Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter. All regions are now in the "red zone" - the highest tier of restrictions - as the country battles a third wave, with about 20,000 new cases a day. Non-essential movement

India added 89,129 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours amid a worrying surge in Covid cases that has prompted states like Maharashtra to consider lockdown.  Today's surge is the highest since September 20 when 92,605 cases were reported. Situation is of

Bangladesh today confirmed 59 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 9,105.  According to the Health authorities, 6,469 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the

India has launched the third phase of its coronavirus vaccination drive with everyone above the age of 45 now eligible for the jab. More than 60 million doses have been given so far, mostly to frontline workers and people above the age of 60. The world's biggest inoculation

French schools will close for at least three weeks as part of new national restrictions to fight rising Covid cases, President Emmanuel Macron says. Mr Macron said that schools would move to remote learning from next week. Lockdown measures, introduced in some areas of France

Bangladesh today confirmed 52 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 9,046.  According to the Health authorities, 5,358 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the

Germany is suspending routine use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people aged below 60 because of a risk of rare blood clots. The German medicines regulator found 31 cases of a type of rare blood clot among the nearly 2.7 million people who had received the vaccine in

India reported 53,480 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the total tally of infections to 1,21,49,335, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. 354 deaths were reported on Tuesday, the highest since December 16, out of which 140 were reported from Maharashtra. The

Bangladesh today confirmed 45 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,994.  According to the Health authorities, 5,042 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the

The government has appointed Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed as vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He is currently serving as chairman of Community Ophthalmology Department of the BSMMU. A gazette notification was issued in this regard on

Two more people have died and nine others experienced facial paralysis after receiving vaccinations for the coronavirus, experts monitoring vaccinations in Hong Kong have revealed. The latest deaths involved two chronically ill patients who took the China-made Sinovac jab. An

Bangladesh today confirmed 45 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,949.  This is the highest in a single day death since Aug 28, 2020, when the country reported 47 deaths. According to the Health authorities, 5,181 people have

Mexico has published revised figures indicating that the number of deaths caused by coronavirus is 60% higher than previously reported. More than 321,000 people are now believed to have died from Covid-19 in the country. The revised toll places Mexico with the second highest number

Bangladesh today confirmed 35 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,904.  According to the Health authorities, 3,908 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the

India recorded 62,714 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours in its sharpest one-day spike in nearly five months, the health ministry data showed today.  The fresh infections have taken the total Covid tally in the country to 1.19 crore as India registers a steady increase in

Bangladesh today confirmed 39 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,869. This is the highest number of daily deaths in the past 101 days. According to the Health authorities, 3,674 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24

Bangladesh today confirmed 33 deaths from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 8,830.  According to the Health authorities, 3,737 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the

India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, foreign ministry sources have told the BBC. They said rising cases meant domestic demand was expected to pick up in the coming weeks, and so the doses were needed for India's own

Bangladesh today reported 34 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the death toll to 8,797. This is the highest in a single day since December 20, 2020, more than 3 months ago when the country reported 38 deaths. According to the Health authorities, 3,587 people have

Nepali students, who were brought back after the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan last year, staged a protest on Tuesday outside the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) in Nepal's Bashbari, demanding that the government facilitate their internships in Nepal as they could not return to China in