April 29, 2020

Food Aid for The Poor: Smart cards for 1.25cr families

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 The government is working to develop a database of nearly 1.25 crore beneficiary families to ensure proper […]
April 29, 2020

Nearly half of RMG factories reopen

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 More than a thousand garment factories reopened yesterday amid coronavirus fears with many workers finding it difficult […]
April 29, 2020

Hospitals for Covid-19 Treatment: Not all ICUs functional

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 29 Apr 2020 The intensive care units for coronavirus patients have yet to become functional in many of the 17 […]
April 29, 2020

In pictures: How Dhaka looks during lockdown

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 More than 206,000 dead A total of 206,567 people have died worldwide since the epidemic surfaced in […]
April 28, 2020

Urgent need for a COVID-19 Act 2020 in Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 The nature and scale of devastation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to each and every aspect […]
April 28, 2020

New antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 Researchers at a Hong Kong university say they have developed an antiviral coating which could provide 90 […]
April 28, 2020

Can Bangladesh cope with covid-19 medical waste?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 There are now almost three million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, and over 200,000 deaths have been […]
April 28, 2020

Community-level intervention is the answer

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 On April 16, as coronavirus continued to spread through the country, the government declared all of Bangladesh […]