July 20, 2021

Post-Eid Lockdown: Jul 23-Aug 5: Offices, factories to stay shut

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 July, 2021   Last-minute decision leaves factory owners, workers in a fix All workplaces, including factories and offices, will […]
July 19, 2021

Covid Vaccination: Govt to lower age bar to 30 years

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 July, 2021 Vaccination to start at Karail slum after Eid, at Rohingya camps August 16 The government has decided […]
July 19, 2021

Antigen-Based Test: 78 healthcare bodies given permission

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 July, 2021   The government yesterday allowed 78 private healthcare organisations across the country to conduct antigen-based Covid-19 rapid […]
July 19, 2021

Pausing ‘lockdown’ could exacerbate ongoing Delta surge, says AP report

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 July, 2021   The Associated Press, among others, reported that the easing of the “strict lockdown” for eight days […]
July 19, 2021

3 million doses of Moderna vaccine arrives in Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 19 July, 2021   Three million doses of Moderna vaccine from the United States arrived in Dhaka under the COVAX […]
July 18, 2021

Garment workers in Gazipur to be vaccinated without registration from today

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 July, 2021   Garment workers in Gazipur will be vaccinated from today (Sunday), without registration, said Dr Khairuzzaman, civil […]
July 18, 2021

225 Covid-19 deaths, 11,578 cases recorded in 24 hours

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 18 July, 2021   Two hundred and twenty-five people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a […]
July 17, 2021

US plans to send 3.5 million Moderna doses to Bangladesh soon

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 17 July, 2021 Reuters, Washington The United States plans to send 3.5 million Moderna doses to Bangladesh over the weekend […]
July 17, 2021

Covid cases rise across the globe

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 17 July, 2021   WHO warns of ‘more dangerous’ variants; EU fears five-fold rise in cases Global infections soared to […]