COVID-19 pandemic
Covid-19: Scientists urge WHO to admit virus can spread in air
A group of scientists have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) and others to acknowledge that Covid-19 can spread in the air and suggested bringing a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic.
Visiting kitchen market in the time of corona
Residents of the capital visited Kawran Bazar, the largest kitchen market of Dhaka, for buying groceries despite increasing rate of coronavirus infection in the country.
Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19: WHO
Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new study on Monday.
Govt-mandated price of Boro rendered almost meaningless
Farmers who cultivated Boro paddy this year reported a 40 percent deficit on average between their actual and expected profit in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a survey conducted by the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).
Fake Covid-19 reports: Eight held from Regent Hospitals in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday arrested eight individuals from branches of Regent Hospital in Uttara and Mirpur areas in the capital as they were providing fake coronavirus test reports.
Covid-19: 20-party for building makeshift hospitals
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday demanded the government set up makeshift hospitals immediately across the country to effectively deal with the coronavirus situation and provide people with proper treatment.
BNP to boycott by-polls to Bogura-1, Jashore-6
Stating that holding any election amid pandemic is unacceptable, BNP has decided not to join the by-polls to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 constituencies billed for July 14.
Expand oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients: GM Quader
Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader on Sunday demanded expanding the oxygen supply for the Covid-19 patients across the country alongside ramping up testing.
Covid-19: Global confirmed cases cross 11mn
The global Covid-19 confirmed cases reached 11,239,378 on Sunday morning while deaths from the disease topped 530,110, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
According to JHU data, Brazil has come up to the second position after the US with 1,577,004 cases and 64,265 deaths as of Sunday.
Covid-19 speeds up digital transition of global trade
Despite bringing some challenges, the Covid-19 pandemic has created several opportunities for foreign trade companies to go digital.