Another member of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) died from coronavirus on Friday.
Month: May 2020
10 RAB members infected with coronavirus in Keraniganj
Seventeen more people including 10 RAB members and four policemen were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Thursday, raising the number of confirmed cases to 151 in Keraniganj, one of the hotspots of coronavirus infection.
Trump seems to undercut US spies on Coronavirus origins
US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his own intelligence agencies by suggesting he has seen evidence coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory.
US dollar credit outside US grew by 6% in 2019, says BIS
Geneva, 29 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – US dollar credit to non-bank borrowers outside the United States grew by 6%, to reach $12.2 trillion at end-2019, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.
Press freedom needs protection from pandemic too
By Farhana Haque Rahman ROME, Apr 30 2020 (IPS) – Wearing an orange jacket and face mask, Li Zehua, a Chinese freelance journalist, can be seen filming himself in a car. He is sure that state security agents have been…
The crises of 2020 will delay the transition to clean energy
By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Apr 29 2020 (IPS) – The oil slump, global recession and uncertainty about the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic will fuel the appetite for cheaper fossil fuel energy and delay investments in renewables, affecting the targets…
Mitigate Covid-19 caused hunger surge before it is too late
By Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo ROME, Apr 28 2020 (IPS) – Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with large-scale consequences for the incomes…
Historic May Day on Friday
The historic May Day will be observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect.
A Call to Action on Myanmar’s Genocide Against the Rohingya
“As the spread of COVID-19 looms and threatens to obscure attention to one of the world’s gravest crimes, Refugees International wants to be clear: We believe that the state of Myanmar is responsible for the crime of genocide and that…