যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মিনেসোটা অঙ্গরাজ্যের মিনিয়াপলিস শহরে বাংলাদেশির রেস্টুরেন্ট জ্বালিয়ে দেওয়ার পর একই পরিস্থিতির অবতারণা হয়েছে ফিলাডেলফিয়া সিটিতেও। রোবাবার এই সিটির কয়েকশ’ ব্যবসা প্রত

করোনাভাইরাস মহামারি মোকাবিলায় মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের নেয়া ব্যবস্থাকে ‘বিশৃঙ্খল’ মন্তব্য করে তার কড়া সমালোচনা করেছেন সাবেক প্রেসিডেন্ট বারাক ওবামা। সম্প্রতি ওবামা প্রশ

The intensive care units for coronavirus patients have yet to become functional in many of the 17 hospitals dedicated to Covic-19 treatment, even a month and a half after the authorities reported the first case in the country. While ventilators have been installed in most of the hospitals, infrastructural development, oxygen supply and other necessary equipment are still required for the ICUs to be operational, according to a DGHS letter sent to the health ministry on April 18. Ftv News o

The number of deaths in COVID-19 continue to soar in Bangladesh as it reported nine more deaths in the last 24 hours until Saturday, raising the toll to 140, reports news agency UNB. It also reported 309 new cases in the country. “In the last 24 hours 309 people tested positive for coronavirus in the country. Now the number of confirmed cases stands at 4,998,” said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) additional director general professor Nasima Sultana at the daily healt

VIP or not, everyone will be treated at the same hospitals and will be given same facilities in case of coronavirus infection, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today. Although some media, including some newspapers reported that the government is setting up separate hospital for the VIPs, it is not true, the minister said during the daily briefing regarding Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh. "Government has not made any such arrangements, the same hospitals and same treatment facilities a

করোনাভাইরাস মহামারি নিয়ন্ত্রণে জারি করা লকডাউনের বিরুদ্ধে বিক্ষোভ হয়েছে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের বেশ কয়েকটি অঙ্গরাজ্যে। ‘স্টে অ্যাট হোম’ নির্দেশনা অমান্য করেই রাস্তায় নেমে এসেছেন হাজার হাজার ম�

Private universities authorities called for the review of the University Grants' Commission directives to stop assigning students' grades without holding semester finals, enrolling new students without admission tests, and holding tests online due to the coronavirus situation. Private universities owners' association as well as top administrators said that they were just two or three weeks from finishing the spring semester and took some decisions for the crisis period so that the students d

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to visit physicians if they experience any symptom of coronavirus and not to pay heed to any rumour about the virus as she issued a 31-point directive last night in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. Sheikh Hasina also warned that no corruption will be tolerated in the relief distribution and advised not to use personal protective equipment (PPE) wholesale by all the people. "The prime minister has given the 31-point instruction in the wake of

As the coronavirus gains a foothold in the country, the increasing vulnerability of millions of orphaned and destitute children remains largely unaddressed. Hundreds of thousands of street children lack awareness about hygiene practices and those living in orphanages don't have access to hygiene products and basic medical services. According to an estimate by the non-governmental organisation SOS Children's Villages, there are around 4,400,000 orphaned children in Bangladesh. However,

Dhaka is eerie quiet, much like most capitals and countries around the world as they grapple with a common enemy -- the spread of the coronavirus. Bangladesh is currently in the midst of a country-wide shut down that has been in force from March 26 and will extend till April 4. Daily income of rickshaw-puller Aminul, who operates in Farmgate, in normal times the capital's busiest area, has almost dwindled to nothing. Like millions who depend on their labour and the city being the vibrant one