May 16, 2020

Novel Coronavirus: DU researchers to sequence genomes from 100 samples

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 May 2020 A group of teachers from Dhaka University’s (DU) biological science faculty have started conducting research to sequence […]
May 16, 2020

Al-Muslim turns factory into quarantine centre for workers

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 May 2020 Al-Muslim Group, a leading garment exporter, is constructing quarantine centres at Savar to treat its workers who […]
May 16, 2020

Patients with Covid-19 Symptoms: Investigate denial of treatment at hospitals

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 May 2020 Amnesty International has expressed concerns about media reports that say hospitals in Bangladesh are not admitting people […]
May 16, 2020

Hospitals for Covid-19: Uniform system needed to ease patients’ hassles

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 May 2020 The national technical advisory committee on coronavirus has recommended that all hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 treatment should […]
May 15, 2020

“Ensure six months’ salary” Dhaka urges OIC body to ensure jobless migrants get paid; asks workers to stay put

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 Bangladesh wants labour-receiving countries to ensure that Bangladeshi migrants who lose their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic […]
May 15, 2020

Climb up the curve continues

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 4 May 2020   The novel coronavirus appears to be getting a tight grip on the country as the number […]
May 15, 2020

Big spike in new Covid-19 cases

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 May 2020 The coronavirus situation will worsen further if the government fails to place the highly affected areas on […]
May 15, 2020

March will be viewed as watershed for digital Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 May 2020 The pandemic, it seems, was the big bang the digital Bangladesh charge needed to level up. Holed […]
May 15, 2020

UK approves Covid-19 antibody tests

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 May 2020 Britain is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to buy an accurate COVID-19 antibody test, […]