Chinese engineers and technicians working in mega projects in Bangladesh got their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday. Moreover, about 1,000 students from Bangladesh's four leading medical colleges -- Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mugda Medical College -- have taken their first shot of the Covid vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm, said the Embassy. Also read: Study: Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines appear safe, effective The Chinese government has gifted five lakh doses of the vaccine to Bangladesh. UNB Dhaka University correspondent reports: The vaccination of Chinese citizens will continue until Sunday at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) underground vaccination booths of the emergency section. A total of 456 Chinese citizens will be vaccinated,  DMCH Director Brig. Gen. Md. Nazmul Haque told UNB. Also read: Process to procure vaccine from China at final stage: FM"We got a letter from the Health Ministry. We will vaccinate a total of 456 Chinese citizens by tomorrow," he said.Bangladesh's drug regulator on April 29 authorized the emergency use of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

A Chinese citizen was stabbed to death by his fellow countryman as they got into a fight in Pathantula area of Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Wei Wentao, 40, a worker at the power plant in Kumargaon. The alleged attacker Sun Xi, 48, was a colleague of the victim. Also read: Bangladeshi man stabbed to death in Malaysia The incident happened around 8am today, in a flat on the 5th floor of a residential building where 13 Chinese workers working at power plant live. Informed by the locals, around 1pm Kotwali police and a team of Sylhet Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) recovered the dead body from the scene and sent it for an autopsy.  Sun Xi himself had to be rescued from the scene with injuries and sent to hospital. Also read: Chinese national stabbed dead in Pirojpur Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model police station, SM Abu Farhad said all the other residents of the flat went to work around 8am. Hearing sounds of a fight, locals have informed the police. The victim had a stab mark in the middle of the chest while the attacker had some marks on his body too, said police. Police have recovered two knives from the flat and legal processes are ongoing to detain the attacker, said the OC.

Implementation of  Single Point Mooring (SPM) project in Chattagram will face further delay due to absence of Chinese workers who got stuck in their own country following coronavirus outbreak.

In the wake of coronavirus outbreak in China, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said 35 Chinese citizens working under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project have been kept under close observation.