RMCH COVID unit logs 15 deaths in 24hrs

Three people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed an autorickshaw in the Hatibandha area of ​​Mahasthan in Shibganj Upazila in Bogura on Saturday morning. 

Three people were killed in a lightning strike at Babuidang Filtipara in Jhilim UP of Sadar upazila and Alishapur village in Fatehpur UP of Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj on Thursday afternoon. Another was critically wounded.

Four people have been detained on Friday in connection with the incident of beating three policemen on Thursday for obstructing local youths as they were roaming outside unnecessarily amid the ongoing lockdown to control the COVID situation in Joypurhat.

Two people were killed and three others injured when two cement-laden and mango-laden trucks collided at Manda Upazila in Naogaon. 

The district administration has announced a seven-day lockdown in Natore and Singra municipalities from Wednesday to June 15.

There is no denying to say that rivers play an invaluable role in maintaining the balance of the socio-economic and natural environment in agriculture-based Bangladesh. The present government has been playing an important role in the protection of the inland rivers of the country by evicting the illegal occupation or renovating the rivers. But the traditional Gumani River of Chalan Beel area at Bhangura Upazila is being occupied.

As many as 15 more deaths have been registered at the COVID unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours till Monday morning. 

Rezaul Karim Mannan’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after contracting Covid-19. He has also sold his house to pay for his daughter’s treatment. Currently, there is no food in Rezaul Karim’s house. He asked for food from neighbors for his family but didn’t get any.