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[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  BSMMU Vice Chancellor  ( VC )  Prof Kanak Kanti Barua said: “We had to administer around 700 more vaccine jabs due to the increasing number of on the spot registration on Wednesday. It is difficult to manage physical registration and vaccination efforts at the same time.'Vaccine seekers were not allowed to register in person at least at Dhaka Medical College Hospital  ( DMCH ) , Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University  ( BSMMU )  and Kurmitola General Hospital since Thursday morning. The health minister, however, said the facility would be restored later if the situation demanded it.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh had a daily infection rate of 2.51% with 305 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 537,770. On January 1, the daily infection rate was 8.18%.
[ 26th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 15,032 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 214 authorized labs   government and private   across the country. Till now 4,018,268 Covid 19 tests have been conducted in the country.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Following a surge of on the spot registrations for Covid 19 vaccine at healthcare facilities in the country, the government has decided to halt the service until further notice. Many vaccine aspirants had started registering on the spot – which was only introduced to assist people uneasy with technology – by taking help from IT experts at the centres to complete online registration or by providing NID photocopies and information to get registered manually. But now everyone has to complete online registration first to get jabs.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The registration platform would still be in operation even after fulfilling the target, they added. When asked, the health minister told Dhaka Tribune that the authorities would initially follow the current plan but they could still return to their initial plan of vaccinating six million people in the first month depending on the situation. “It will depend on how many people registered to take the vaccine and the availability of the vaccines,' he said.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Regarding the arrival of the second consignment of vaccines from Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) , he said: “Any day within this month.' A total of 204,540 people got their first shots of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine across the country on Thursday. Of them, 140,152 were men and 64,388 were women. Eighty six people were reported to have had common side effects.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, field level health officials said the vaccination campaign should have been more successful in rural areas and not enough interest was generated among the people there. The government has already decided to increase awareness programs on the campaign, but only after the first 3.5 million people are vaccinated across the country.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to an ICT division official related to the registration process, some 900 registrations were recorded for every minute during the peak hour.The secretary of the Health Service Division, Abdul Mannan, after visiting the DMCH vaccination centre, told reporters that people were being able to register online very smoothly and for those who were unable to complete the process, on spot registration, including “manual registration,' had been ensured.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Officials at the ICT Division said the country recorded the highest number of registrations on a single day between Saturday and Sunday afternoons, despite the registration site having been down for maintenance work for a significant time on Saturday. Health authorities had scaled back vaccination plans for the first month to 3.5 million people due to the lacklustre response prior to the start of the campaign. If registration continues at the current rate, then they may return to the original plan of vaccinating 6 million people.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS Director  ( MIS )  Prof Mizanur Rahman said people had gotten over their initial fear of the vaccine and are now going to the vaccine centres. DGHS Director  ( NCDCs )  Prof Dr Robed Amin, also one of the spokespersons for the vaccination campaign, said: “The way vaccination program is going, we are hoping to reach 3.5million target before the projected time.' Registration will continue even after reaching the 3.5 million target and the vaccines will be administered later, he added.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health workers vaccinated 169,353 people in Bangladesh on Sunday, taking the total number of people vaccinated in the country to over 900,000. The country also saw the highest number of people register for the vaccine on a single day since the vaccination campaign began, with over 250,000 people completing their registration between Saturday and Sunday. The total number of people who have completed registration stood at 1.74 million on Sunday afternoon.The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said they are happy with the progress of the vaccination efforts and hopeful the process will be as smooth during administration of the second dose.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A whopping 69% of landless and agricultural households in Bangladesh were forced to starve or left half fed due to the Covid 19 pandemic, suggests a recent study by a group of economists. This happened as the developing nations, including Bangladesh, were dealt a serious blow as the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in living standards and rising food insecurity, the study finds.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The researchers conducted 16 nationally and sub nationally representative phone surveys from April through July 2020 in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. In all of these countries, respondents reported drops in employment, income, and access to markets and services, translating into high levels of food insecurity. Many households reported being unable to meet basic nutritional needs.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination program has also kicked off at all naval hospitals in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal inaugurated the program at BNS Haji Mohsin in Dhaka. The vaccination of members of the Air Force started at BAF Base Bashar Medical Squadron in the capital. Chief Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat received the first jab after inaugurating the program.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate stood at 14.39%. However, 482,841 patients – 89.79% – have recovered so far, the DGHS said.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on January 29, the closure of all educational institutions was extended up to February 14. The government shut all the schools and other educational institutions on March 17 last year after the country confirmed its first Covid 19 cases on March 8. The closure was extended several times to protect the students from the virus.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 291 new Covid 19 cases in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, which is the lowest in nearly 10 months. With the new infections, the total number of cases has risen to 540,266, according to the daily virus update released by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Saturday afternoon.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In November last year, the government of Bangladesh, Beximco Pharma and SII reached a tripartite agreement to buy 30 million doses of Covishield, SII's brand name for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and British Swedish pharma giants AstraZeneca. Under the agreement, the Bangladesh government will pay SII for the 30 million doses of the vaccine while Beximco Pharma will receive a separate fee for its distribution role.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Word Health Organization on February 10 suggested an interval of 8 12 weeks between doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine. Subsequently, the government sought the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization  ( NiTAC )  and the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid 19  ( NTAC ) . The recommendations of both committees were evaluated at a meeting of the Covid 19 Vaccine Management Committee on Sunday. The DGHS disclosed the decision on the interval between doses on Monday.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to an earlier decision of the government, only people aged 55 years and above were eligible for receiving the vaccine, but the decision was revised a day after the launch of the countrywide vaccination campaign on February 7. On Thursday, the vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization program will begin at 8am and continue till 2:30pm every day. However, some hospitals will continue administering vaccines throughout the day, it added.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed receives Covid 19 vaccine at the Combined Military Hospital  ( CMH )  at Dhaka Cantonment Collected. Covid 19 inoculation began at all CMHs across the country under the nationwide vaccination program that began on February 7. Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed has received Covid 19 vaccine at the Combined Military Hospital  ( CMH )  at Dhaka Cantonment. He was administered a vaccine dose after joining work following a trip to the US, said a statement from ISPR on Sunday.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily Covid 19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh continues to remain below 3% for the tenth consecutive day. According to the daily coronavirus situation update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Sunday, Bangladesh's Covid 19 test positivity rate dropped to 2.53 in the last 24 hours.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  “We have already formulated a syllabus of 60 working days for SSC and 84 working days for HSC level education. After the resumption, we will take these public exams accordingly. "I think there will be no problem if we have to delay the exams as ensuring health safety is our main priority,' she said.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has been vaccinating the public free of cost after registration. A total of 2400 vaccination teams have been deployed across the country with 204 teams at 50 vaccine centres in Dhaka, and 2196 teams at 995 centres outside the capital. Once the private sector is involved in the process, they will be vaccinating residents based in Dhaka.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country with a press release on Monday. A total of 14,138 samples were tested in the 24 hours till Sunday morning. The DGHS update said a total of 13,974 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 210 authorized labs across the country.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country's health authorities expect another 7 8 million doses of Covishield vaccines to arrive by the first week of March. Of them, 2 3 million will be received as part of the second consignment of the purchased Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, possibly on February 22. Another 5 million doses – also from Serum Institute of India  ( SII )  – will arrive as part of the World Health Organization led scheme, Covax .
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Beximco Pharmaceuticals MD Nazmul Hassan Papon said Covid 19 vaccine under private management  ( from Serum institute )  would not arrive for now. "No initiative has been taken yet to bring the Covid 19 vaccine under private management as everyone is getting the vaccine free of cost. So, there is no need to bring the vaccine under private management now," he said.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for taking steps to vaccinate mass people, including members of Bangladesh Army, he also urged the people to take the vaccine. Covid 19 inoculation began at all CMHs across the country under the nationwide vaccination program that began on February 7.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on Thursday, the government decided to halt the service until further notice following a surge in on the spot registrations for Covid 19 vaccines at healthcare facilities across the country. Officials of the Directorate General of Health Services were against the facility from the very beginning as they had been apprehensive of the chaos it would create. They had wanted the data centres at union and upazila level vaccination centres to be used as registration points for the technologically challenged. Health Minister Zahid Maleque had announced the revocation of the provision, stating that many people were taking advantage of the facility and creating problems for those who had signed up earlier, causing a chaotic situation at the vaccination centres.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily test positivity rate for Covid 19 in Bangladesh has remained below the 3% mark for nine consecutive days. As many as 12,871 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 210 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 14.09%.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded 13 new deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hour period, bringing the overall death toll to 8,266. Of the 13 deceased – seven men and six women – seven were from Dhaka division; two each from Chittagong and Rajshahi; and one each from Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions. All the victims died at different hospitals in the country.
[ 13th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,259 men  ( 75.72% )  and 2,007 women  ( 24.28% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. Since the beginning, 4,610 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,517 in Chittagong, 472 in Rajshahi, 556 in Khulna, 249 in Barisal, 309 in Sylhet, 359 in Rangpur, and 194 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.53%.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh registered 5 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours to Friday morning, taking the total number of deaths in the country to 8,253.The latest single day death toll is the lowest since May 7, 2020, when health authorities recorded 13 deaths. On May 6, the daily Covid 19 death toll was 3.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 539,975 coronavirus cases with 404 people testing positive over the past 24 hours. The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country through a press release on Friday. The daily test positivity rate stands at 2.82%.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health authorities in Bangladesh will face immense pressure if the government does not increase the number of Covid 19 vaccination centres soon, according to health experts. Failure to increase the number of centres will result in suffering for the common people, they added.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 1,328,436 people have so far been registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines as vaccination campaign was launched on January 27. “As many as 1,328,436 people got registered till 2.30pm today  ( Friday )  to get the shots,' said sources at Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of February 11, the number of vaccine receivers is 542,309 as the countrywide vaccination campaign began February 7. Among them, 386,578 are male and 155,731 females. People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines, the health ministry sources said.
[ 12th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to an earlier decision of the government, people aged 55 years and above were only eligible for the shot but it was revised a day after launching of the countrywide Covid 19 vaccination drive. The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital, the DGHS said, adding the immunization program will begin at 8am and will continue till 2.30 pm every day.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health authorities in Bangladesh have inoculated as many as 542,309 people against Covid 19 till Thursday. Of them, 386,578 were men and 155,731 were women, according to data provided by the Management Information System of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccine registration recently got pace as more than 1.24 million people completed their registration till 8pm on Thursday, according to ICT Division sources. Till February 6, the day before the inauguration of the vaccination campaign, only 328,000 people had completed online registration.
[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, as the government reduced the age limit to 40 and people have been getting over their initial fears, some 1.02 million people registered till Wednesday midnight. According to the ICT state minister, over 594,000 lakh people among them are frontline fighters while over 433,000 are mass people. The authorities said if the current rate of registration continued, it would take 10 more days to fulfil the initial target of 3.5 million.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily Covid 19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh continues to remain below 3% for the sixth consecutive day. According to the daily coronavirus situation update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Wednesday, Bangladesh's Covid 19 test positivity rate dropped to 2.59 in the last 24 hours.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In his comments, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said: “We have received an application from the private medical college association. We hope to allow private entities in the vaccination process, on the basis of their abiding by the rules.'The MPMCA recently demanded one million doses from the government to vaccinate people privately. Depending on the government's approval, anyone can receive a vaccine from private hospitals.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to Worldometer, Bangladesh is holding the 137th position in terms of deaths per million population, among the 221 countries and territories. The rate stands at 50 deaths per million population. The daily death count started going down below 30 since December 22 as 17 people died on that day. Only three times in these seven weeks till now the death toll reached 30, and reached 31 once. After almost nine months the numbers of fatality saw single figures for the two consecutive days on February 5 and February 6 recording seven and eight fatalities respectively. In these 50 days, each day 18 people died on an average
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Experts are hoping that Covid 19 situation in this country will improve in the upcoming summer and things will normalize accordingly as the immunization process has started. However, some are fearing the sudden hit of a new transmission as it happened in other worst hit countries when things were getting back to normal. There are two new mutations of the virus that is now considered far more infectious, the UK and the South African variant.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 539,153, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Wednesday afternoon. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 14.22% from 3,792,241 tests that have been conducted so far.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said that educational institutions would not reopen even in March if health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic continued. Her comments came at the inaugural program of the "Safe back to school" campaign, participated by at least 15 NGOs at The Westin Dhaka. "We do not know if we will get the opportunity to reopen these institutions in February or March. But we will not take health risks. When we are convinced that the risks have lessened, only then will we move forward," she added.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Phedra Moon Morris, Head of Development Assistance of the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka, said: “The government should also consider that the rate of dropout and child marriage has also increased due to the Covid 19 pandemic. So, it is important to find out how to improve the situation.'
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dipu Moni said that the government planned to recruit at least two teachers per school to provide mental health support to students. "The students were given assignments instead of final exams to determine their learning gaps," said the education minister, adding, “We will restructure the whole  [ education ]  system through using the experience gathered from the Covid 19 pandemic. A national institution will be established to evaluate examinations.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Chief Health Officer of Sylhet City Corporation Zahidul Islam said: “We are also trying to keep the wastage to a minimum while administering the vaccines. As per protocol, 10% wastage is allowed. We prefer not to open a single vial unless there are 10 people waiting to take the shot. Munshiganj Civil Surgeon Dr Abul Kalam Azad said the question of vaccine wastage was raised when they administered the vaccine to only one person after 1pm, as the process slowed down after the vaccination drive in the morning.
[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Shahriar Alam said all 1,200 of the diplomats would receive vaccines in turn. The authorities would administer vaccines to the diplomats in two to three days every week at the hospital from now on. He said the government was also preparing a list of foreigners working in the country outside of the foreign missions as they would also get vaccinated at Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen receive Covid 19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Mohakhali on Wednesday, February 10, 2021PID
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, Bangladesh started the vaccination drive across the country on Sunday, using the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.Each person will be given two doses of the vaccine.The nationwide campaign gained some momentum as 78,273 people were administered the vaccine till Monday.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In another development, the government has opened online registration on www.surokkha.gov.bd for people aged over 40. Family members of frontline fighters who are over 18 years old are also eligible to take the vaccine now. Initially, the government planned to inoculate only the prioritized, frontline workers and everyone aged over 55. Mannan said more than 600,000 people registered online until Tuesday morning to get the jab.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country registered eight more deaths from Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,229.Of the deceased   seven men and one woman    five were from Dhaka division, and one each from Chittagong, Sylhet, and Mymensingh divisions.All the victims died at hospitals.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The latest infection rate is the lowest in 10 months since 4.90% on April 5. It was 2.07% on April 4.The daily test positivity rate in the country has been in single digits since December 19.With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 538,765, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Tuesday afternoon.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of them, only 678 people reported minor side effects such as mild fever, body ache, headache, and weakness after getting the vaccine shots, the health authorities said. The authorities said there is no information that vaccine takers became seriously ill and were hospitalized.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Covid 19 vaccination campaign for members of the Bangladesh Armed forces began on Sunday. The immunization of members of Bangladesh Army began at the Combined Military Hospital  ( CMH )  in Dhaka, said a media release issued by the Inter Service Public Relations  ( ISPR )  Directorate. Chief of General Staff Lt General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan received the first jab among members of the army after the campaign was inaugurated by Quartermaster General Lt General Shafiuddin Ahmed.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque receives his shot of Covid 19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday, February 7, 2021 |Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneIt was anticipated earlier that healthcare professionals would be largely vaccinated on the first day. However, reports showed local representatives and government officials were prioritized instead. Ministers and high ranking officials took the first jabs at the centers in the capital while MPs, divisional commissioners, or deputy commissioners  ( DCs )  inaugurated their district level programs. They got vaccinated in an attempt to encourage people to register for vaccines.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Director  ( disease control )  of DGHS, Prof Nazmul Islam, said if a vaccination centre has enough volume of vaccines for any given day, on site registration would be possible and people could be vaccinated that day. Otherwise, they would have to get vaccinated later.Meanwhile, the director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital said they would vaccinate specially abled people after on site registration. People with disabilities were not included in the priority list for vaccination by the government.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The number of registrations are very low and the people who got registered till now  ( last afternoon )  would be vaccinated shortly, which would create another problem, he said. Local government offices  ( union parishad )  should be deployed for early registrations to make things easier, the virologists opined.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  People should not be concerned about the side effects after Covid 19 vaccination as it is a common issue for any vaccine, experts have said. Bangladesh has launched the Covid 19 vaccination drive across the country on February 7 and inoculated 2,082,877 people as of Saturday.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Vaccine taker Piyash Talukder said he took the jab on February 15 and started suffering from fever and body aches since that night. He also suffered from diarrhoea for five days. Sanchita Situ, another vaccine receiver, said she felt severe pain in her arm in which the shot was administered.
Refugee: [ 14th February 2021,Cox's Bazar ]  Earlier on January 29, some 1,778 more Rohingyas were relocated to Bhashan Char in the third phase of the effort. In the first two phases – December 4 and 29 – some 3,446 Rohingyas were relocated to the Noakhali island.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The jab takers said they only know about taking rest for half an hour after vaccination but not aware of post vaccination instructions which should be disseminated from the vaccination centres.
[ 22nd Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate was 2.33% on Sunday which was 3.14% on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 22nd Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Seven coronavirus related deaths and 327 new cases were reported. On Saturday, five deaths and 350 fresh cases were confirmed.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until Friday, the test positivity rate remained below 3% for four consecutive days, before it jumped to 3.14% on Saturday and dropped to 2.33% on Sunday. On February 15, the infection rate rose to 3.15%, after remaining below the 3% mark for 10 days straight. The daily test positivity in the country has been in single digits since December 19.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 428 new infections were reported from 16,152 samples tested in the last 24 hours. With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 544,544, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Wednesday afternoon.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 4,296,344 people have so far been registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines, after the vaccination registration campaign was launched on January 27. “As many as 4,296,344 people got registered until 2.30pm on Sunday, to take Covid 19 vaccines,' the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  sources said.
[ 22nd Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the latest figures, the overall infection rate stood at 13.76% which was 13.8% percent on Saturday. The rate is expected to fall further as a countrywide coronavirus vaccination drive is underway.
[ 22nd Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate remained steady at 1.54% since Saturday, the DGHS handout said.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the country registered 5 more deaths from Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,379. Of the five deceased – four men and one women – four were from Dhaka division, and one from Khulna division. Of the victims, three died at different hospitals across the country while two died at home.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 911 people have recovered from Covid 19 over the last 24 hours. So far, 493,798 patients   90.68% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country. Currently, 9,769 people are in isolation and 31,734 are quarantined.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,339 men  ( 75.65% )  and 2,040 women  ( 24.35% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected in the country stands at 1.54%.
Refugee:  [ 14th February 2021,Cox's Bazar ]  The fourth batch of Rohingyas slated for relocation to Bhashan Char left the refugee camps in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, on Sunday. Around 2,000 Rohingyas of the latest batch left for a transit camp set up on the premises of BAF Shaheen College in Patenga in total 37 buses at around 12pm. From where they will be moved to the island in Noakhali with the help of the Bangladesh Navy on Monday.
[ 16th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 72,739 people were vaccinated in Dhaka division on Tuesday. Of them, 34,044 people vaccinated in the capital city while 38,695 people were vaccinated outside the capital city in the division.
[ 24th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the health authorities had inoculated as many as 2,491,053 people against Covid 19 till Tuesday. Additionally, 3,861,876 people had registered to get the vaccine till Wednesday at 2:30pm.
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Covid 19 fatalities in the country rose to 8,314 and the caseload to 541,877, according to the latest figures provided Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a handout, the DGHS said the daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh rose to 2.53 percent from Saturday's 2.26 percent. The overall infection rate is now 14.05 percent.
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Till date, 3,893,654 samples have been tested, including 16,612 in the past 24 hours.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Till date, 3,893,654 samples have been tested, including 16,612 in the past 24 hours.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The first seven months of the current fiscal have seen about a 5% reduction in export earnings compared to a year earlier, and apparel companies in the country must maintain realistic expectations, while simultaneously remaining pro active and ready to adapt and be flexible for future work orders should they come.
[ 2nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until this morning, 480,728 patients  ( 89.67 percent )  were recovered. So far, 3,678,649 samples have been tested, including 14,635 in the past 24 hours.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent on Thursday as the country ramps up vaccination drive and awareness campaigns.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday instructed the authorities concerned for reducing the age limit from 55 years to 40 to get registered for vaccination to expand and accelerate the drive.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, Bangladesh has confirmed 539,571 coronavirus cases, including 8,248 fatalities.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until morning, 485,971 patients  ( 90.07 percent )  have recovered.
[ 6th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh had a daily infection rate of 2.51% with 305 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 537,770.On January 1, the daily infection rate was 8.18%.
[ 15th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 20 30 lakh more doses of Covid 19 vaccine will arrive in Bangladesh on February 22, said Nazmul Hassan Papon, the Managing Director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals on Monday.
[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until morning, 484,573 patients  ( 89.94 percent of the total reported cases )  have recovered. Bangladesh reported its first Coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 last year.
[ 15th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  On January 21, Dhaka received 20 lakh doses of Covid vaccine as the Indian government sent the jabs as a gift to Bangladesh.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total of 633 patients have successfully recovered from the infection across the country, taking the total number of recovered case to 489,254. The country's recovery rate now stands at 90.29%.
[ 16th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 541,434, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Tuesday afternoon.
[ 15th February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Earlier, ships of the Bangladesh Navy carrying the Rohingyas left the Chittagong Boat Club jetty in the port city's Patenga area around 10am, said National Security Intelligence  ( NSI )  officials. The Rohingyas, who have volunteered to be relocated to Bhashan Char developed by the Bangladesh Navy at a cost of Tk3,100 crore, were brought to Chittagong from Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar on Sunday.
[ 15th February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  On Monday morning, some 13 buses carried them to the Chittagong Boat Club. NSI officials said 1,700 more Rohingyas are likely to sail for the island on Tuesday. In the third phase, more than 3,200 Rohingyas were relocated to Bhashan Char in two days   January 29 and 30.
[ 15th February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar district. Most of them entered Bangladesh since August 25, 2017, amid a military crackdown on Rohingyas in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, which the UN called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing" and other rights groups dubbed as "genocide."
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government launched a countrywide Covid 19 vaccination drive on February 7.
[ 20th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Also, the country saw five new Covid 19 deaths, taking the national tally to 8,342. And the fatality rate stood at 1.54%, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said.
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Islam hopes the government will step in: “We cannot avoid natural disasters. I hope the good times for my shrimp will come when the epidemic is over … There needs to be government incentives for shrimp farmers to offset the losses. The government has to think of us.'
[ 20th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  And 3,933,637 tests, including 11,148 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8.
[ 20th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,082,877 people have received the first shot. After the first dose, the second one has to be taken within eight to 12 weeks.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Raising awareness among law enforcement agencies and keeping the needs of victims at the centre is essential to effectively receiving and investigating cases, and simultaneously protecting the victims of these crimes. Addressing stigma and victim blaming attitudes should be a priority for authorities, service providers, and communities.
[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, some hospitals will continue the vaccination program throughout the day, the health official said. People have been asked to register by visiting the official Surokkha website  ( www.surokkha.gov.bd )  to receive the vaccines. Emergency hotline numbers for information on vaccines are 16263, 333 and 10655.
[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  BRAC documented a nearly 70% increase in reported incidents of SGBV against women and girls in March and April 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. Access to support services for survivors during this time was particularly hampered due to the movement restrictions.
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  “It is now very difficult to provide food for five members of the family. Before, I got nutritious food from the vegetable garden near the house. Everything was destroyed in the cyclone, now everything has to be bought from the market. And  [ with ]  the high price of all products in the market, it is not possible for us to buy everything like before.'
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  About 80% of export orders for shrimp, worth about $54m  ( £39m ) , were cancelled between July and December last year. The drop in exports saw local shrimp prices more than halve. That came just weeks after Amphan, the fiercest storm to hit the region this century, destroyed boats and equipment.“This is causing a lot of trouble,' says Sardar. “Last year the Covid 19 virus andcyclonedropped me to zero. I have lost the capital for shrimp farming. I am carrying the burden of debt. I have become a day labourer from a shrimp farmer. I don't know how it will go in the future.'
[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Muslima Begum, 36, a shrimp farmer from Koyra upazila, used to earn a living wage, but now she is dependent on any work her husband, Mosharraf Hossain, can find. “We have never faced such a crisis before,' she says. “I've lost about 1 lakh taka  ( more than £800 ) . I am in debt. Shrimp will not be cultivated this year. I don't know how the day will go.
[ 4th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  When the government reported to the UNon its progress against the sustainable development goals in June, it said that the poverty rate had halved from 40% in 2005 to 20.5% in 2019, but that the pandemic risked halting the main strategies of promoting work abroad and increasing employment opportunities for the poorest. By June 2020, the poverty ratehad risen back to 29.5%.
[ 4th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Given how many people are supported by each migrant worker, he says, up to a third of the population could be affected by the job losses, and there are still many unemployed people stranded abroad.n Asurvey in Juneby the UN's migration agency  ( IOM )  revealed that most of the returnees were now unemployed and half had no income at all.
Refugee:  [ 18th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Overall, the Bhasan Char situation is a symptom of the wider deterioration in living conditions in the refugee camps in Bangladesh. It's also just one of many issues which the Rohingya have faced for decades – an ordeal which includes state sanctioned violence, persecution, discrimination and the denial of their basic rights.
[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,808,017 samples, including 15,776 in the past 24 hours, have been tested. The overall infection rate is 14.17 percent.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government is set to start administering second doses of the Covid 19 vaccine from April 7, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said. The health minister disclosed the information while addressing reporters at the Health Ministry on Tuesday. He also said the Serum Institute of India had only sent two million doses of the vaccine in the second shipment, instead of the contractual five million doses. “We have spoken with SII on the matter and they said they will increase supply next month,' the minister added.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Chief Health Officer Dr Shahriar Sajjad confirmed that Bangladesh had received a total of nine million doses from India, so far. The special flight carrying the second shipment of the vaccine landed at the Dhaka airport at 12:25am on Tuesday. The shipment was received by Beximco Pharmaceuticals, who took it to their Gazipur warehouse. SII CEO Adar Poonawalla recently announced that their shipments to foreign governments may be delayed as they had been directed to prioritize India's domestic requirements.
[ 23rd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the deceased – four men and three women – five were from Dhaka division, and one each from Rajshahi and Barisal divisions. All the victims died at hospitals.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 16 deaths – 12 males and four females   12 were from Dhaka, two from Rangpur, and one each from Chittagong and Khulna divisions. Fifteen of the victims died at hospitals while one died at home.
[ 14th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Physicians and nurses have been trained to carry out the vaccination drive. So far, top government officials, Cabinet members, judges, policemen, along with general people, have received the vaccine.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  It said the daily Covid 19 infection rate in the country is now 2.35 percent. Meanwhile, the new cases pushed up the national tally to 538,062.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,293 men  ( 75.69% )  and 2,021 women  ( 24.31% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected in the country stands at 1.53%.
[ 15th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid 19 related deaths and 326 fresh cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning, showing a little bit of rise in infection rate.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  At the press conference the education minister said that the dates for the Bangladesh Civil Service  ( BCS )  exams would be set considering the university reopening date. The age limit of BCS candidates for the entrance exams would also be considered. Online classes are set to continue during this time and all kinds of exams will remain suspended during this time.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On the other hand, the DU was waiting for the Academic Council decision and was likely to follow government orders. A group of DU students under the banner, “General Students of DU,' issued a 72 hour ultimatum to the authorities to come up with the decision of reopening halls from March 1.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total of 678 patients have successfully recovered from the infection across the country, taking the total number of recovered case to 489,932. The country's recovery rate now stands at 90.35%.
[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 475 patients recovered from the contagious disease in the 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 491,367. The country's recovery rate now stands at 90.43%.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  So far, 6,305 men  ( 75.70% )  and 2,024 women  ( 24.30% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected in the country stands at 1.53%.
[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until this morning, 483,372 patients  ( 89.84 percent of the total reported cases )  have recovered. So far, 3,749,012 samples, including 12,404 during the past 24 hours, have been tested.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Following a year long shutdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, academic activities at universities across the country will resume after three months from now. Against the backdrop of agitation by public university students – who are demanding a reopening of campuses – the government has finally announced the date for a resumption of academic activities at all universities – public and private – from May 24, after Eid ul Fitr.
[ 22nd February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The education minister said that residential students, teachers and other staff must be vaccinated before a reopening of the halls and no examination would be held before the universities reopened. She said that 130,000 residential students would be vaccinated by May 17.
[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 37,967 people received Covid 19 vaccine in Dhaka division, followed by Chittagong division with 19,568 vaccine recipients. Additionally, a total of 21,047 people received vaccine in Dhaka city on Monday.
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday inoculated over a quarter of a million people against the contagious Covid 19 disease. Altogether 261,945 people were administered their first dose of the vaccine on the day. Of them, 164,936 were men and 97,009 were women, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A little over 226,000 people have been immunized in the last three days on average. With Thursday's inoculations, the health authorities have so far administered vaccine doses to 1,848,313 people across the country. Of them, 1,233,655 were men while 614,658 were women.
[ 18th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twenty seven of Thursday's vaccine recipients experienced mild side effects. Till now, side effects in 537 people have been recorded. All the divisions of the country saw an increase in vaccinations compared to the previous day, according to the DGHS. Chittagong Division saw the highest increase   as many as 54,788 people were inoculated in the region on Thursday, compared to 44,783 on Wednesday.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  The daily Covid 19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh continues to remain below 3% for the third consecutive day after going over the mark for a day. According to the daily coronavirus situation update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Thursday, Bangladesh's Covid 19 test positivity rate dropped to 2.68 in the last 24 hours. The infection rate rose to 3.15% on Monday, after remaining below the mark for 10 days straight.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  A total of 391 new infections were reported from 14,603 samples tested in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. At the same time, 15 people have died across the country from the infection, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,329.
[ 18th February, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS update said a total of 14,742 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 214 authorized labs across the country. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.87% from 3,908,257 tests that have been conducted so far. The total number of identified cases in the country stands at 542,268.
[ 25th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  AstraZeneca said the vaccine has been shown to be safe in clinical trials and has provided effective protection to 70% of the volunteers.
[ 15th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate stood at 1.53 percent on Sunday the handout said adding that 487,229 patients  ( 90.13 pc )  have so far recovered from the virus infection so far.
[ 15th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of now, 3,848,116 samples have been tested, including 12,900 in the past 24 hours.
[ 25th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate slightly fell to 13.61 percent, which was 13.66% percent on Wednesday.
[ 25th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate now stands at 2.63 percent which was 2.65 percent on Wednesday, the latest figures showed.
[ 25th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  So far, 494,755 patients  ( 90.79% )  have recovered from the Covid 19.
[ 25th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities have so far tested 4,003,236 samples, including 15,560 in the past 24 hours.
[ 25th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 2,673,038 people have received the first shot until Wednesday. The second dose has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks of the first shot.
[ 17th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The infection rate decreased to 2.68% on Tuesday while it rose to 3.15% on Monday, after remaining below the mark for 10 days straight. A total of 443 new infections were reported from 16,612 samples tested in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning.