Bangladesh's health services on Thursday witnessed a major restructuring following a scam over COVID-19 tests. Dr ABM Khurshid Alam has been appointed as the new director general of the directorate general of health services (DGHS), a health ministry spokesman said.

Bangladesh restructures health services over COVID-19 scam

Severe flooding in Bangladesh, which has killed at least 54 people and affected over 2.4 million people, could be the worst since 1988, the United Nations has said.

Bangladesh floods claim 54 lives, affect 2.4 million people, says UN

As Bangladesh reopened its economy amid an increase in the coronavirus cases, the Bangladesh government has now approved the third-phase trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Bangladesh allows stage III trial of China's COVID-19 vaccine

A Bangladeshi doctor accused of involvement in a scheme that entails falsifying thousands of COVID-19 test results for patients appeared at a Dhaka court on Friday (July 17).

Suspect in Bangladesh fake COVID-19 testing ring appears in court

A Doctor in Bangladesh has been arrested for conducting 6,300 fake Covid-19 tests. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how this scam hurts the fight against the coronavirus in Bangladesh.

Gravitas: Bangladesh Doctor arrested for 6,300 fake COVID-19 tests

The world is fighting coronavirus crisis, but Bangladesh is not just fighting a pandemic, but a massive testing scam too. The owner of two hospitals in Bangladesh is accused of thousands of fake COVID-19 tests.

Bangladesh testing scam could just be a tip of the iceberg

A Bangladesh hospital owner accused of issuing thousands of fake negative coronavirus test results to patients at his two clinics was arrested while trying to flee to India in a burqa.

Fineprint: Bangladesh shaken by multiple medical scams

Floods hit Assam's Kaziranga and Bangladesh amid pandemic in South Asia

Bangladesh is battling the worst flood of the decade. One-third of the country has been flooded, at least 4 million people have been hit. Experts say the worst is yet to come.

Gravitas: One-Third of Bangladesh submerged by floodwaters

Chinese goods have already started bleeding Nepal with the country's national carrier grounding Chinese aircraft. From July 16, the Chinese planes will not fly again.

Nepal's national carrier grounds Chinese aircraft

China is arming India's neighbours and turning the region into a very dangerous place. First, Beijing buried India's neighbourhood under debt. Now it is supplying weapons.

Is China colonising India's neighbours with arms deal and hefty debts?

Leaders of a minority Muslim sect in Bangladesh on Saturday accused "fanatics" of digging up the body of a baby girl from a cemetery grave just hours after being buried and dumping it by a roadside.

Body of Bangladesh newborn dug from grave and dumped

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal will not be allowed to leave unless they agree to return home, Bangladesh authorities said Thursday.

Bangladesh says Rohingya refugees can't leave island

At least six tribal activists were shot dead Tuesday in an ambush by a rival group in Bangladesh's restive Chittagong Hill Tracts, where scores have died in an insurgency in recent years, police said.

Six shot dead in Bangladesh's restive southeastern hills: Police

Bangladesh has reported 3, 288 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 1,59,679, while nearly 2,000 people have succumbed to the novel coronavirus, a senior health official said on Saturday.

Bangladesh records 3,288 new COVID-19 cases, death toll nears 2,000

Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh have been marooned and thousands of hectares of farmland submerged, officials said on Wednesday, as floods triggered by monsoon rains ravage the country already grappling with the coronavirus.

Millions at risk in Bangladesh as monsoon floods add to coronavirus worries

Students and residents in Dhaka are feeding stray dogs and wild monkeys that typically rely on food waste and may be going hungry amid coronavirus measures that have closed restaurants and slowed human movement.

Dhaka animal-lovers feed stray dogs and monkeys amid virus squeeze on food sources

Twenty-three people died while several others were missing on Monday after a ferry capsized in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, news agency AFP reported quoting rescue officials.

23 die, several missing after ferry accident in Bangladesh: Report

At least 30 people died and a dozen are missing after a ferry capsized and sank Monday in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, rescue officials said.

At least 30 die in Bangladesh ferry accident

Facing ruin after orders from Western brands collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic, many Bangladeshi garment factories have been given a lifeline by orders to make protective masks, gloves and gowns for export.

Garment factories in Bangladesh turn COVID-19 virus gloom into boom

The South Korean government will restrict issuing visas to people from Pakistan and Bangladesh except for diplomatic and urgent business purposes, with effect from Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported.

South Korea restricts flights to and from Pakistan, Bangladesh amid surge in COVID-19 cases

After almost three months, Bangladesh's national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has resumed its international flights on Sunday. Bangladesh had temporarily halted all international flights three months back as the country closed its international borders to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

COVID 19: Bangladesh resumes international flights

Bangladesh's coronavirus cases on Thursday crossed 100,000-mark after 3,803 new COVID-19 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said.

Coronavirus: Total infections cross 100,000-mark in Bangladesh

With more than 7,000 Bangladeshi police infected with the new coronavirus, officials are hoping yoga will boost immunity and relieve stress for officers. On Monday (June 15), over 200 police officers in the capital of Dhaka attended a yoga session.

Bangladesh police turn to yoga as virus infections cross 7,000

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