April 28, 2020

Urgent need for a COVID-19 Act 2020 in Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 The nature and scale of devastation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to each and every aspect […]
April 28, 2020

Can Bangladesh cope with covid-19 medical waste?

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 There are now almost three million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, and over 200,000 deaths have been […]
April 28, 2020

Community-level intervention is the answer

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 On April 16, as coronavirus continued to spread through the country, the government declared all of Bangladesh […]
April 28, 2020

Asymptomatic carriers pose severe risks

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 Coronavirus infections in Bangladesh crossed the 5,000 mark recently. To make matters worse, the silent spread of […]
April 28, 2020

Now the shop owners want to pull up their shutters

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 Shop owners yesterday urged the commerce ministry to allow the opening of retail and wholesale stores from […]
April 28, 2020

Ban on flights extended till May 7

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh yesterday extended the ongoing ban on schedule passenger flight operations with all […]
April 28, 2020

Dengue Amid Covid-19 Outbreak: With rain comes risk

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 When the whole country is fighting to check Covid-19 spread, the current spell of rain may increase […]
April 28, 2020

Govt won’t allow rapid testing kit

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 The government has decided not to do rapid testing for Covid-19 as the World Health Organization has […]
April 28, 2020

Factories keep reopening amid virus fear

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 28 Apr 2020 More garment factories have reopened in the industrial areas across the country yesterday amid demonstrations by laid […]