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Staff Correspondent: icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) said that Omicron, a variant of Covid-19 or coronavirus, was found in 92 percent of the patients infected with the deadly virus in Dhaka. Delta, another variant, was found in the body of the remaining 8 percent.According to a press…

No money is required Saleh Ahmed Husain: Animal husbandry is playing a major role in alleviating poverty and creating employment for the rural poor. Many people in the village earn extra income by keeping livestock. Again, many have set up large farms commercially. Thus, despite the prosperity of the livestock…

Industry Desk: The overall number of Covid-19 cases has surpassed 408 million, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread across the globe.According to Johns Hopkins University, the total case count mounted to 408,442,142 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,802,000 Saturday morning.The United States has recorded 77,652,197 cases so…

Staff Correspondent: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said that eight burn and plastic surgery hospitals are being set up in eight divisions of the country in the model of Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute.The Minister made the remarks at a discussion meeting at the…

Industry Desk: People with high blood pressure who take paracetamol on prescription could be increasing their risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study suggests.Doctors should think about the risks and benefits to patients taking it over many months, the University of Edinburgh researchers say.Taking the painkiller for headaches and…

8354 infected in 24hrs Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh yesterdayreported 8,354 fresh Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 43 lives which is five-month high, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,670 people and infected 18,79,255 so far,…

Health Minister Staff Correspondent: All the people of the country will get the two doses of vaccines and the booster one against Covid-19 by December as per the target, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.“Bangladesh has been successful in its vaccination campaign. Around 10 crore people in the country have…

Staff Correspondent: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has warned that more people may get infected with the coronavirus due to sub-types of Omicron, the mostly contagious African variant of coronavirus. In this situation, everybody is requested to maintain health guidelines properly.Dr Md Nazmul Islam, the DGHS spokesperson and…