BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday said their party needs to continue its movement for the ‘restoration’ of democracy amid coronavirus pandemic by taking the right strategy.
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Corona helped learn new English words
M Zahidul Haque PERHAPS an ordinary villager in Bangladesh never knew or used to an English word ‘Lockdown’. Well, with the invasion of coronavirus the word ‘lockdown’ become popular among the people not only in Bangladesh but the world over.…
Two COVID-19 experts help BCB to deal with corona
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken assistance from two COVID-19 expert to handle the coronavirus situation as the national team will visit Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series. They took expert opinion from those two specialists…
Admin asked to compel people to observe corona restrictions
Dhaka, Aug 10 – As the public response to Covid-19 safety measures has declined, the government has asked the field-level administrations to intensify their mobile court drives so that people exercise precautions like wearing face masks.
Triple Disasters of Flooding, Corona and Lost Livelihoods
By Farid Ahmed DHAKA, Aug 5 2020 (IPS) – With nearly 5.5 million people across Bangladesh affected by severe flooding — the worst in two decades — experts are concerned that millions of people, already badly impacted by COVID-19, will…
Corona may hit Bangladesh harder in winter: Experts
Dhaka, July 22 – As it looks unlikely that coronavirus will disappear until there is a vaccine, experts have warned that the deadly virus may hit Bangladesh even harder in the coming winter. They fear that people may become very…
Fear of death grips people for failure to check corona: BNP
Dhaka, July 22 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the people are suffering from a fear of death due to the government’s failure to tackle the coronavirus situation.
Low corona test rate for people’s reluctance: Health Dept
Dhaka, July 13 – Explaining the sharp decline in the number of Covid-19 tests over the past week, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said people are ‘reluctant’ about…
Corona Test Scam: BNP worried about overseas labour market
Dhaka, July 10 – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that Bangladesh is now at the risk of losing overseas labour market due to the “indifference and negligence” of the government.
Courtesy of Corona
M ZAHIDUL HAQUE BY the courtesy of Corona, drastic changes have taken place in occupational, societal and human relations disciplines. COVID-19 pandemic has changed human behaviour and the pattern of human interaction. Social and organizational communications are getting more and…
Shakib provides ambulance for burial of corona victims
Dhaka, July 6: Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan provided an ambulance to a social organization, named MASTUL in a bid to help them in burial process of deceased Coronavirus patients.
Mashrafe urges everyone to pray for him
DHAKA — Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza urged everyone to pray for him in his endeavor to overcome the COVID-19, a deadly virus which infected him today. Mashrafe, also the ruling party lawmaker from Narial-2 constituency, now has kept…
Rohingya man dies from corona reported in Cox’s Bazar camp
A Rohingya man died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the isolation centre at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.
With 1873 cases found on Saturday corona cases jump to 32,078
The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.
Corona Vaccine from Tobacco?
M Zahidul Haque IN April 2020, an international media reported that the British-American Tobacco’s biotech subsidiary, Kentucky Bio Processing has started working on a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus from tobacco plant. Corona vaccine from Tobacco? One would definitely…
Can conventional mass media survive corona?
Can conventional mass media survive the epidemic is a question that affects everyone. It’s not about professionals being dumped in their mid career but about the quality and access to information for all.
Public transport shutdown for corona extended till May 30
The public transport services will remain suspended across the country until May 30 in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, said the Roads and Highways Division (RHD) said on Thursday, in line with the government’s general declaration to…
Woman dies of corona symptom in Sylhet
A woman who had been suffering from fever and cold related problem died at Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet city on Sunday night.
BNP forms division level bodies to observe corona situation
Dhaka, May 08 – The BNP has formed committees at the division level to observe and assess the coronavirus situation across the country.
SAU Fab lab’s contribution to control Corona
M ZAHIDUL HAQUE THE Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was established in January 2017 under the Higher Education Quality Enhance Project (HEQEP), implemented by Bangladesh University Grants Commission and funded by the World Bank. ‘A…
2020: Corona in an Age of Transition
By Junaid S. Ahmad It is obvious that the coronavirus pandemic will be front-page news for a good part of 2020. And for good reason, since its human toll and social dislocation has been devastating. Though not theorized in this…
400 CSOs for fair benefit sharing of corona medical products
Geneva, 27 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – Nearly 400 civil society organizations (CSOs) and individuals have called for the operationalization of fair and equitable benefit sharing arising from the sharing of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) digital sequence information and…
Corona lockdown silences Dhaka’s iftar parties, markets
Dhaka, April 26 – For the first time in centuries, the Chawkbazar Iftar Market in old Dhaka fell silent on Saturday as the government extended general holiday and imposed strict restriction on movement of people to curb the spread of…
Tom Hanks writes to bullied boy called ‘Corona’
Hollywood megastar and coronavirus survivor Tom Hanks has written a comforting letter to a bullied Australian boy called Corona and gifted him a cherished typewriter bearing the same name.
Corona stimulus packages aimed at rich, not poor: BNP
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government has taken too many steps to protect the rich from coronavirus fallout ignoring the sufferings of the poor and destitute.
Hospitals in hotspot Narayanganj not ready for corona battle
Dhaka, April 20 – Although Narayanganj has been declared a hotspot of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh, no hospital has yet been prepared in the city to treat Covid-19 patients.
Young woman dies with corona symptoms in Rangpur hospital
A 30-year-old young woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur on Wednesday morning.
Tk 677 bn new stimulus packages to face corona economic shock
Dhaka, April 05 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced four new stimulus packages of Tk 67,750 crore (Tk 677 bn) to overcome the possible economic shock from the ongoing shutdown enforced due to the deadly COVID-19 outbreak. With…