October 11, 2020

Cash no longer king in Italy as Covid-19 helps government push for plastic

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 Oct 2020 Italy’s love affair with cash is fading. The coronavirus is turning Italians off notes and coins and […]
October 11, 2020

Hundreds of restaurants in Dhaka closed for good

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 Oct 2020 Hundreds of restaurants in the capital have already been permanently closed as the owners are unable to […]
October 11, 2020

Covid-19 death toll now 5.5k 23 die, 1,203 test positive

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 Oct 2020 The Covid-19 death toll reached 5,500 as the health directorate reported 23 deaths in the past 24 […]
October 11, 2020

World reels from Covid-19 2nd wave

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 Oct 2020 New cases of Covid-19 in the United States hit a two-month high with over 58,000 infections as […]
October 10, 2020

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Latest updates

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 10 May 2020 Nearly 4 million cases At least 274,617 people have died of the novel coronavirus so far, according […]
October 9, 2020

Taking care of the neglected Alokito Shishu delivering food, groceries to transgender, Bede, Harijan communities

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 26 Apr 2020 “This virus has affected everyone — it did not even show any compassion for those already considered […]
October 9, 2020

World Bank sees U-shaped recovery for Bangladesh’s economy

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 Oct 2020 Bangladesh’s economy may make a U-shaped recovery if the government spends proactively and can tap into international […]
October 9, 2020

Covid-19 won’t affect LDC graduation Says Debapriya Bhattacharya

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 9 Oct 2020 Bangladesh will graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status in 2024 despite the Covid-19 fallout as […]
October 9, 2020

Covid Pandemic in Europe: Surging cases force lockdowns

Published in: the Daily Star Date: 9 Oct 2020 New cases have been spiralling across Europe and the governments are preparing to renew some lockdown measures […]