May 20, 2020

Will nature conservation remain a priority in post-corona Bangladesh?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has revealed three alarming connections between us and nature. First, viruses like the one […]
May 20, 2020

Sustainable Development Goals: What to salvage from Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 Once the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, and the world economy is back on its tracks, the […]
May 20, 2020

Health sector gets biggest bump up in next year’s development budget

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 The government appears to have paid heed to the growing calls for a bigger health budget, with […]
May 20, 2020

Nitor struggles with bike crash victims Empty roads amid shutdown lead to high-speed crashes

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 Abul Hashem was going to his betel leaf field in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila as a pillion passenger […]
May 20, 2020

Covid-19 Response: WHO states agree to probe

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 World Health Organization member states yesterday agreed to an independent probe into the UN agency’s coronavirus response […]
May 20, 2020

Tobacco users, smokers at higher risk

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 The risk of smokers contracting Covid-19 is two times higher than non-smokers, said Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, […]
May 20, 2020

Burden now HEAVIER

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 As the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus continues to have an impact on people from […]
May 20, 2020

Restrictions they do not heed

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 Thousands of people left Dhaka for the second straight day yesterday to celebrate Eid in their village […]
May 20, 2020

‘Nobody can feel our pain’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 20 May 2020 This will be the first Eid for Arafat Haque, a lecturer of Demra University College, when he […]