Coronavrirus situation in Bangladesh
Two suffering from fever, cold die in Patuakhali
Two people, including a woman who were suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems, died in separate hospitals in the district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Rashida Begum of Badarpur in Sadar upazila and Nannu Mollah, 65, a farmer of Debpur village of Kalapara upazila.
Rashida Begum died at Sadar Hospital while Nannu in Kalapara Health Complex, said Civil Surgeon Dr Jahangir Alam Shipon.
10 doctors among 15 quarantined in Chandpur
Fifteen people, including 10 doctors and a sanitary inspector, have been sent on home-quarantine after a lab technician of Faridganj Health Complex tested positive for coronavirus in Chandpur.
Banks to operate from 10am to 1pm again
Banks will operate transaction from 10am to 1pm from Sunday next as the Bangladesh Bank has increased the operation time by half an hour.
Four more test positive for Covid-19 in Keraniganj
Four more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Keraniganj, taking the number of total cases to 31 in the upazila.
Confirming the matter, Upazila Health Officer Dr Mir Mobarak Hossain said the infected people were sent to Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital in the capital for treatment.
290 Australian citizens, PRs, their families leave Bangladesh
The Australian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday evening helped 290 Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate families find a way to return home to Australia on a nonscheduled Sri Lankan Airlines flight.
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and other officials were present at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to ensure the process run smoothly.
Ensure TV journalists’ health security, pay dues, salaries: Minister
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday urged journalist leaders and television managing committees to ensure health security and pay dues for those working at private channels.
5 more die from coronavirus in Bangladesh; 41 new infected
Five more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 17, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Coronavirus: Manikganj village under lockdown
The local administration has put Bailjuri village of Ghior upazila under lockdown to prevent transmission of novel coronavirus following the death of an elderly man with symptoms of COVID-19.
Ghior Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Irene Akhter made the announcement on Wednesday and sent 26 residents of six houses to home quarantine until further instruction.
The UNO said Alamgir Hossain, the man who recently died, was a cashier at Metropolitan Hospital in the capital and resident of the village. Doctors advised him to undergo home quarantine as he had been suffering from asthma and fever since last week.
He was taken to Kurmitola General Hospital on Tuesday night as his condition deteriorated but he died on the way.
Later, the family members brought his body to the village and buried him at family graveyard early in the morning.
Following the death, coronavirus panic spread among the people in the village. On information, the local administration rushed in and declared the village under lockdown .
Deputy Commissioner SM Ferdous said members of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR)
collected the medical history of the deceased who was suffering from fever and heart disease.
Quader urges BNP to shun negative politics
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged BNP to shun all negative politics considering the global crisis caused by coronavirus outbreak.
“I expect BNP to help the government tackle coronavirus,” he said while speaking at a press conference at the secretariat.
Quader, also the Road, Transport and Bridges Minister, said the government has taken the decision to free BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as her family submitted an appeal to the Home Ministry and the Law Ministry 10-11 days ago.
Responding to a question about the government’s earlier stance about Khaleda’s release claiming that it as a matter of court, he said Khaleda Zia is being released following the procedure after her family’s appeal. She is being released under sub section-1 of section 401 (1) of Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC),
Considering Khaleda Zia’s age and sickness, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suspended her sentence for six months as per section 401 (1) of Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC, said Quader.
He urged BNP to find out a common way to save people by avoiding all negative politics during this global crisis.
Quader said the Prime Minister set an example of humanity by taking the decision to release Khaleda Zia.
The government announced on Tuesday that the 75-year-old BNP chief will be released from jail for six months suspending her sentences on two conditions -- receiving treatment staying at her Gulshan residence and not leaving the country -- after 25 months.
Khaleda has been in jail since she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018.
She was found guilty in another corruption case later the same year, though her party claims both cases are politically motivated.