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

Covid-19: 15 die, 1,600 infected, 1,780 recover in 24 hours

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 October, 2020   Fifteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours, according to […]
October 15, 2020

Covid-19 increases risks for cancer patients

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 October, 2020   Common cold antibodies no help against coronavirus Reuters The following is a roundup of some of […]
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

Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now (The Lancet)

The Lancet 15 October, 2020 Nisreen A Alwan, Rochelle Ann Burgess, Simon Ashworth, Rupert Beale, Nahid Bhadelia, Debby Bogaert, et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus […]
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 […]