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‘Zero Empathy’ Suga is competing for a job after Japan’s Olympic victory
Athletes put on a show, but there is no hint that success will rub off on a prime minister who is up for re-election in late October.
Tokyo, Japan – With the postponed pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics drawing to a close on Sunday, all eyes in…
Bangladesh will purchase 6 crore Sinopharm doses from China
The government of Bangladesh will purchase six crore extra doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China.
At a meeting today, the Cabinet Committee on Purchase, chaired by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, approved the plan.
The…
Bangladesh must defeat Covid-19, says the Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's prime minister, declared today that the country must win the war against Covid-19, encouraging everyone to follow health standards to combat the deadly virus.
"We've been fighting the Coronavirus for over a…
Covid patients are in high demand
M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital in Dinajpur is overflowing with Covid-19 patients on a daily basis. Around 200 people were occupying the hospital's 130-bed Covid unit as of yesterday.
This affects more than just the…
Delta wreaks havoc even when it is under lockdown
Bangladesh reported 230 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, the greatest single-day toll in the country's history, which is confronting a gloomy reality as the incidence of the more virulent Delta variety rises despite the lockdown.
Health…
Delta is now having an effect on Dhaka
Dhaka, which has been trailing Khulna for about a week, reported the greatest number of daily Covid-19 deaths among all divisions yesterday, as the pandemic's current wave continues to wreak devastation across the country.
According to…
Find $75 billion to stop the next epidemic, says the top panel to the G20
A panel of specialists informed finance ministers of the Group of 20 affluent countries on Friday that COVID-19 is likely simply a harbinger of increasingly catastrophic pandemics in the future, and that governments will need to find $75…
Tracking the Delta variation on a map
The novel coronavirus's Delta version, which was first discovered in India, has now been found in over 100 nations.
According to the head of the World Health Organization, the Delta variation of SARS-CoV-2 has now been found in more than…
The death curve is getting steeper
Covid's daily death toll has surpassed 200, with a 1.6 percent mortality rate.
For the first time since the start of the pandemic in the country, daily Covid-19 deaths surpassed 200, marking an alarming milestone in the second wave.…
Highest number of Covid-19 cases reported in a single day; 163 die, 11,525 are infected
According to a news release released by the Directorate General of Health Services, 143 persons died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours leading up to 8 a.m. today (DGHS).
The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country is now 15,392, with…