The fire, which broke out at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) building was doused nearly half an hour after the incident on Monday.  No casualties were reported, fire officials said. READ: Rampura power distribution centre fire doused Mohammad Shahjahan Shikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell, said the fire broke out at the D-block of the13th floor of the 17-storey building around 6:21 pm and it spread soon. Five fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control around 6:40 and they took five minutes more to douse the flame fully around 6:45 pm, he said. However, what caused the fire could not be known immediately. READ: Fire breaks out at a multi-storied building at Baridhara

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) with chest pain on Tuesday morning.  Awami League office secretary Biplab Barua said, “He was hospitalised  after he complained of chest pain.” Also read: BNP conspiring to regain power illegally, says Obaidul The hospital authorities and AL have urged visitors to refrain from crowding the hospital.  Quader, also Awami League general secretary,  had undergone a bypass surgery on March 20, 2019  at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for  three blockages in his coronary artery. Read: No political harassment in the country, says Obaidul Quader

South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun on Thursday visited the construction site of the new specialized hospital under Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and said it will serve as a symbol of close relationship between Bangladesh and Korea. "This Hospital will be the first specialized hospital in Bangladesh for the treatment of critical patients and serve as a symbol of our close relationship and ever-strengthening friendship," he said. During his visit to the site, Ambassador Lee said it is the largest project in medical area with Korea’s support. Vice-Chancellor of BSMMU Dr. Md. Sharfuddin Ahmed, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health Md. Shahadat Hossain, Chairman and Director of the Project of BSMMU Md. Zulfiqur Rahman Khan and other staff of Hyundai Development Corporation, Sunjin Engineering and Samsung C&T were present. Also read: Chevron provides Covid-19 support to community hospitals

A man who claimed to have received three consecutive doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, has been kept under observation at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). A three member probe body, led by a professor of the hospital’s medicine department, has been set up to investigate if Omar Faruque really received three shots of the vaccine, BSMMU director Brigadier General Md Najrul Islam told UNB. “We have visited Faruque on Thursday morning. He was not showing the general reaction of fever or cold evident in vaccine recipients. There was no mark of receiving three jabs on his hand either," the director said. Also read: Kushtia man ends up 'fully vaccinated' in ten minutes A psychologist has been included in the probe body to see if Faruque’s mental condition is fine, said Md Najrul. Currently, all the Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in Bangladesh are two-shot jabs. And a gap of three to six weeks is a must between the first and second doses. On Tuesday, Omar, a Bangladeshi who works in Saudi Arabia, claimed to have received three consecutive doses of a Covid vaccine from three different booths at BSMMU. His claims triggered debates across online platforms. Later, BSMMU held a press briefing and said that Faruque’s claim was "false". Also read: Man dies while waiting in a long line to give Covid sample, says doctor Meanwhile, the news of Omar being abducted from his house in Fatullah by some unidentified miscreants went viral on Wednesday. His sister Farzana Akter later said that her brother contacted them that evening to say that he was kept under observation at BSMMU.

The government will establish a 1200-bed coronavirus dedicated hospital in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University to fight the soaring virus, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday. With over 400 ICU beds and more than 400 ICU equivalent HDO’s, this will be the most modern Covid-19 hospital in the country, said Zahid after visiting BSMMU convention centre. He said this convention centre was chosen for the proposed Covid facility after inspecting buildings across the city following the prime minister’s direction to increase the number of beds in hospitals across the country. Also read: Country's largest Covid-19 dedicated hospital opened in Dhaka The government is trying to expedite the opening of the hospital by incorporating the oxygen supply facility as soon as possible, said the minister. As 80% of the hospital beds across the country are occupied with patients there is no other option left but to increase the number of beds, he said. Also read: Govt stops corona treatment at 3 dedicated hospitals In the last 10 days at least 90,000 more people were infected with Covid-19 so more manpower is needed in the health service system too, he added. BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Sharfuddin Ahmed said, the Covid dedicated hospital will be set up at the fifth floor of the convention hall and it will be named after Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.

Former fisheries and livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chando and also Khulna-5 MP, was hospitalised Wednesday after testing positive. He was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University at around 9am, Khulna District Awami League Joint Secretary Advocate Farid Ahmed told UNB. Also read: Bangladesh sees record high daily Covid cases of 8,822; 115 more die Bangladesh's Covid-19 situation is getting from bad to worse. It reported a record-high number of daily Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning after confirming its first cases on March 8 last year. The country, battling to get a second coronavirus wave under control, also reported more than 100 deaths for a fourth straight day. Also read: Nationwide mass vaccination to resume Thursday The new 8,822 cases have pushed Bangladesh's caseload to 913,258, and 115 more fatalities brought its toll to 14,503.

A medical board has been formed to check the health condition of UNB’s Bagerhat  correspondent Bisnu Proshad Chakrabortty, who is now undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

UNB district correspondent Bisnu Proshad Chakrabortty, suffering from various health complications, was airlifted to Dhaka from Bagerhat for better treatment on Tuesday.

Eminent economist Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled died at a hospital in the city early on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment for post-Covid complications. He was 80.

Former FIFA referee Abdul Aziz passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after suffering from cardiac problems for two weeks.