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DGHS to further trim list of Covid hospitals

Growing financial pressure coupled with less patients than capacity have forced the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to reduce services from some of its Covid-dedicated hospitals, officials said.They said the directorate went for cancellation of agreements with the hospitals to prevent ballooning the expenses further as most of the...

KSA-bound BD migrants for auto visa renewal

The Saudi Arabia-bound stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers have demanded automatic renewal of visa so that they can return to work on time.To this end, they met expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister Imran Ahmad on Monday.They said almost 90-per cent workers are facing visa renewal-related problems.If visa is not renewed...

PM's 74th birthday celebrated

The 74th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was celebrated across the country Monday reiterating the vow to rally round the Awami League president in turning the country into a developed one by 2041 under her dynamic leadership, reports BSS.On September 28 in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of the...

Bangladeshi couple found dead in US after suspected murder-suicide

A Bangladeshi-origin couple have been found dead in their home in the US state of Arizona after an apparent murder-suicide, reports bdnews24.com.Police believe the man shot his wife dead before ending his own life.The incident which took place in Phoenix city's Laveen on Sunday morning has caused a stir in...

AG Mahbubey Alam laid to eternal rest

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam was laid to rest in the capital's Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at around 1:20 pm on Monday. Earlier on the day, his namaz-e-janaza was held on the Supreme Court premises where people from all walks of life bade farewell to the eminent jurist. Mahbubey Alam passed...

Virus cases cross over 0.36m in BD

With 1,407 new cases, the tally of Covid-19 confirmed cases crossed more than 0.36 million in Bangladesh, according to the health directorate.Now, the overall number of infections reached 360,555 from 1,921,382 samples tested so far here.Bangladesh is the 15th worst-affected country in the world in terms of the number of...

88 docs, 20 journos die

The number of coronavirus infections among health workers and frontline media crew in Bangladesh has crossed 8,000 and 900 respectively.Meanwhile, 88 doctors have died of COVID-19 since March 18 across the country, according to the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).Besides, 2,791 doctors, 1,956 nurses and 3,258 health staffers are so far...