Locally developed Covid testing kit opens a new window for Bangladesh

Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has urged China to release information about six labourers who fell ill after working in a mine in Yunnan province in 2012, and are now seen as a key part of efforts to find the origins of Covid-19.

Eight people have died from Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Speakers at a webinar have said Bangladesh has been able to avert a big disaster caused by coronavirus due to the timely intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Around 45 percent of the people in Dhaka city have already been exposed to the coronavirus infection, said a study by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Twenty-three people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Sunamganj's Sub-Registrar Md Zafar Ahmed died of Covid-19 today.He breathed his last at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 5:00am, said a law ministry press release.

Another doctor who was diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Dhaka today.

Shyamal Biswas, assistant officer, store of The Daily Star, died today with Covid-19. He was 53.

Bangladesh has established minimum requirements for the production of non-medical fabric masks for community use, taking an important step towards safe and regulated production of masks and providing essential guidelines to local manufacturers, the RMG sector and NGOs to join the fight against Covid-19.

Thirty-three people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Forty-two people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Forty-five people have died from Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Dabirul Islam, lawmaker from Thakurgaon-2 constituency, has been airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment after he tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

42 die, 2,485 infected, 3,784 recover in 24 hours.

Abdus Shahid, joint chief news editor of private television channel NTV, passed away with Covid-19 infection at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Hospital in Dhaka this morning. He was 63.

Five Covid-19 positive patients died in Bogura in the last 24 hours.

Forty-one people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Thirty-four people have died from Covid-19 in the country, reads a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Barrister Rumeen Farhana, a BNP lawmaker from reserved seat, has tested positive for coronavirus.