Khandaker Muniruzzaman, the acting editor and columnist of Daily Sangbad, has died while undergoing treatment for coronavirus at a city hospital at the age of 72.

The government on Thursday dropped more hospitals from the list of Covid-19 dedicated hospitals due to the declining number of patients in the capital.

The government has decided to gradually suspend providing corona treatment from 12 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals as the number of corona patients there has marked a sharp fall in the last few weeks.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged the government is pushing people towards death by not taking any effective step to prevent the coronavirus pandemic.

The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday demanded the government set up makeshift hospitals immediately across the country to effectively deal with the coronavirus situation and provide people with proper treatment.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is all set to open a 370-bed ‘Corona Centre’ on Saturday for providing treatment to the coronavirus-infected patients.

Gonoforum MP Mokabbir Khan, who had been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka for coronavirus infections, returned home on Sunday as his condition improved.

Z H Sikder Women's Medical College & Hospital has launched coronavirus treatment at its 50-bed Gulshan hospital, offering 20 percent discount for frontline professionals.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said there will be no special treatment for VIPs and wealthy patients. 

Some politicians and doctors are sparring over whether to use hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus, with many scientists saying the evidence is too thin to recommend it now.