Bangladesh
Govt plans to operate 1 or more special flights to bring back Bangladesh citizens from Delhi
The government has planned to operate special flight on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who got stuck in New Delhi or adjacent areas due to countrywide lockdown in India.
No discrimination in relief distribution to be allowed: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged all to continue the relief distribution work properly and warned that no discrimination in it will be allowed.
Seven more diagnosed with coronavirus in Barishal
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 31 in Barishal after seven more people tested positive on Tuesday.
2 suffering from fever, cold die in Satkhira
A college teacher and a night guard suffering from fever and cold related issues died at Tala and Ashashuni upazilas on Tuesday morning.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh records 9 more deaths; cases near 3,400
Nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the death toll in the country to 110.
Seven more infected with coronavirus in Sherpur
Two policemen and three staffers of Sherpur civil surgeon office are among the seven new coronavirus cases confirmed on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 24 in the district.
Man dies with fever, breathing complication in Patuakhali
A 65-year-old man suffering from fever, cough and breathing complication died at Patuakhali 250-bed Hospital on Tuesday morning.
Mohammad Abdul Matin, director of the hospital, said the man from Sehakathi village in Sadar upazila died shortly after he was hospitalised around 7:30am.
He had been suffering from fever, breathing complication and cough for the last few days, he added.
“We’ve collected his sample and sent it for coronavirus testing,” he added.
Patuakhali Civil Surgeon Mohammad Jahangir Alam said the house of the deceased and the area have put under lockdown.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said, "We’re in a great crisis”.
One new dengue case reported in 24hr
One new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to the daily update from DGHS, three patients are being treated at hospitals in the capital.
Since the beginning of this year, 291 dengue cases were reported. Of them, 288 had been discharged from hospitals.
Bangladesh experienced a massive dengue outbreak last year when 101,354 people were hospitalised. Of them, 101,037 made full recovery.
According to official figures, the mosquito-borne disease killed 179 people in 2019.
20 Bangladeshis return home from Turkey
Twenty Bangladeshis were brought back from Turkey by a chartered flight on Tuesday.
Confirming the information, Bangladesh Civil Aviation sources said 154 Turkish citizens left Dhaka at 1:10pm.
A chartered flight of Turkish Air carrying its citizens left the airport, the sources said.
Different countries have been taking back their stranded citizens from other countries during the coronavirus outbreak.
Bangladesh has brought back its nationals from different countries amid the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19: Ten including doctor, nurse infected in Habiganj
Ten people, including a doctor and a nurse, tested positive for coronavirus or COVID-19 in Habiganj.
Civil Surgeon Dr AKM Mostafizur Rahman said with the new cases, the district has 11 coronavirus patients.
A doctor and nurse of Lakhai Upazila Health Complex were among those infected, he said.
Samples of 39 people were sent to Sylhet for coronavirus test on Sunday and among them, 10 were found to be positive, Rahman said.
All the infected patients will be shifted to Habiganj Hospital on Tuesday, Dr Rahman said.
Meanwhile, the death toll from coronavirus continued to rise in Bangladesh as 10 more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours till Monday, taking fatalities in the country to 101.
Besides, a record number of 492 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, raising the number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,948.