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Virus cases surge in Bangladesh. But patients shun hospitals leaving 70% of beds empty

Bangladesh has increased the number of hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients but more than two-thirds of the hospital beds are now lying empty even as the caseload continues to climb

Second wave of floods feared in Bangladesh

Bangladesh State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman said that at least 23 districts were predicted to experience a second wave of floods with the rise of water levels in major rivers due to heavy rains

Bangladesh health workers charged with selling fake Covid certificates

More than a dozen Bangladeshi health workers have been arrested on charges of selling thousands of fake COVID-19 certificates, officials confirmed on Sunday, as the country reels under a surge in the number of coronavirus cases

Bangladeshis will require negative COVID-19 test report to travel abroad

The government has made it mandatory for all Bangladeshis to take certificate from authorised testing centres as evidence that they do not have coronavirus before leaving the country

Crackdown on human traffickers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh investigators are working to track down local human traffickers who along with different transnational syndicates send people abroad alluring them with promises of a better future

Bangladesh logs 2,686 new virus cases, death toll tops 2,300

Bangladesh has registered 30 more deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a day, bringing the body count to 2,305

For Bangladeshi sailors, life on ships has lost steam amid pandemic

Shipping seems to have suffered less than other means of transport have dealing with the coronavirus pandemic’s brutal wake, but longer stays on board are leaving the Bangladeshi sailors in a quagmire as most ports are not allowing them to disembark

COVID-19 advisory committee recommends Eid cattle market ban in four cities

The national technical advisory committee on COVID-19 has recommended not allowing markets of sacrificial cattle in Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj and Gazipur cities during Eid-ul-Azha this year to prevent infection

Bangladesh workers in Italy: 15,000 stranded at home, face uncertain future

After several months of wait in Bangladesh, expatriate worker Enamur Rahim was scheduled to fly back to Italy next week. He has been stranded since March as regular air communications remained suspended from March 16 to June 15 amid the coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh reports 2,949 virus cases, 37 deaths in daily count

Bangladesh has registered 37 new deaths from the coronavirus infection over a 24-hour period, raising the body count to 2,275

113 killed in rain-related accidents in six months

Although train service remained suspended for more than two months, at least 113 people were killed and 15 others injured in 105-rail related accidents across the country in the last six months, says a report jointly made by two rights bodies

Military dictators spoiled character of people: Bangladesh PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed the country's past military dictators for "spoiling" the character of the people

Coronavirus transmission on the rise

With 3,360 more coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours until yesterday, the country reached another sad milestone of 1,75,000 positive cases since the outbreak began

'Bangladesh: Hindu Life Matters' campaign gathers steam

The universal protest against the recent brutal killing of George Floyd, the black American in the US by the police has triggered off another protest-campaign in Bangladesh and the UK with the catchy slogan, 'Bangladesh: Hindu Life Matters! Stop religious minority persecution!

Bangladesh MP Shahid is not a Kuwaiti citizen: Ministry

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior says the reports of Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam obtaining Kuwaiti citizenship are “incorrect”