April 30, 2020

Ramp up the response now

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 30 Apr 2020 As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases passed the 7,000 mark with record 641 new infections reported […]
April 30, 2020

Closed Factories: Pay workers 60pc of gross salary for April

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 30 Apr 2020 In a bid to avert job cuts and temporary closures during Covid-19 outbreak, the government yesterday directed […]
April 30, 2020

RMG Workers: Thousands rush in, raise fear of spread

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 30 Apr 2020 Thousands of garment workers yesterday returned to work in industrial belts in Dhaka and elsewhere amid the […]
April 29, 2020

Record 51m people displaced internally

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 Conflict and disaster forced more than 33 million people to flee within their own countries last year, […]
April 29, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 More than 211,000 dead More than 211,185 people have died worldwide since the epidemic surfaced in China […]
April 29, 2020

Covid-19 Crisis: Jhenidah flower growers bear the brunt

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 Hundreds of flower growers in Jhenidah are incurring losses because of transport disruption caused by Covid-19 shutdown. […]
April 29, 2020

WHO warns on supply disruption

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday appealed for more flight capacity to step up shipments of diagnostic […]
April 29, 2020

Record surge in infections

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed 6,000 yesterday as the authorities reported a record 549 […]
April 29, 2020

Hundreds block roads demanding food aid

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 Several hundreds of people yesterday blocked two highways in Jashore and Savar demanding food aid. They claimed […]