coronavirus in bangladesh
PRAN-RFL stood beside poor people
PRAN-RFL Group, one of the business conglomerates of Bangladesh, has stood beside the helpless and poor people who were affected by the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak. The group is providing food items to the poor people in many parts of the country including the capital.
Keep factories shut until Apr 11: BGMEA urges owners
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the owners to keep their factories closed until April 11 to help tackle the spread of coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Narayanganj physician tests positive
A physician who runs a chamber at a private clinic in the district town has tested positive for coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Army, police continue efforts to keep people indoors
Members of police and Army have been continuing their efforts to strictly maintain social distancing alongside ensuring home quarantine to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus.
Govt wants OECD countries to go for chartered flights
The government has suggested members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to look for chartered flights instead of regular flights as Bangladesh wants to stop further transmission of coronavirus.
Coronavirus: 3 doctors, 15 others in home quarantine in Chattogram
Eighteen people, including three physicians of National Hospital in city’s Mehedibagh, were sent on home quarantine on Saturday.
2 more die from coronavirus in Bangladesh
Two more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to eight, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Coronavirus: Jashore farmers take the hit for falling vegetable prices
Farmers in Jashore, a district famous for its huge vegetable production, are now in great trouble as the prices of their produces have declined sharply for lack of marketing following the virtual lockdown amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
Samples of 10 people collected in Sherpur for Covid-19 test
Samples of 10 people have been collected in the district to ascertain whether they are infected with coronavirus.
Dr Mobarak Hossain, health and family planning officer of Sadar upazila, said the samples were collected until Friday.
“We’ve collected the samples and sent those to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for test,” he said, adding that some of the suspects are being treated at isolation units while the rest have been asked to maintain home-quarantine.
The samples include that of an official of the Department of Livestock Services in Jhenaigati upazila, he added.