May 7, 2020

Potential Covid-19 Drug: 6 local pharmas set to produce remdesivir

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 Six local drug makers are set to produce the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise […]
May 7, 2020

Burn unit not testing all deceased

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 The burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, dedicated to treating Covid-19 patients, has not been testing […]
May 7, 2020

Covid-19: Cop dies of infection, journo with symptoms

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 Another police official died from coronavirus at a city hospital yesterday, raising the Covid-19 deaths of police […]
May 7, 2020

Shopping Malls: Big 2 won’t open, some in dilemma

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 Some of the capital’s largest shopping malls have decided not to reopen on May 10 when the […]
May 7, 2020

They too join TCB queues

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 Even a month ago, small trader Didar Hossain had quite a decent life. He would supply construction […]
May 7, 2020

The spike of new cases on 790 infected in 24 hours; 73pc of the dead are male

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 The country continues to see a record surge in coronavirus infections every day with 790 new cases […]
May 7, 2020

Restrictions on prayers at mosques go Govt issues a set of health guidelines for mosque-goers

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 7 May 2020 After around a month, the government yesterday lifted restrictions on people gathering at mosques, but said the […]
May 6, 2020

Sale of unauthorised Covid-19 home test kits rampant online

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 6 May 2020 In spite of disapproval by the drug administration, unauthorised rapid Covid-19 test kits are being sold online […]
May 6, 2020

VIRUS PANDEMIC: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 6 May 2020 Deaths cross 250,000 The novel coronavirus has killed at least 251,512 people since the outbreak first emerged […]