Nearly 25,000 out-of-school and learning-lagged children who had dropped out during the Covid-19 pandemic have returned to mainstream primary education through BRAC’s Returning to Learning project, which provided accelerated learning in 1,005 one-room schools...
Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis...
China said Monday it was ‘extremely unlikely’ Covid-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central Intelligence Agency said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.
IN THE midst of recovery from the devastating effects of the Covid pandemic, whispers of a potential new viral threat have surfaced, capturing the attention of global health experts and citizens alike. Human metapneumovirus, a respiratory pathogen that has largely flown under the radar, is now being dubbed the potential ‘Covid 2.0.’ But is this...
UK families of some 2,40,000 people who died from Covid-19 have hung festive lights on a London wall, a symbol of love, anger and pain ahead of another Christmas overshadowed by loss.
A group of frontline workers employed during the Covid-19 crisis are continuing their protest outside the Directorate General of Health Services in Dhaka demanding an extension of their employment contracts beyond December.
A study on the origin of Covid-19 provided new evidence on Thursday supporting the theory that humans first caught the virus from infected animals at a Chinese market in late 2019.
The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it...
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the mpox outbreak was not another Covid-19.
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe....
The Tour de France stepped up protective measures on Sunday, to ‘limit health risks’ in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19, which has affected several riders in recent days.
Bangladesh reported 15 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.
Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against seven people, including former director general of the Directorate General of Health Services Professor Abul Kalam Azad and JKG Health Care chairperson Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, on charges of cheating people by preparing fake Covid-19 test reports...
Bangladesh reported 14 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning...
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 13 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning....
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing’s Covid-19 response, according to a video released by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders...
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 30 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning...
Countries trying to strike a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics began discussing how to keep the process alive as they ran out of time to seal a deal on Friday....
Experts on Thursday suggested conducting a large-scale research on the long-term effects on the human body affected by the corona virus...
AstraZeneca has admitted for the first time in court documents that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare side effect, in an apparent about-turn that could pave the way for a multi-million pound legal payout, reports The Telegraph.....
Rice fields began developing cracks as vast landscapes lay parched from about two weeks of intense heat conditions, with farmers battling a severe power crisis in irrigating cropland...
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 16 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.....
