COVID-19 crisis
Covid-19: India’s total caseload surpasses 10 million
India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 10 million on Saturday as the health authorities reported 25,152 new cases in the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.
Covid-19: Virtual design service now at your doorstep
Sheraspace, a Dhaka-based prop-tech interior design firm, has introduced a virtual service for the convenience of customers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Global Covid-19 cases cross 75.5 million
More than 75.5 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.67 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
'Covid & socio-economic fallout pose high risks to Asia-Pacific migrants'
The Covid-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose high risks to migrant workers in the Asia-Pacific, a new report by the United Nations has claimed.
Poor countries’ long wait for Covid-19 vaccines
The route out of the pandemic now seems far longer and rougher for poorer countries while Americans, Britons and Canadians are rolling up their sleeves to receive Covid-19 shots.
Children in the Pandemic: Consortium predicts 168,000 to die hungry during crisis
Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international organizations.
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader.
Covid impacts: Global youth mobilization launched to respond
A new ground-breaking global youth mobilization was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagements in response to Covid-19.
Airlines flights to face suspension for carrying Covid carriers
The government has decided to suspend the flight operation of airlines that will carry passengers without Covid-19 negative certificates as part of its initiative to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Govt aims to rein in budget deficit back within 5% from next fiscal
The government has set itself a target to rein in the budget deficit within 5% of GDP once again from the 2021-22 fiscal, relying on a vibrant economic performance resulting from its injection of various stimulus packages for various sectors to overcome the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.