October 16, 2020

After two lost decades, US’s weakest local economies may face worse from pandemic

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 16 Oct 2020 A decade-long economic expansion did little to narrow the gaps between the United States’ prosperous and ailing […]
October 16, 2020

Double trouble for the poor amid pandemic

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 17 Oct 2020 House help Salma Khatun and her rickshaw-puller husband Forkan Ali saved their hard-earned money for the future […]
October 16, 2020

Covid-19 Antigen Tests: Govt to start rapid testing in 36 districts

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 17 Oct 2020 The government is set to launch antigen-based Covid-19 rapid testing in 36 districts which don’t have RT-PCR […]
October 16, 2020

Covid patients have to spend Tk 12,000 each for medicine

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 17 Oct 2020 A study conducted by Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) reported that coronavirus patients spent Tk 12,000 each on […]
October 15, 2020

Consecutive days of over 1k new cases

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 May 2020 The number of infections and fatalities due to novel coronavirus continues to surge with 1,041 new cases […]
October 15, 2020

Kolkata hotel, restaurant owners want visas for Bangladeshi tourists

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 Their business dented severely by the Covid-19 pandemic, owners of hotels, restaurants and other tourist-centric establishments operating […]
October 15, 2020

By the pool or ferris wheel? Japanese theme park becomes new office for teleworkers

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has turned one Japanese theme park into a new workplace for teleworkers, with a […]
October 15, 2020

‘Things will get worse’: London goes into stricter lockdown

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 London, the world’s international financial capital, will enter a tighter Covid-19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as […]
October 15, 2020

Covid Vaccines: Bangladesh to get top priority: Indian envoy

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami yesterday said Bangladesh would get top priority in trial, […]