May 6, 2020

UNTAPPED when needed most

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 6 May 2020 Due to a lack of coordination and support from the health ministry, a good number of laboratories […]
May 6, 2020

Crisis of Communication During COVID-19: A Rapid Research Report

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) Dr. Shahaduz Zaman, Dr. Sumon Rahman, Mehnaz Rabbani, Imran Matin, Faruq Hossain, Dipanwita Ghosh, Tanvir Shatil, Kamruzzaman, Sazia Sharmin, […]
May 5, 2020

Televised Classes for Schoolgoers: One month on, a lot left unfulfilled

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 Over one month after the introduction of televised classroom lectures for school students, guardians are still not […]
May 5, 2020

Finding new livelihood in these difficult times

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 The economic hardships due to the countrywide shutdown are pushing many towards extreme poverty. As unemployment mounts, […]
May 5, 2020

How will the new normal for our migrant workers look like?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 The world watched in paralysed horror as oil prices plummeted to below zero: the price of West […]
May 5, 2020

Withdrawal of lockdown: how we should plan

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 Lockdown, first instituted by the Chinese government, has become an unprecedented yet effective intervention for prevention of […]
May 5, 2020

BB measures to support small businesses: FBCCI

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 The country’s apex trade body has welcomed the central bank measures that aimed at channelling funds to […]
May 5, 2020

State banks to shoulder the burden of delivering stimulus packages

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 The government is mulling over leveraging the state-run lenders’ vast branch network to implement a major portion […]
May 5, 2020

Closed Factories: RMG owners refuse to pay over 60pc salary

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 5 May 2020 Despite repeated calls from the union leaders for paying the workers of closed factories at least 65 […]