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Gayeshwar for a ‘do-or-die’ movement amid corona

December 5, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Politics

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.

'do-or-die' movement, Bangladesh, corona, Gayeshwar, politics

Corona helped learn new English words

December 4, 2020 editorColumns, Literature

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.…

corona, English words, helped learn, New, Opinion

Two COVID-19 experts help BCB to deal with corona

September 5, 2020 Staff ReporterCricket, Sports

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…

BCB, corona, Covid-19, Cricket, deal, Sports

Admin asked to compel people to observe corona restrictions

August 10, 2020 editorBangladesh, Governance, Lead News

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.

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Triple Disasters of Flooding, Corona and Lost Livelihoods

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 editorBangladesh, Disasters, Op-Ed

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…

Bangladesh, corona, flooding, Lost Livelihoods, Triple Disasters

Corona may hit Bangladesh harder in winter: Experts

July 22, 2020 editorBangladesh, Health, Lead News

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…

Bangladesh, corona, Experts, harder, health, in winter, may hit

Fear of death grips people for failure to check corona: BNP

July 22, 2020 editorBangladesh, Politics

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.

Bangladesh, BNP, corona, Failure, Fear, for, grips people, of death, politics, to check

Low corona test rate for people’s reluctance: Health Dept

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 editorBangladesh, Health, Lead News

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…

Bangladesh, corona, for, Health Dept, low, peoples, reluctance, test rate

Corona Test Scam: BNP worried about overseas labour market

July 10, 2020 editorBangladesh, Politics

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.

Bangladesh, BNP, corona, Labour market, overseas, politics, Test Scam, worried about

Courtesy of Corona

July 8, 2020 editorColumns, Economy, Health

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…

corona, Courtesy, economy, health, of, Opinion

Shakib provides ambulance for burial of corona victims

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Cricket

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.

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Mashrafe urges everyone to pray for him

June 20, 2020 Staff ReporterCricket, Sports

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…

corona, Cricket, Mashrafe, pray, Sports

Rohingya man dies from corona reported in Cox’s Bazar camp

June 2, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Migration

A Rohingya man died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the isolation centre at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night.

Bangladesh, corona, Cox's Bazar camp, Death, Migration, Rohingya man

With 1873 cases found on Saturday corona cases jump to 32,078

May 23, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Health, Lead News

The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.

1873 cases found, Bangladesh, corona, health, Lead news, Saturday

Corona Vaccine from Tobacco?

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 editorColumns, Medicine

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…

corona, from, medicine, Opinion, Tobacco, Vaccine

Can conventional mass media survive corona?

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Lead News, Media

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.

Bangladesh, conventional, corona, Lead news, mass media, media, survive

Public transport shutdown for corona extended till May 30

May 14, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Transportation

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…

Bangladesh, corona, extended, Public transport, Shutdown, till May 30, Transportation

Woman dies of corona symptom in Sylhet

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Health

A woman who had been suffering from fever and cold related problem died at Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet city on Sunday night.

Bangladesh, corona, dies, health, News, sylhet, symptom, Woman

BNP forms division level bodies to observe corona situation

May 8, 2020 editorBangladesh, Politics

Dhaka, May 08 – The BNP has formed committees at the division level to observe and assess the coronavirus situation across the country.

Bangladesh, BNP, Bodies, corona, division level, forms, politics, situation, to observe

SAU Fab lab’s contribution to control Corona

May 7, 2020 editorBangladesh, Campus, Columns

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…

Bangladesh, campus, contribution, control, corona, Fab lab’s, Opinion, SAU, to

2020: Corona in an Age of Transition

April 30, 2020 editorHealth, Op-Ed

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…

2020, age of, corona, health, in an, Op-Ed, transition

400 CSOs for fair benefit sharing of corona medical products

April 28, 2020 editorInt’l relations, Medicine

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…

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Corona lockdown silences Dhaka’s iftar parties, markets

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 editorBangladesh, Lead News, Society

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…

corona, Dhaka’s, iftar parties, lockdown, markets, police, silences

Tom Hanks writes to bullied boy called ‘Corona’

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 sub EditorCelebrity

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.

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Corona stimulus packages aimed at rich, not poor: BNP

April 23, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Politics

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.

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Hospitals in hotspot Narayanganj not ready for corona battle

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 editorBangladesh, Lead News, Services

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.

Bangladesh, battle, corona, for, hospitals, in hotspot, Narayanganj, not ready yet, services

Young woman dies with corona symptoms in Rangpur hospital

April 8, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Latest News

A 30-year-old young woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur on Wednesday morning.

Bangladesh, corona, dies, Lead news, Rangpur hospital, symptoms, with, Woman, young

Tk 677 bn new stimulus packages to face corona economic shock

April 5, 2020 editorBangladesh, Economy, Health, Lead News

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…

Bangladesh, corona, economic, economy, health, new stimulus packages, Shock, Tk 677bn, to face

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