Taking our 50-year old friendship to the next level
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh—the India premier’s first ever foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic has been successful in demonstrating India’s interest in...
View Article17 fall victim to yet another instance of reckless driving
We are yet again bombarded with the horrific news of 17 people dying when a bus and microbus collided, head-on, on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Friday afternoon. 11 people were burnt to death as the...
View ArticleMyanmar’s ‘Day of Shame’
In a recent brutal crackdown on unarmed, civilian protestors, on March 27—also the country’s Armed Forces Day—the Myanmar military junta killed 114 people, including many children.
View ArticleSharp rise in Covid-19 cases
The fact that the rate of new Covid-19 cases has increased by 85 percent and the deaths by 42.5 percent in the last week highlight that this deadly infectious disease is on a fast moving upward...
View ArticleGovernment’s fresh directives on Covid-19
In the face of exponentially higher daily coronavirus infection rates, the government on Monday issued a gazette notification containing 18 new directives aiming to combat this spike.
View ArticleWhere did appeasing Hefajat get us?
Even though the Hefajat-e-Islam used the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their recent onslaught across the country,
View ArticleLack of resources and awareness amidst Covid-19 surge
Whether the newer strains of the coronavirus are responsible for the recent spike in the number of infections in Bangladesh is still being debated.
View ArticleViolence in Myanmar continues to escalate
THE situation in Myanmar has only gone from bad to worse since the military seized power after refusing to accept the results of the country’s national elections in February.
View ArticleCommuters suffer big time due to transport shortage
People living in Dhaka, especially the office-goers, suffered immensely on Wednesday due to a lack of public transport as the government’s directive to keep half the seats in buses vacant came into...
View ArticleFully-fledged hospital sitting idle for 19 years
It is deeply disconcerting that the Indurkani Upazila Health Complex in Pirojpur, which was established in 2002, has not provided any indoor services to patients since its founding 19 years ago,...
View ArticleGive fresh relief to the poor
It has been a year since the Covid-19 pandemic began and instead of letting up, the situation has been getting worse recently.
View ArticlePartial lockdown can’t be the only solution to Covid-19 surge
According to a report in this daily on Thursday, the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended “partial or modified” lockdown of “high-risk” areas in Bangladesh.
View ArticleFaridpur criminal duo mere tip of the iceberg
Further details have emerged of the operations of the notorious Faridpur criminal duo and their associates and patrons which, once again, put into sharp relief the enduring connection between politics...
View ArticleGovt wants to produce AstraZeneca vaccine locally
The government’s recent request to British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, to authorise the production of its Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh,
View ArticleA proposed law that may save the coastal ecosystem
It is encouraging that the state minister for shipping has placed “The Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021” in the parliament, which in turn has been
View ArticleThe marginalised would need relief during lockdown
It was only a matter of time before the country went into a lockdown, once again. The question is why did it not come sooner, given the sharp increase
View ArticleAnother deadly capsize, another avoidable tragedy
We are shocked by the news of yet another launch capsize that took place in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj late Sunday.
View ArticleDo we have the scientific data to fight the pandemic?
We know how deadly Covid-19 infections can be, especially now with the second wave of the pandemic and a record number of daily death counts and infection rates.
View ArticleGovernment’s decision to increase the number of ICU beds
It should come as good news that the government has decided to double the number of ICU beds in Dhaka to cope with the surge of Covid-19 patients.
View ArticleTwo child patients per bed!
A stream of child patients with typhoid and cold-related diseases, including pneumonia, has been causing serious overcrowding at the paediatric ward of the Patuakhali General Hospital for the last one...
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