I’m panicked, as is everyone around the world now. We’re faced with an existential threat. A death sentence hovers over us as it has hovered over Wuhan, China, since December 2019.

Growing up in a house composed of doctors and public health professionals, I am no stranger to dinner conversations quickly turning to blood, mucus and infectious diseases. In high population countries like Bangladesh, health systems are constantly overwhelmed; WHO estimates the doctor-patient ratio to be 3.05 physicians for every 10,000 people. Of the country’s 165 million people, 24 percent still live in poverty and don’t always have access to health services.

The ongoing spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that originated in Wuhan, China, has caused more than 400,000 confirmed cases and more than 19,000 deaths across 172 countries.

The transmission channels through which the emergent global scenario in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic are impacting the increasingly globalising economy of Bangladesh are diverse: export outflows are getting disrupted; import inflows are facing delays;

I first met Shila Debi at the Jahangirnagar University. She came to attend a photography exhibition on the War of Liberation, arranged by Bangladesh Chhatra Union.

Throughout the world, governments of various countries are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As President Yahya flew out of Dacca on the night of March 25, he took with him the last hopes of a united Pakistan.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of coronavirus a global pandemic. Over 14,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 have been infected, although there is uncertainty about the numbers as many of those infected may not show symptoms.

During the course of the last few weeks, some of the world’s largest apparel retailers have announced the temporarily closure of stores across Europe, the USA, and beyond, due to the onset of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

An incredible man just passed away. Growing up, I always knew my grandfather, Dr Ashraf Siddiqui, was something of a big deal. He

The words “quarantine” and “isolation” have now become synonymous with the coronavirus outbreak. Social media has exploded with status updates,

Every time I cross the jammed roads in South Asia, I am reminded how dangerous and even deadly they are for hundreds of thousands of people in the region.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues marauding the globe, flattening developed and undeveloped, urban and rural, national and regional landscapes, blithely jumping across oceans and continents, one may be forgiven for thinking, somewhat desperately: is this the advent of Armageddon in our times?

We are passing through critical times. The world has never seen such gloom and uncertainty since the World War II.

Early one morning, as two teenagers on holiday, my sister and I were crossing the empty streets of Kuala Lumpur when we had an eerie feeling of being followed. Sensing danger, we stopped in front of a local restaurant setting up for breakfast and turned to a man in uniform holding what seemed to be a portable bin with wheels. He was collecting garbage from the street.

As of March 19, Bangladesh has confirmed 18 cases of the novel coronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes the disease COVID-19.

With the worldwide infections of COVID-19 (coronavirus) crossing 220,000 cases and the death toll rising above 8,900, it is crucial for the people to understand the urgency of the situation and prepare adequately for it.

By now, we have all heard of the harrowing story of Bangla Tribune correspondent Ariful Islam, who was beaten, blindfolded and dragged from his home in the middle of the night in Kurigram on March 14.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal for consultations among the leaders of the Saarc member countries through a video conference to try and collectively meet the threat of COVID-19 was a most thoughtful and a timely initiative.

The coronavirus outbreak—which seems straight out of the sci-fi thriller Contagion—has led to over 7,989 deaths and 198,736 cases worldwide. As we try to make sense out of truths that seem stranger than fiction, the WHO-declared pandemic has laid bare the fact that in an era where globalisation reigns supreme, infectious diseases no longer simply pose the risk of transnational movement of bacterial and viral infections.