Bangladesh on Thursday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 13 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 0.40 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,259 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital is ...

China should change its official name for Covid-19 to reflect the virus’ mutation, and patients with light symptoms should be allowed to quarantine at home, a leading expert on traditional Chinese medicine said. Gu Xiaohong told the state-run Beijing Daily newspaper that the coronavirus’ Chinese name, which identifies it as a pneumonia-causing disease, should be changed to call it simply ...

Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday disbursed Tk 4,000 crore as liquidity support to five Islami banks to meet ongoing liquidity crisis, sources in the central bank said. Five Islami banks had earlier applied to the Bangladesh Bank, seeking liquidity support. They are Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd, Union Bank Ltd, Social Islami Bank Ltd, First Security Islami Bank Ltd and Global Islami ...

Bangladesh is set to roll out the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine on December 20 at seven vaccination centres in Dhaka. “We are going to begin administering the fourth dose of COVID-19 jab for the first from December 20…the vaccination drive of the fourth dose will be launched in a limited scale,” Ahmedul Kabir, additional director general of the Directorate ...

President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Md. Jashim Uddin has said the private sector is working with the government of Bangladesh to implement environment-friendly industrialization. He made this remark during a roundtable discussion on “Financial and Professional Services – the role of standards and regulations on the road to net zero” at the Commonwealth ...

The authorities directed physicians to refrain from providing healthcare services from illegally run private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres, said a notification issued by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Proper legal action will be taken against the doctors who are providing treatments from unauthorized medical establishments, the notification added.

In what appears to be an astonishing revelation, a US-based scientist, who worked at a controversial research lab in China’s Wuhan, has said that COVID-19 was a “man-made virus” that leaked from the facility. Covid was leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a state-run and funded research facility, two years ago, the New York Post reported, quoting US-based researcher ...

The EU must address “distortions” created by a $430bn (£349bn) US plan to incentivise climate-friendly technologies, the bloc’s chief says. Some EU members have criticised the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), raising fears of a trade war. There are concerns that tax breaks may lure away EU businesses and disadvantage European companies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ...

The Group of Seven price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine, but Russia has said it will not abide by the measure even if it has to cut production. The price cap, to be enforced by the G7, the European Union and ...

Price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) has increased by Tk 3.84 per kg to Tk 108.09, from previous price of Tk 104.26 per kg, as Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) today announced the latest price of gas for the month of December. As per the new price, a retail consumer will get a 12kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1297, instead ...