UK health secretary resigns after Covid-19 breach
UK health secretary Matt Hancock resigned on Saturday following revelations he broke government coronavirus restrictions during an affair with a close aide, with former finance minister Sajid Javid taking up the role.
Covid toll tops 14,000 in Bangladesh
The Directorate General of Health Services in its daily Covid situation report said that 4,334 new cases were detected after testing 19,262 samples during the 24 hours.
Global Covid-19 case reaching 181 million
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 180,726,834 and 3,915,760 respectively as of Sunday morning, as per Johns Hopkins University.
Mad rush of people on Bangladesh roads, ferries
A mad rush of people was seen on the major water channels across the River Padma on Saturday after the announcement of a strict countrywide lockdown on Friday from Monday to contain the surge of Covid cases.
Dhaka Edn Board begins HSC exam registrations June 29
In a press release issued on Friday, the board asked the college principal and other concerned people to carry out the programme from June 29 to July 11 following health regulations.
6 troops killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in Mali attacks
The UN said on Twitter that an evacuation was under way after a car bomb struck a temporary base near Tarkint, in the lawless north of Mali.
Bangladesh announces 7-day countrywide lockdown from June 28
The Bangladesh government on Friday announced a weeklong countrywide ‘strict lockdown’ from Monday to contain the ongoing surge in Covid infections.
Serum may resume vaccine export in July, August
Bangladesh entered into a deal with the Serum Institute of India to purchase 30 million doses of a potential vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca for Covid-19.
Russian forces confront British warship in Black Sea military encounter
Russia says one of its warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol boat fired warning shots to turn back a British destroyer it claims entered into its territorial waters in the Black Sea.
Antivirus software pioneer McAfee found dead in Spanish jail
The 75-year-old was found dead in his cell in the Brians 2 penitentiary near Barcelona ‘apparently from suicide’, a spokeswoman for the prison system in the northeastern Catalonia region said.
