Porimol Palma

Amphan, the cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, may lash the coastal districts in three days, upending social distancing and hygiene practices needed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Bangladesh faces the challenge of massive job creation as several lakh migrant workers are likely to return in the coming months following a sharp decline in overseas jobs due to the coronavirus-induced global economic slowdown, experts said.

Bangladesh and India are likely to resume rail operations to transport essential commodities and medical supplies between the two countries.

Bangladesh wants labour-receiving countries to ensure that Bangladeshi migrants who lose their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic get at least six months’ salary.

In a dramatic development, the Directorate General of Drug Administration has allowed Gonoshasthaya Kendra to submit its home-grown rapid test kits for Covid-19 to BSMMU or icddr,b for validation.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has made it clear that they are not going to submit their rapid test kits to the drug administration through any contract research organisation (CRO).

Dhaka should actively engage Kuala Lumpur to make sure that the Bangladeshi migrants undergoing hardships in Malaysia amid coronavirus pandemic get food through a government distribution channel, said migrant rights activists in Malaysia.

At this critical time when people are advised to stay at home, health workers are oath-bound to be on the frontline away from their families most of the time.

Convalescent Plasma therapy, which can quickly develop passive immune system of a person against a virus and fight Covid-19, can help save lives from the curse of the novel coronavirus before any vaccine or medicine is developed, a noted hematologist has said.

The Covid-19 crisis has affected the entire world and hit the developing countries like Bangladesh even harder -- a fact that calls for greater global cooperation and solidarity.

The Singapore government has promised food, wages, and treatment costs of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are in isolation in the country’s dormitories.

Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia fear an imminent food crisis as the lockdown continues amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country.

Bangladesh has decided to bring back undocumented migrants as requested by some countries, once the shutdown over coronavirus ends.

On top of the coronavirus crisis and the feared economic aftershock, Bangladesh is now facing pressure from different countries to take back undocumented Bangladeshis working there.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra yesterday received the reagents that were needed to manufacture the low-cost kit developed by the organisation to detect novel coronavirus infection.

The coronavirus pandemic is set to deal a heavy blow to the country’s overseas job market and the remittance flow as a large number of Bangladeshi migrants have already lost their jobs or were receiving low wages amid shutdowns enforced to stem the spread of the virus, say economists and researchers.

The feeling of being a father in indescribable, and it is more so when it’s experienced for the first time. A Bangladeshi migrant in Singapore, whose wife has just given birth, is yet to experience this as for the past two months he has been ill. His physical condition has been worsened by coronavirus infection.

The glittering New York City, a bustling tourist destination, is now a land of worries. New York is the most affected state in the US, now the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the more than 188,000 people infected by the virus in the country,

An estimated two lakh irregular Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus infections with the Southeast Asian country enforcing about a-month-long lockdown since March 18.

Ignatius Rozario, a Bangladeshi living in Milan, is acutely depressed. The 45-year-old man who always likes to dress up and look sharp now has a black-and-grey beard after staying home for two weeks amid Italy’s countrywide lockdown.