A handful of industrialized countries led by the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom have held hostage on “ideological” grounds the proposal to suspend certain provisions of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement to combat the pandemic, said people familiar with the development.
Day: April 24, 2021
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Death toll nears 11000
Bangladesh recorded 83 more Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours until Saturday morning pushing up the total fatalities to 10,952.
Khaleda undergoes fresh Covid test
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent a fresh Covid test on Saturday to know whether she has recovered from the virus as she has been doing well with no visible symptom, said her personal physician Mohammad Al Mamun.
Another top Hefazat leader held in city
Detective Branch (DB) members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested another top leader of Hefazat Islam Bangladesh from the city’s West Agargaon area on Saturday afternoon.
BUET admission: Application deadline extended to May 3
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has stretched the application deadline of April 24 for its 2020-21 undergraduate programme to May 3.
4 killed, 35 injured in Armanitola building fire
At least four people were killed and 35 others sustained burn injuries after a massive fire broke out at a building in the Armanitola area of Old Dhaka in the early hours of Friday.
Getting to Zero Deforestation in the Amazon by 2030
The Amazon Basin is fast approaching an irreversible tipping point. That should concern everyone because what happens in the Amazon has planetary implications.
Valuing Resilience After the Pandemic
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world one thing, it is the high price we pay – in lost lives, damaged economies, and wasted human potential – when we undervalue resilience.
Biden’s Climate Opportunity in Latin America
But while President Joe Biden’s administration is focusing on the Central American migration crisis, it must not miss the opportunity to drive urgently needed climate action to help the region rebuild after the pandemic.
The Case for Green Consumer Taxes
With the pandemic not yet over, politicians are unsurprisingly loath to dampen spirits further with talk of tax increases. But the socially sustainable shift that they profess to seek will require revenue reforms.
করোনার এ পর্যায়ে চীন-রাশিয়া থেকে টিকার জন্য ছোটাছুটি করা নির্মম পরিহাস
সরকার করোনার টিকার জন্য যথাযথ কোনো ব্যবস্থা নেয়নি। ১০ হাজার মানুষের মৃত্যুর পরে এখন তারা চীন-রাশিয়া থেকে টিকা সংগ্রহ করার জন্য নতুনভাবে তোড়জোর শুরু করেছে।
IMF: Divergent recoveries stem from divergent policies – I
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is responding to urgent liquidity needs in developing countries but fails to ensure systemic debt solutions or recovery without austerity.
8th anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy Saturday
Dhaka, Apr 24 : The 8th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, the worst-ever tragedy in the country’s multi-billion-dollar ready-made garment (RMG) industry, is being observed on Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
No assignments for secondary school students
News Desk The Bangladesh government has suspended all assignment activities for students of classes VI to IX across schools in the country in view of the worsening situation of Covid-19.
Dhaka is world’s most polluted city
Dhaka, Apr 24 : The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) at 6.29 am read 489, considered ‘severe’.