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WHO urges vaccinated people to keep wearing masks
International Desk: World Health Organisation officials, concerned about the easing of precautions meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus even as the most contagious variant to date has emerged, have urged even fully vaccinated people to continue wearing masks and to keep taking other measures to prevent infection.The Centres…
Read More »23 new dengue patients hospitalised amid surge in cases
Staff Correspondent: Twenty-three dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka in last 24 hours amid a spike in the mosquito-borne disease in the country.Bangladesh is currently seeing a rise in dengue cases following the annual trends while the country grapples with a surge in Covid-19 infections.Sixty-six dengue patients…
Read More »Bangladesh to get fair share of vaccines
Says US Congresswoman Industry Desk: US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat- Texas) has said Bangladesh will receive a fair share of Covid-19 vaccines.She made the assurance during a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States M Shahidul Islam at her office in Houston recently.In response to the Ambassador’s request…
Read More »Many people emerge as vaccine traders overnight
Staff Correspondent: Many people at home and abroad have emerged as traders of Covid vaccine, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka yesterday.‘Many people contact us to provide Russian vaccines, but Russia claims they do not have any agent for delivering vaccines,’ he said at the foreign…
Read More »Bangladesh rolls out Pfizer vaccine at 3 Dhaka centers
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh yesterday started administering the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centers in Dhaka to fight off Covid-19.The vaccine is being administered first at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Sheikh Russel Gastro-liver Institute and Kurmitola General Hospital.In each of these centres, 120 people will be vaccinated…
Read More »River pollution puts fisheries at risk
Fishes die for toxic river water Golam Mostafa Jibon: Fisheries are facing serious threat due to continuous grabbing and pollution of rivers located around Dhaka. Even in the rainy season, there is no availability of fishes in the rivers that growing tension among the concerned people. If necessary steps are…
Read More »Tk 10b seasonal fruits perishing yearly in BD
Need to set up regional cold storage: GEF Mahfuja Mukul: More than 5.5 million tons of seasonal fruits are being perished every year in Bangladesh which incur loss of over Tk 10 billion (Tk 1000 crore), mainly lack of cold storage and preserver. Of the fruits, 70 percent perished in…
Read More »Dhaka ranks 4th hazardous city in the world for 2021
Industry Desk: Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the fourth least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual global survey.The worldwide league table ranks 140 cities on a range of factors, including political and social stability, crime, education and access to healthcare.Dhaka has been ranked…
Read More »Drugmakers fetch 40pc production growth
12 pc export surge in 8-month Mahfuz Emran: The pharmaceutical manufacturers of the country have witnessed a business boom due to the Covid catastrophe over the world. On an average the production and revenue of the drugmakers have fetched 40 percent growth during last fiscal year, industry insiders told. While…
Read More »Process underway to buy 1.0 cr doses of Sputnik V vaccine’
Staff Correspondent: Health Minister Zahid Malek has said that a process is underway to buy one crore doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.The minister said this while responding to a question of Asim Kumar Ukil, MP of Netrokona-3 constituency, at the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.There was an agreement to buy…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
