DHAKA: The government has fixed fees for coronavirus in all laboratories in public hospitals and institutes across the country. From now on, the patients will have to pay Tk 200 per test if they visit the kiosks to give samples, said Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Even though there are more than 13 experimental vaccines in clinical trials among the 140 being developed to combat Covid-19, the World Health Organisation has identified the candidates developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Moderna Inc as the front-runners. “Certainly in

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday (June 28) reported 43 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,738, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,809 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday (June 27) reported 34 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,695, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,504 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc.’s experimental vaccine is the first to enter the final stages of clinical trials to assess how well it works in protecting people from becoming infected by the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has infected 9.4

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday (June 26) reported 40 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,661, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,868 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Thursday (June 25) reported 39 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,621, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,946 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Wednesday (June 24) reported 37 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,582, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,462 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

DHAKA: President of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin tested positive for novel coronavirus on Monday. Mostafa Jalal, also former MP of ruling Awami League, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Prof Dr Khan Abul Kalam Azad,

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Tuesday (June 23) reported 43 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,545, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,412 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

DHAKA: Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh will get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine first on priority basis if China develops it.  He also said, “China has been working to develop the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine and also progressed a lot.” It has been

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday (June 22) reported 38 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,502, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,480 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday (June 21) reported 39 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,464, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,531 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday (June 19) reported 45 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,388, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 3,243 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last

DHAKA: The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic might take at least two to three more years to go away, although the rate of infection goes down, said Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad. According to World Health Organization (WHO),

DHAKA: The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Wednesday declared Gonoshasthaya kit as ineffective for coronavirus testing. A BSMMU six-member committee to conduct the performance study on samples of Rapid Dot Blot kits, devolved by the organisation

A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing

DHAKA: Professor AKM Mujibur Rahman, former director of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH), died from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in a city hospital on Tuesday morning. Mujibur Rahman breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of the

New mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health Organization said Friday, stressing that the benefits outweighed the risks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference

The country has reported 47 more deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,095, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).  Besides, 3,471 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total