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

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, […]
October 15, 2020

Lagging behind in vaccine race

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 15 Oct 2020 Bangladesh’s refusal to co-fund the trials of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has narrowed down its options for […]
October 14, 2020

IMF says health crisis must be ended to halt divergent economic developments

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath told reporters that growing restrictions on trade and investment and rising […]
October 14, 2020

Covid-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   “It is becoming increasingly clear that reinfections are possible, but we can’t yet know how common […]
October 14, 2020

World Bank approves $12 bln for Covid-19 vaccines

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The financing approval was expected as Malpass had announced the project in late September The World […]
October 14, 2020

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 38 mln: Johns Hopkins University

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The total caseload of the top three countries combined accounted for more than half of the […]
October 14, 2020

Countries turn to rapid antigen tests to contain second wave of Covid-19

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 14 October, 2020   The alarming rise in new infections globally has health officials desperately pursuing more options as the […]