April 24, 2020

FOOD SAFETY Long-term package needed: ActionAid

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 Terming Covid-19 is a challenge to life and livelihood, ActionAid Bangladesh and some grassroots development organisations suggested […]
April 24, 2020

TAMING CORONAVIRUS RAMPAGE Garment factories should go for gradual reopening: CPD

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 Garment factories should be reopened gradually after ensuring health and safety of workers because a long-term shutdown […]
April 24, 2020

‘Long way to go’ to end virus crisis Says WHO chief as countries mull reopening; China to give world body $30m more

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 The global coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries still in the early […]
April 24, 2020

Covid-19 taking a toll on cops 218 infected, 652 in quarantine

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 A total of 218 policemen tested Covid-19 positive as of yesterday while 652 others of the force […]
April 24, 2020

Tackling Covid-19: Hasina calls for a global partnership

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for forging a collective global partnership and greater unity to fight […]
April 24, 2020

Risks lurk in reopen move

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 24 Apr 2020 The government yesterday extended the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May […]
April 23, 2020

A staggering 85pc cases in Dhaka Experts say comparatively more tests, lax restrictions are key reasons behind the grim figure in this division

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 23 Apr 2020 Dhaka remains the worst affected division in the country with over 85 percent of all confirmed cases […]
April 22, 2020

Earth Day during Covid-19

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 On April 22, 1970, about 20 million Americans, 10 percent of the US population at the time, […]
April 22, 2020

The need for SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has suddenly and drastically changed the way we lived in the world, only […]