April 22, 2020

Lockdown worsens LatAm’s ‘domestic hell’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls […]
April 22, 2020

HRW’s annual report: Pandemic ‘amplifies press freedom threats’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China […]
April 22, 2020

Nationwide shutdown may be extended till May 5

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 Government might extend the ongoing nationwide shutdown until May 5, in a bid to contain the spread […]
April 22, 2020

Addressing Covid-19: OIC to hold video conference today

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee at the level […]
April 22, 2020

Coronavirus fallout: Bangladesh’s remittance flow projected to fall by 22%, WB predicts

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 The remittance flow to Bangladesh is projected to decline by 22 percent due to the economic crisis […]
April 22, 2020

Humans to blame for spread of coronavirus and other ‘zoonoses’

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the […]
April 22, 2020

Virus likely of animal origin Says WHO as no sign of lab manipulation found; Trump signals immigration ban

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in […]
April 22, 2020

UK parliament returns with virtual virus measures

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 The British parliament returned from an extended Easter break, with MPs encouraged to attend via videolink for […]
April 22, 2020

Facebook powered virus ‘heat map’ unveiled

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 Apr 2020 Researchers Monday unveiled a coronavirus “heat map” powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track […]