October 12, 2020

Dhaka slum dwellers develop herd immunity

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 12 October, 2020   The rate of antibody prevalence among slum people was a whopping 74% At least 45% of […]
October 11, 2020

The adverse effect of overuse of hand sanitizer

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 11 October, 2020 Prof M Karim Khan We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic situation is the new normal that […]
October 5, 2020

Early vaccine hope fading away

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 05 October, 2020 Tawsia Tajmim   Early vaccine hope fading away   Highlights: Tk10,000cr earmarked for Covid-19 treatment Govt looking […]
October 2, 2020

Icddr,b selected to work in centralised network for Covid vaccine

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 02 October, 2020   “We commend CEPI’s efforts to establish a centralised laboratory network, and, as an organisation with decades […]
October 2, 2020

Homecare for Covid patients: Evercare takes the lead

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 02 October, 2020     The hospital launched the homecare programme about a month ago and already over 100 suspected […]
September 29, 2020

Dhaka, Delhi agree to start phase-3 vaccine trial in Bangladesh

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 29 September, 2020   Dhaka, Delhi agree to start phase-3 vaccine trial in Bangladesh Bangladesh and India have agreed to […]
September 19, 2020

Bangladeshi researchers detect Covid-19 in wastewater

Published in: Bangla Tribune Date: 19 September, 2020 The researchers monitored drain water near Covid-19 isolation centres instead of treatment plants Researchers from Noakhali Science and […]
September 3, 2020

Bhumijo launches ‘touchless toilet’ in Bangladesh

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 03 September, 2020 The Touchless Toilet concept embodies most of the components of a regular toilet which can all be […]
September 1, 2020

Is this the right way?

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 01 September, 2020 We are back in the pre-pandemic times, it seems. The roads have their customary gridlock, the air […]