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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Disclose distribution inventory of PPE supply: ARTICLE 19
Dhaka, April 24 – Since the beginning of the serge Coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh front line doctors, nurses and health workers have been complaining about not having a sufficient number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Fair benefit sharing of Covid-19 research, medical products
London/Austin, 22 Apr (Sangeeta Shashikant and Edward Hammond) – The World Health Organization (WHO), in an announcement in March, linked rapid sharing of SARS-CoV-2 virus materials and sequence information to fair and equitable benefit sharing. But how this linkage will…
The case of lockdown of Birdem diabetic Hospital ICU
The locking down of the Intensive Care Unit of the Birdem General Hospital, the best diabetic hospital in Bangladesh, after finding four out of five of its patients coronavirus positive is extremely shocking to say the least. All the doctors…
Access to affordable biologics in the context of Covid-19
Chetali Rao & K M Gopakumar New Delhi, India – COVID-19 has posed unique challenges for healthcare providers across the globe, as the world has been grappling with the pandemic with no approved treatments or vaccines for the disease. Researchers…
WHO chief urges end to ‘politicisation’ of coronavirus
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump.
Remove baseless fears about funeral of covid-19 dead bodies
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The refusal to accept bodies of coronavirus victims for burial at graveyards in Dhaka City has come as a shock to all. The social media is filled with messages like this. The management of one graveyard in…
Coronavirus and water: A round-up of global advice
The outbreak of a respiratory illness, known as COVID-19, continues to spread around the world. With one of the primary pieces of advice to regularly wash hands thoroughly to prevent the transfer of the disease, it means more than ever…
Coronavirus crisis: Now is the hour of Modern Monetary Theory
by Peter Bofinger on 23rd March 2020 @PeterBofinger Peter Bofinger argues MMT provides intellectual justification for a ‘whatever it takes’ fiscal response to potentially the biggest global postwar economic challenge.
Water resources essential part of solution to climate change
World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are an essential part of the solution to climate change On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change…
CJA demands immediate release of Jang Group Editor in Chief
The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) calls on the Government of Pakistan to release the Jang Group Editor-in-Chief, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, who has been in detention since 12 March. His arrest and detention by the National Accountability Bureau before substantive hearings have…
The severity of coronavirus outbreak
Dear Baba, I hope this email finds you well. Our current situation in the Bay Area has deteriorated, and many changes have taken place. We are on a semi-lock down. The government has issued a statement requiring residents of 6…
Swift action can help limit economic harm of coronavirus
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has already exacted a high cost in human life and has been recognized for what it is—a global health emergency. As the virus spreads around the globe, the question now is whether lives…
Disclosure of coronavirus late, alleges BNP
Dhaka, March 10- BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government tried to hide the presence of coronavirus in the country, but it disclosed the matter as the foreign guests declined to join Mujib Year…
First set of steam generator vessels for Rooppur NPP soon
A set of four steam Generator Vessels for unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project are being manufactured at Volgodonsk Branch of AEM-Technology in Russia. The first steam generator will be ready soon for installation of primary circuit header. The other…
The hidden military use of 5G technology
By Manlio Dinucci At the London Summit, the 29 member countries of NATO agreed to “guarantee the security of our communications, including 5G”. Why is this fifth generation of mobile data transmission so important for NATO? While the earlier technologies…
Private debt both cause and consequence of rights violations
Geneva, 21 Feb (Kanaga Raja) — High individual and household debt, which accounts for a significant portion of private debt in most countries, has been associated with inequality, macroeconomic instability, unsustainable sovereign debt and financial crises.
Website launched in USA to secure release of Khaleda Zia
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A website titled khaledakebachao.com has recently been opened by some expatriate Bangladeshis in the USA in a bit to press home the demand to release BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
30 percent of detained prisoners in BD accused in drug cases
Dhaka, Feb 23 – About 30 per cent of the total detained in different prisons in the country is accused in drug-related cases. The total number of drug-addicted detained accused is 4,016.
Ganaforum demands immediate release of Khaleda from jail
Dhaka, Feb 13 – Dr Kamal Hossain led Ganaforum on Thursday demanded the immediate release of ailing BNP chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia on humanitarian ground.
Coronavirus: A Flashback to Biological Warfare of Bygone Era
By Ameen Izzadeen COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb 10 2020 (IPS) – In the wake of the latest coronavirus outbreak, movie buffs are drawing an eerie parallel with the film Contagion, a 2011 thriller based on a lethal airborne virus called…
U-19 World Cup Young Tigers put Bangladesh on top of the world
Dhaka — Junior Tigers made history beating the four-time champions India by three wickets in a dramatic final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup on Sunday at Potchefstroom, South Africa. It was Bangladesh’s first-ever final in an ICC event (outside…
Two years of Khaleda Zia in jail with no sign of release in sight
Dhaka, Feb 07 – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday completed two years in prison with no sign of release soon despite obtaining bail in almost all the cases, except in three of them. This is likely to be her…
New director of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)
Mymensingh, Feb 04 – Dr Mirza Mofazzal Islam appointed director of administration and support service of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA). He officially joined his workplace on Tuesday.
Corporal punishment is not the panacea of society’s ills
To touch a petal of a beautiful rose flower may not kill it, but its God-given bloom wilters before your very eyes. Imagine what corporal punishment can do to the delicate developing mind of a child What a priceless 100th…
IOM ensures return of 148 Bangladeshis stranded in Libya
Dhaka, Jan 29 – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme facilitated the safe return of 148 Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya, said a press release. A charter flight carrying returnees, including conflict, wounded, survivors…
BNP briefs foreign diplomats on the issues of election code of conduct
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The opposition BNP on Sunday briefed foreign diplomats based in Dhaka on various issues including violation of election code of conducts by the ruling Awami League.
The fierce urgency of COP26
by Adam Tooze Adam Tooze stresses that the critical COP26 conference later this year hinges on European unity and radical leadership. There are turning points in history. Moments that matter, those mark beginnings and ends. As Martin Luther King reminded…
Tragic end of a victim of predawn Mirpur slum fire at DMCH
Dhaka, Jan 25 – A woman who suffered severe burns in a fire that broke out at a slum in Mirpur’s Chalantika on early Friday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday morning.
Poem of Moaen Shalabia for Greenwatch Dhaka
An Arab-Palestinian poet from Israel Moen Shalabia graduated from Haifa University and is now staying in Galilei. His writing career started in 1976 with the publication of his first anthology at the age of 18.