Tracking source big challenge

The government’s disease control agency, IEDCR, has been able to track down the patient zero in a cluster but failed to identify how he or she got infected with coronavirus in the first place.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Community transmission on

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday admitted that the community transmission of novel coronavirus began in the country and reported 182 new Covid-19 cases, so far the highest in a single day.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

No festivities but resolve to defeat ills

At the crack of dawn today, an air of festivity was supposed to flow across the country.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Darkness will fade away

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed optimism that the darkness of the coronavirus pandemic would fade away one day.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Justice finally catches up with Majed

Yet another paid for his brutality while assassinating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members as sacked army captain Abdul Majed, a “self-confessed killer” of the Father of the Nation, walked to the gallows early yesterday.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Sample Collection: 44 walk-in kiosks to open today

Bangladesh has installed the South Korean model kiosks to collect samples for Covid-19 tests across the country with the support of a non-government organisation.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Highest cases recorded in single day

The country yesterday recorded 139 confirmed cases of Covid-19 -- the highest in a single day since the first case was reported more than a month ago -- with four deaths due to the disease.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Rice theft goes on, the poor bear brunt

At a time when underprivileged people across the country are suffering from hunger and unemployment, theft of relief goods and corruption in the management are making matters worse.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

The other deadly ‘virus’: inefficiency

While we are haunted by the spectre of coronavirus damaging our society, its health and the economy, there is another “virus” that has been destroying us from inside for decades.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Tk 5,000cr for farmers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced a new stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore to give financial assistance to small and medium farmers and help them face the fallout of Covid-19.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Premature to project growth now

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said it was premature to project what will be the country’s economic growth in the current fiscal.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Outlook is grim for Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s tremendous growth momentum in recent years is set to come to a crashing halt for the coronavirus outbreak in the country, with the poor and informal sector bearing the most brunt, said the World Bank yesterday.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Waiting for dues

Garment workers who have not been paid for months gather to demonstrate in front of their factory at Malibagh in the capital yesterday.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

7 die after showing virus-like symptoms

At least seven people, including a 6-month-old child, died after showing Covid-19 symptoms in six districts since Friday afternoon.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Boro Harvest: Labour crisis worries farmers

The labour shortage created by the current shutdown is worrying farmers ahead of the Boro paddy harvest, despite different measures taken by the government to ensure maximum crop yield.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Some places on self-imposed lockdown

Amid a gradual spread of Covid-19 cases, community groups in different areas in the capital are locking down streets and buildings by their own to ward off the looming crisis.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Three die in 24hrs, 58 new cases

Three more people died from Covid-19 and 58 new cases were reported yesterday with the government scrambling to expand testing facilities to grassroots level and set up facilities to treat coronavirus patients.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Go for mass tests in locked-down areas

TDS: How do you analyse the present coronavirus situation in Bangladesh?
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

All Parjatan hotels now free for the health staff

Healthcare employees treating Covid-19 patients may stay in the hotels and motels of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation for free.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Govt Response: Mired in MISSTEPS

The government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has been plagued by inappropriate decisions, delayed actions and muddled thinking -- right from the beginning.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM