BGMEA issues reopen timetable

Ignoring the risks of contracting and spreading the coronavirus, hundreds of garment factory workers left their villages yesterday on foot or jammed into whatever vehicle they could get to join work in Dhaka and its outskirts.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM

WHO again warns about immunity

The World Health Organization yesterday warned recovering from coronavirus may not protect people from reinfection as the death toll from the pandemic crossed 200,000.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Home-Grown Test Kit: Gonoshasthaya gives samples for approval

In another step towards the extensive production of Covid-19 test kits in Bangladesh, Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) yesterday handed over samples of the kit devised by its scientists to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and the US Centre for Disease Control for validation checks.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM

30 doctors infected a day over last week

On average, more than 30 doctors have tested positive for coronavirus daily in the last week, according to the records of Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF).
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 Hospitals: Gasping for oxygen

While the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) claims that providing oxygen to patients will not be a problem, patients and doctors beg to differ.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM

UN joins global push for virus remedies

The UN yesterday joined forces with world leaders and the private sector on an initiative to speed up development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and ensure equal access for all.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Snapshots of life: April is cruel, May may be cruelest

April in Dhaka is not what we know of. The month behaves almost like spring now.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Daily essentials get pricier

Soaring prices of essentials in Ramadan have become a major burden at a time when hundreds of thousands of people are struggling with reduced income due to the coronavirus restrictions.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Nothing but loss

Vegetable farmers in Bogura, Thakurgaon, and Jashore are passing difficult days as sales have drastically fallen during the ongoing shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Big jump in new Covid-19 cases

The country yesterday recorded 503 confirmed cases of Covid-19 -- the highest in a single day since the first case was reported more than a month and a half ago -- with four deaths due to the disease.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Iftar with no gathering this time

Iftar is never meant to be had alone. But this year, as Ramadan begins after the new crescent moon was sighted last night, that is precisely what has to happen if this country is to beat the coronavirus pandemic.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Exposed to virus risk

Shafiqul Islam Rony is more worried than ever. The health assistant at Mougram community clinic in Pabna feels unprotected every time he goes to work amid a wave of Covid-19 cases in the country.
24 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Risks lurk in reopen move

The government yesterday extended the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May 5 in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

5 more die showing Covid-19 symptoms

Five people have died of Covid-19-like symptoms in three districts in the last two days. Samples from their bodies were collected for coronavirus tests.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Farm Machinery for Haor: Subsidy hiked as dilemma remains

The government recently declared 70 percent subsidy for farmers of the haor region, up from the previous 50 percent, for the purchase of agriculture machinery.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

12 devotees max in Tarabi prayers

A maximum of 12 people, including two imams, can attend Tarabi prayers at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

All low-priority projects to halt

As the government is having to allocate additional funds for certain sectors to combat the coronavirus outbreak, it has suspended financing for all “low priority” projects in the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for this fiscal year, officials said.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 taking a toll on cops

A total of 218 policemen tested Covid-19 positive as of yesterday while 652 others of the force are in quarantine, says the Police Headquarters (PHQ).
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Things better than in US, Europe’

Despite the continued surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths and cases, Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday claimed that Bangladesh was better off than the US and some European countries.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Tackling Covid-19: Hasina calls for a global partnership

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for forging a collective global partnership and greater unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic as she placed a five-point proposal that includes devising meaningful strategies.
23 April 2020, 18:00 PM