May 9, 2020

Infections are still rising Information and testing are crucial

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 It is worrying that as the country is preparing to ease the lockdown before Eid to mitigate […]
May 9, 2020

Tobacco, Luxury Items: Govt mulls over ‘Covid-19 tax’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 The government may introduce a coronavirus tax on tobacco products and several luxury goods while giving tax […]
May 9, 2020

Health Safety: DGHS gives guidelines on reopening

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 The government has recently issued a set of guidelines on health safety measures that have to be […]
May 9, 2020

Online Classes Amid Shutdown: A distant reality, still for many

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 One and a half months into the closure of in-person classes due to the coronavirus outbreak, the […]
May 9, 2020

Exports crash to a 40-year-low

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 Incredulous, is what one would sigh when chancing upon April’s export receipts, which hit rock-bottom at $520.01 […]
May 9, 2020

Infections see sharp rise in second month

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 May 2020 Bangladesh recorded over 100 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 18 days of the second month since […]
May 8, 2020

Spectre of multiple famines looms: UN

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 8 May 2020 The United Nations yesterday issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to “protect millions of […]
May 8, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 8 May 2020 More than 260,000 dead At least 264,111 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic […]
May 8, 2020

No clinical audit of the dead

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 8 May 2020 A total of 199 people have died of Covid-19 so far but the details of these deaths […]