Saving The Vulnerable: WFP appeals for $320m for Bangladesh

Issuing a warning that Covid-19 threatens to reverse development gains made by Bangladesh in the last 50 years, World Food Programme has appealed for $320 million to help the most vulnerable.
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Remittance Inflow: Eid may tick it up this month

Two years ago, Bazlur Rashid of Bogura went to Saudi Arabia to work as a farm labourer. He now sends Tk 15,000 to Tk 20,000 in remittance every month.
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM

3 more infected with Covid-19 at Rohingya camp

Three more Rohingyas tested positive for Covid-19 at Ukhia refugee camp yesterday, a day after the first novel coronavirus case was reported in the camp.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Bahrain Labour Market: 8,000 expats lose jobs amid shutdown

Some 7,000 to 8,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Bahrain have lost their jobs due to economic shutdown enforced by the country’s government to contain coronavirus pandemic, an official at Bangladesh embassy in Manama said yesterday.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Anisuzzaman laid to rest

National Professor Anisuzzaman was laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard with state honour yesterday morning.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Hospitals for Covid-19: Uniform system needed to ease patients’ hassles

The national technical advisory committee on coronavirus has recommended that all hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 treatment should be brought under a network to reduce the sufferings of patients.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Big spike in new Covid-19 cases

The coronavirus situation will worsen further if the government fails to place the highly affected areas on strict lockdown immediately, experts warn as the number of Covid-19 patients continues to surge despite a nationwide shutdown.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

The man who taught us the beauty of brevity of words

He always finished his speech much earlier than we wanted him to.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

‘No worries’ for next six months

Once the Boro harvest is completed across the country, the nation is unlikely to face cereal shortage in the next six months.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM

First Covid-19 case detected at Rohingya camp

A Rohingya refugee has tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the Ukhiya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Double blow from deadly diseases

Fifty-three-year old Anisur Rahman has been suffering from fever for the last few days. He also had cough, muscle pain and breathing complications.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Plasma therapy trial to start next week

The government is hopeful that it would be able to “experimentally start” using convalescent plasma therapy for treating coronavirus patients from next week.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Consecutive days of over 1k new cases

The number of infections and fatalities due to novel coronavirus continues to surge with 1,041 new cases and 14 deaths reported yesterday.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Curbs on movement from May 17 to 28

The government has once again extended the ongoing shutdown of public and private offices till May 30 in an attempt to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Tk 2,500cr to help the youth, expatriates

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced that the government would provide Tk 2,500 crore to two specialised banks to help the youths and expatriate Bangladeshis who became jobless amid the coronavirus pandemic.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Job Creation: Tall order ahead

Bangladesh faces the challenge of massive job creation as several lakh migrant workers are likely to return in the coming months following a sharp decline in overseas jobs due to the coronavirus-induced global economic slowdown, experts said.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Nation loses its GUARDIAN ANGEL

Though a man of literature he became the nation’s conscience for his steadfast defence of democracy, all forms of freedoms and rights, and multifaceted contributions to society.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Third doctor dies from coronavirus

Another doctor, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at a hospital in the capital.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Death After Virus Symptoms: 929 die in two months

A total of 929 people died in Bangladesh with Covid-19 symptoms between March 8 and May 12, according to a report of Centre for Genocide Studies of Dhaka University.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi scientists crack virus genome

A team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) yesterday successfully completed the genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Bangladesh.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM