April 24, 2021

Remdesivir has side effects too, warns expert as demand rises in Covid 2nd wave

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 Apr 2021 Amid concerns over the shortage of Remdesivir, a drug being used in the treatment of Covid-19, the […]
April 24, 2021

Hospitals overrun as India’s Covid-19 infections top global record for third day

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 Apr 2021 People across India continue to scramble for life-saving oxygen supplies on Saturday and patients lay dying outside […]
April 24, 2021

Medical technologists: Heroes unsung and ignored

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 Apr 2021 Jummu Das, a medical technologist at the Satkania Upazila Health Complex lab in Chattogram, has been collecting […]
April 24, 2021

Govt should talk to Serum for due vaccine doses: Papon

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 Apr 2021 Bangladesh government should talk to India’s Serum Institute over getting the rest of the vaccine doses, said […]
April 23, 2021

Lockdown triggers blood shortage in Bangladesh

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 Apr 2021 A week ago, a crisis hit the family of Shahed Alam’s best friend — there was no […]
April 23, 2021

Bangladesh reports 88 Covid deaths, 3,629 new cases

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 Apr 2021 Bangladesh reported 88 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the death count to 10,869 […]
April 23, 2021

Prices of some commodities decline following sluggish sales in lockdown

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 Apr 2021 Even though prices of almost all necessary commodities went up at the beginning of the ongoing lockdown […]
April 23, 2021

Many fail to get treatment as DNCC Covid hospital lacks manpower

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 Apr 2021 Many patients are returning without treatment from Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) dedicated Covid-19 hospital as the […]
April 23, 2021

80% of Ctg people killed by Covid-19 aged over 50 years

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 Apr 2021 Among the Covid-19 deaths in Chattogram, 79.58% have occurred among people aged 50 or above. In the […]