Experts are hopeful a vaccine for coronavirus is likely to be ready within the next few weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said last evening, adding that three different vaccine candidates are in different stages of trials.  Earlier this week, the United Kingdom became the

President-elect Joe Biden says Americans won't be forced to take a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available in the US. It comes as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the first time urged "universal mask use" indoors, unless when Americans are at their own

The government has launched free antigen test in 10 districts today (Dec 5) for rapidly detecting the presence or absence of coronavirus antigen in the patient’s body. The government has taken the decision as the temperature has started dropping with arrival of winter.

Bangladesh today confirmed 24 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,772.  According to the Health authorities, 2,252 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Moderna plans to have 100 to 125 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine available in the first quarter of 2021, the vast majority of which will go to the United States, the biotechnology company announced Thursday. Between 85 and 100 million of the doses will be distributed in the

Slamming a recent Chinese research report which claimed that Covid-19 had origins in India or Bangladesh, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Tuesday said that the study was shoddily done and was riddled with errors. “There

Bangladesh today confirmed 35 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,748.  According to the Health authorities, 2,316 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

India's Covid-19 caseload went past 95 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89.73 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus

Bangladesh today confirmed 38 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,713.  According to the Health authorities, 2,198 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe for roll out. Immunisations could start within days

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.99 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 89 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to over 94 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total coronavirus cases

A total of 141 patients have died from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and some 658 new Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases have been detected in Bangladesh in 2020. Besides, the death toll from the disease in Bangladesh has reached to 1,383. Currently there are

Bangladesh today confirmed 31 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,675.  According to the Health authorities, 2,293 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

India recorded 31,118 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily tally since November 17, data from the health ministry showed on Tuesday. India now has 94.62 lakh COVID-19 infections, but the number of new daily cases has stayed below the 50,000 mark since November 7 despite a busy

Cabinet Division Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam on Monday said the government would distribute 3 crore (30 million) doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca developed Covid-19 vaccine, free of cost, among people.  He said it to reporters after a virtual cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime

Bangladesh today confirmed 35 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,644.  According to the Health authorities, 2,525 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Bangladesh today confirmed 29 deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,609.  According to the Health authorities, 1,788 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of

Coronavirus cases in India are steadily on the rise with 41,810 new infections in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 93,92,919.  There were 496 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours and the number of active cases went down by 984. There are 4,53,956 active cases in the

GENEVA: More than 747,000 new daily cases of novel coronavirus were recorded globally in the past day, bringing a total number of infections to 61.29 million and becoming a new record high number of single-day cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on

Scientists in China have claimed that coronavirus may have originated in India or Bangladesh as they try to shift the blame from Wuhan. A paper by researchers at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences suggests the virus existed on the Indian subcontinent before the Wuhan