We note with some hope that both the daily rate of new Covid-19 infection and the positivity rate have been declining over the past few days.

The vaccination campaign in Bangladesh is set to suffer a major setback as, according to the CEO of the Serum Institute of India, “there is no clarity” on vaccine exports from India at least before June-July.

We wholeheartedly agree with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call for Covid 19 vaccines to be declared as a global public good that needs to be

We are deeply concerned by the findings of a survey conducted by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD),

There is nothing worse than to find oneself stranded abroad without one’s passport. But if the person happens to be someone to whom a passport is more than a travel document, being without a passport becomes a matter of survival.

Despite the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections over the past weeks, the number of daily tests has been sharply decreasing, increasing the risk factor of people carrying the virus remaining undetected and therefore infecting others.

It’s hard to justify, especially in a pandemic year, the consistently abysmal performance of the health sector.

We are relieved to know about the government’s latest initiative to turn Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) kitchen market in Mohakhali into a makeshift hospital dedicated to Covid-19 treatment.

It is concerning to know that more than three percent of the labour force have lost jobs and around 16.38 million people have become newly poor during the ongoing pandemic.

hould people have to die for demanding their rights and their dues? It makes sad reading that five workers of the under-construction coal-fired power plant in Banshkhali were killed and at least 21 others injured during a clash with police on Saturday.

We are appalled by the news of a journalist—Jahangir Alam Shahin—being assaulted and tortured allegedly by BGB men in Kulaghat while he was trying to get information on incidents of drug smuggling in the area.

We are disheartened at the ever-increasing daily Covid-19 death rate in the country, with Friday seeing a record 101 deaths. Though it should be

Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims all around the world, started on April 14 in Bangladesh. This is a time when Muslims engage in self-

We welcome the announcement from the government that it will be providing another round of cash assistance to nearly 35 lakh poor families facing income losses and hardships amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

In a joint letter addressed to Joe Biden, more than 60 former heads of state, including former leaders of Britain and France, and over 100 Nobel

Although the daily rate of Covid-19 infections seems to have gone down slightly, from being 7,201 on April 12 to 5,185 on April 14, the situation does not seem very promising yet,

The best strategy to fight the pandemic is to stifle its spread. This was brought out quite clearly during the last one year of our experience of the virus.

According to a new report released by the World Bank, the ongoing pandemic has reversed Bangladesh’s steady trend of poverty reduction,

According to a report published by The Daily Star yesterday, Bangladesh ranks lowest among the South Asian countries in terms of Covid-19 testing, with only 30 tests per 1,000 people.

As economic pain from the coronavirus fall-out continues to bite the country, it’s the poor and ultra-poor who stand to suffer the most. This was as true during the first nationwide lockdown (or “general holiday”) last year as it is on the eve of the second,