November 23, 2020

G20 leadership vital in defense against Covid-19: UN chief

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 November, 2020   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the G20 leadership vital in mobilizing the resources to […]
November 23, 2020

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine shows 70% protection

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 November, 2020   The Oxford jab is far cheaper, and is easier to store and get to every corner […]
November 23, 2020

Covid most contagious in the first 5 days of illness, study finds

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 November, 2020   Patients had the highest levels of virus early on in their illness and spread the virus […]
November 23, 2020

Second wave starts taking a toll on garment export

Published in: Daily Star Date: 23 Nov 2020 Just as Bangladesh’s main foreign currency-earning apparel sector had begun recouping from shocks to its exports, a second […]
November 23, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic and the paradoxes of universities

Published in: Daily Star Date: 23 Nov 2020 We are almost at the tail-end of the year 2020. What a year this has been! We haven’t […]
November 23, 2020

Second wave already causing damage to our RMG sector

Published in: Daily Star Date: 23 Nov 2020 Just when Bangladesh’s apparel sector had begun to recover from the shocks of the pandemic, a second wave […]
November 23, 2020

China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 November, 2020   As temperatures drop, large-scale measures are being enacted in the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, […]
November 23, 2020

Airline body IATA develops mobile apps for Covid-era travel

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 23 November, 2020   Airlines are pressing governments to replace traffic-stifling quarantine requirements with systematic Covid-19 testing, with some success […]
November 23, 2020

AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine shows 70% efficacy

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 23 November, 2020 AP, London AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University […]