5 staffers of Sylhet hospital test Covid-19 positive

Five more staffers of Sylhet Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital test positive for coronavirus after a storekeeper of the hospital was found Covid-19 positive on April 22.
5 May 2020, 18:55 PM

UK virus toll tops 32,000, world's second highest

Britain's death toll from the coronavirus has topped 32,000, according to an updated official count released on Tuesday, pushing the country past Italy to become the second-most impacted after the United States.
5 May 2020, 18:04 PM

Reopening plan may be disastrous if not handled right

As economic pain from the coronavirus lockdown increasingly bites the country, the government has decided to reopen the economy partially.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

You stumble I catch

A group of youths in Thakurgaon town are being praised for their non-profit initiative named ‘30% discount store’.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Prof Muntasir Mamun’s condition improves

Noted historian Prof Muntasir Mamun, who was hospitalised with Covid-19, has been shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the cabin at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Stepping down for sake of love’

In a surprising development, Bidyanondo Foundation founder chairperson Kishore Kumar Das announced his resignation yesterday. The notice of his resignation appeared on the organisation’s official Facebook page.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

BATTLING COVID-19: Are we leaving too much to chance?

In a desperate attempt to get the economy back on track, the government has reopened factories that remained closed for around a month in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

UNTAPPED when needed most

Due to a lack of coordination and support from the health ministry, a good number of laboratories and experts based in universities and government research institutions remain unutilised in the country’s Covid-19 response.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Smartphones to rule in the post-pandemic era

As a matter of course, the coronavirus pandemic is leaving new lessons for all spectra of life and across all sectors. The mobile phone industry is no exception.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

How should a budget during a pandemic look like?

The searing devastation of coronavirus all over the globe has called for extraordinary measures from governments worldwide. And Bangladesh is no exception.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

8.5pc GDP growth set for fiscal 2020-21 on hopes of V-shaped recovery

The government is gunning for an 8.5 per cent GDP growth next fiscal year in the hope the economy would be springing back to a higher expansion trajectory once the coronavirus outbreak has been quelled.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Mobilising the spirit of Ramadan in the fight against Covid-19

From a religious perspective, Ramadan has always been a time of self-reflection, restraint and altruism—and given the struggles being faced by daily wage earners and, in reality, a majority of Bangladeshis today, we have a unique opportunity to invest in our faith to collectively tackle the challenges posed by Covid-19.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Probe early virus cases

The World Health Organization said yesterday that a report that Covid-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was “not surprising”, and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 and the doubly disadvantaged

Almost all communities across the world are now facing the adverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Air pollution raises risks, vulnerability

Bangladesh extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 as thousands of Bangladeshis are already suffering from chronic diseases because of their past exposure to air pollution, according to the study conducted by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 challenges the conventional security paradigm

Coronavirus is razing the world to the ground, continuing to claim human lives—the latest count exceeds well over 200,000, with the number of infected running over three million.
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Pandemic and the unscrupulous

One notices a malicious tendency in some unprincipled and dishonest people to exploit and misuse relief measures of the government, particularly
5 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Reopening shopping malls, other businesses could lead to further spread

The national technical advisory committee on Covid-19 recommends reconsidering the government's decision of reopening shopping malls and other businesses, saying such a move could lead to further transmission of the deadly coronavirus.
5 May 2020, 17:08 PM

India develops own Covid-19 test kit, names it after Satyajit Ray’s ‘Feluda’

India chooses to name their home-developed Covid-19 test kit after Satyajit Ray’s immortal fictional character ‘Feluda’.
5 May 2020, 16:58 PM

Biman, US-Bangla likely to operate 10 more flights to bring stranded Bangladeshis back from India

Biman and US-Bangla Airlines are likely to operate 10 more special flights from India to bring back Bangladeshi nationals stuck in the neighbouring country for over one-and-a-half-months following Covid-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh High Commission in India says.
5 May 2020, 14:28 PM