decided not to do rapid testing for Covid-19 as the World Health Organization has yet to approve such a test, the health ministry has said.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Factories keep reopening amid virus fear
More garment factories have reopened in the industrial areas across the country yesterday amid demonstrations by laid off workers and those demanding arrears.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Restaurants can now sell takeaway iftar items
Restaurants in the capital can sell takeaway iftar items from today, Dhaka Metropolitan Police said yesterday.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Deaths, cases keep rising
Coronavirus cases in the country continue to rise, with health officials reporting 497 new cases yesterday.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Schools may stay closed till Sept
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said educational institutions would remain closed until September if there was no improvement in the coronavirus situation.
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Private Hospitals: Doctors left unprotected
When the country is grappling with community transmission of novel coronavirus, more than one third of doctors at private hospitals surveyed said they have still not been provided with any personal protective equipment (PPE).
27 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Social protection initiatives scanty in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is coming up with the fewest social protection initiatives in the Asia Pacific region, finds a United Nations position report prepared by the organisation’s regional bureau.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt targets 5,000 tests a day from May
Directorate General of Health Services has started working to scale up its coronavirus testing capacity with a target of testing over 5,000 people daily by the first week of next month.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Construction workers: As informal as ignored
Though the ongoing shutdown has put informal workers in the construction sector in a tight spot as they are largely dependent on daily wages, the ministry concerned has failed to act promptly to address their hardships.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Another sad milestone passed
Coronavirus cases in the country have passed the 5,000 mark, with health officials reporting 418 new cases yesterday.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Some RMG factories reopen on a limited scale
A section of owners yesterday reopened their garment factories with a part of their workforce amid continued protests in different districts demanding arrears.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Hidden cases now spreading virus
Shafiul Alam, a worker at a garment factory in coronavirus-hit Gazipur, returned to his village home in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila on April 15.
26 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Buzzing iftar bazaar now missing
The historic iftar market in capital’s Chawkbazar area remained almost empty on the first day of Ramadan amid shutdown for coronavirus.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Wobbling as the going gets tough
On April 14, a doctor at the surgery department of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital sent The Daily Star a list of protective gear they were supplied that day.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 death rate higher than that of recovery
Bangladesh appears to be the only country in the world where the Covid-19 death rate is higher than the recovery rate.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM