Covid Pandemic
WHO concerned at ‘growing perception’ of COVID pandemic is over
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded the alarm on Friday over the “growing perception” that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, despite exploding infection rates in some countries and enormous pressure growing on health services.
Dhaka plans publicity to encourage liquidity injections into bonds
To contain the economic impact of the Covid pandemic, the Bangladesh government is readying a full-fledged roadmap for encouraging liquidity inflows into at least five bonds.
‘Real hope’ surrounding COVID vaccines help to end pandemic: WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), said “there is now real hope” that vaccines will play an essential part in helping end the COVID-19 pandemic.
India: Reliance's big bourse plan for Jio
Barely three months after reporting a net debt of some USD 21 billion, India's billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani-owned oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries announced its debt-free status in June this year -- all thanks to an unprecedented fundraising spree that helped cheer up the country's bourses amid Covid.
Uncertainty clouds future of DU-affiliated college students
Tamim Ahmed wants to become a police officer after completing his master’s from Dhaka University. But uncertainty now clouds his road to the future as he is not even sure when he can complete his four-year bachelor's degree.
Floods destroy schools and dreams in Kurigram
In the five upazilas of Kurigram district, where residents are reeling from flooding, many families worry not only about being displaced from their homes, but also what's in store for their children as almost all the schools in the region have sustained permanent damage.