Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Is this just a coincidence? When the BNP tries to organise a large political programme, it faces obstacles to mobilising its leaders and activists as transport services become unavailable all of a sudden.

I was around ten years old, when my elder sister Suchanda started her career in films. We used to live in Gendaria and A T M Shamsuzzaman used to visit our house regularly for shooting purposes – that is how we bonded with him. I have countless memories with him.

The mass vaccination campaign has so far drawn much fewer women than men.

Farida Yasmin has been confined to a bed since November 16, 2007 -- the day she slipped into a coma following a surgery. The doctors said she has no, or little, chance of ever waking from her deep sleep.

The government has allowed people aged 40 and above to register for inoculation against Covid-19 as only a fraction of the people eligible for the shots are responding to the campaign.

The Covid vaccination kick-started across the country yesterday amid much fanfare with ministers, freedom fighters, bureaucrats and eminent citizens joining the inoculation campaign.

The coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out across the country today amid lukewarm interest from the people in getting the shots.

The mass inoculation against Covid-19 begins tomorrow, but the government’s campaign to raise awareness on the vaccination has hardly reached rural areas.

Amid the lukewarm response from people to register for Covid-19 vaccination, the government has instructed local government representatives to ensure registration of people in rural areas.

The government has decided to inoculate 35 lakh people, instead of 60 lakh, against Covid-19 in the first month of vaccination apparently due to a lukewarm response to online registration.

Khaleda Begum had little to do other than helping her mother with household chores. The 17-year-old would spend most of her time indoors, back at the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.

The government has started sending Covid-19 vaccine doses across the country from Dhaka ahead of the mass inoculation campaign set to begin from February 7.

Shafika and Jhunjhuni are inseparable. Fondly named after Shafika’s favourite toy from when she was a toddler, the Black Bengal follows Shafika everywhere.

It was a fulfilling experience for those who got the first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country yesterday.

Runu Beronica Costa wanted to become a part of the country’s history.

Almost 3,000 Rohingyas will be relocated to Bhasan Char by the end of this month, a top official said.

With all uncertainties over obtaining Covid vaccines removed, the main challenges for the government ahead are to run the mass inoculation campaign smoothly and involve people in the process, say experts.

It took the 1,000 richest people in the world less than a year to recoup their losses, but it may take at least a decade for billions of poor people to recover from the coronavirus-induced economic impacts, reveals an Oxfam report.

The government will launch the Covid-19 vaccination awareness campaign from today to prepare the general population ahead of the mass inoculation against the highly transmissible virus.

The government is likely to start piloting the Covid-19 vaccination from next week with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines obtained from the Indian government, doses of which are expected to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow.