Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, among others, offering `Akheri Munajat`in the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema from Ganobhaban on Sunday.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, among others, offering 'Akheri Munajat' in the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema from Ganobhaban on Sunday. BSS photo

16 more deaths, virus cases surge by 1,617

Staff Reporter :Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 16 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, and 1,617 infections, the highest single-day spate from the virus in the last 24 hours.“With the new cases, the death toll reached 386 and the infections reaching 26,738 during the same period,” Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said it in a regular press briefing in Dhaka. According to the DGHS, the death rate is now 1.44 at...

21 May 2020, 12:00 am