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21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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‘You cannot remain silent’
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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India recommends use of remdesivir for Covid-19
The Indian health ministry has recommended anti-viral drug remdesivir, under emergency use authorisation, to treat Covid-19 patients who are in moderate stage of the illness.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Elusive Covid-19 Peak: Govt’s unscientific strategies to blame
The country is yet to reach the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak due to the government’s “unscientific” and “vague” strategy from the beginning, say experts.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Protecting people, keeping economy moving is ‘war’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said keeping away people from getting infected with coronavirus and running the wheels of economy simultaneously is a “war”.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Amphan Damage: RHD seeks Tk 250cr to repair roads
More than 70km of roads under the management of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in four coastal districts have been damaged by cyclone Amphan with 10km still underwater.
14 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Post Covid-19 labour market: Bangladesh eyes Africa
The authorities have been exploring labour markets in African countries as overseas jobs may decline in the traditional Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian countries due to coronavirus pandemic.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
An apology
We apologise to our readers and patrons for an error that occurred in the lead story on Friday, titled ‘A budget not of its time’.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Food, making rent uncertain for them
Thousands of readymade garment workers in Gazipur have been passing days in uncertainty as over four dozen factories remain closed for more than two months in the coronavirus fallout.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Use of Ivermectin: Hope held out, caution called for
Physicians at a Dhaka hospital claimed they have observed “cumulative efficacy” of ivermectin in Covid-19 patients while using the drug in combination with doxycycline.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Passing of an AL stalwart
Mohammed Nasim, a veteran Awami League leader and a frontline figure in almost all democratic movements in the country, died at a city hospital yesterday.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
One rung up on the grim ladder
With numbers of reported new cases and deaths growing almost every day, Bangladesh has overtaken China in terms of confirmed coronavirus cases.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
State minister for religious affairs dies
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah passed away last night at the Dhaka Central Military Hospital. He was 75.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Economic targets not realistic: CPD
The government has forgotten about the ongoing pandemic and subsequently failed to be innovative enough to frame fiscal measures to take the economy on to the path of recovery, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Budget flexible, implementable
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday remained defiant that he would be able to save both lives and livelihoods and steer the economy on to the path to recovery along the way by way of the budget he has prepared for fiscal 2020-21.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus strikes frontline docs
An increasing number of experienced doctors at the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 are falling victim to the virus, creating vacuum in the healthcare system that is already strained by the pandemic.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Situation getting worse as deaths, infections surge
The Covid-19 situation is gradually going from bad to worse with the death toll and number of new patients rising every day.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mobile Use Tax Hike: Users hurt, telcos irked
Telecom companies and other stakeholders of the industry yesterday slammed the spike in supplementary duty on mobile data usage, calls and any service that requires a SIM card.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Education Sector Budget: Loss for Covid-19 effect ignored
When many students are on the verge of dropping out due to the discontinuation of their academic activities during the coronavirus pandemic, the traditional allocation for education in the proposed budget with no specific plan to recover the learning loss has frustrated the country’s educationists.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Heavy bank borrowing to be counter-productive
The government’s designs to fund a large chunk of next fiscal year’s budget by borrowing heavily from the banking sector will leave the pandemic-stricken economy in a tight spot, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue yesterday.
12 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Poor power demand, poor allocation
In the wake of a demand crunch for electricity and gas due to the pandemic, the government has cut the spending on power and energy for fiscal 2020-21 as it has allocated Tk 26,758 crore for these sectors -- 4.6 percent down year on year.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Stock investors with nothing to cheer for
The proposed budget has brought no cheers for stock investors, who have been battered by a prolonged slump in indices, but promised measures to develop the country’s bond market.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM