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• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  Covid-19 (Bangladesh): A fervent call to contribute to the relief operation initiative among the people affected by the pandemic

  26 May, by ALAM Badrul

  Bangladesh Krishok Federation(BKF) and Bangladesh Kishani Sabha(BKS) stand with the people living in their organizational areas. Humanitarian support is urgently needed by people living uncertain lives due to the impact of COVID 19, who are afraid of contagion and, at the same time, are facing (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  Covid-19 (Bangladesh): Virus deaths surge, new cases too

  19 May, by RAHMAN KHAN Mahbubur

  21 more die, 1,602 test positive in 24 hrs; experts for further expansion of testing facilities, change in govt strategy.
  The country yesterday saw the highest number of deaths from the novel coronavirus — 21 in a single day — with a record 1,602 positive cases.
  With this, the death toll now (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh and food relief

  5 May, by ALAM Badrul

  COVID 19 pandemic has become a growing concern, day by day, in Bangladesh. According to government briefing, there are (as of May 5) 10929 affected, 183 dead, 1403 recovered. Number of recoveries is less than that of contagion. These are only official figures. They seem low in a country of 163 (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh – A “humanitarian crisis with a public health dimension”

  29 April, by RAMACHANDRAN Sudha

  The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil — not to mention the public health crisis.
  On April 18, amid a nation-wide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, around 100,000 people gathered at the Rahmania Madrassa in Bertola village in Bangladesh to (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  Covid-19: Bangladesh garment workers return to work amid lockdown

  27 April, by Al Jazeera

  Thousands of textile workers, desperate for money, resume work at about 1,000 factories that reopened on Monday. Some of the workers have not been paid for two months, and many are on the brink of starvation
  Thousands of textile workers have returned to work in factories in Bangladesh amid a (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  CSOs Call to International Creditors of Bangladesh — Suspend Realizing Debt Installments during COVID-19 Distress

  9 April, by CSOs

  We the following Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from all over the world, are calling on the World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and all bilateral, regional and multilateral development financiers of (...)

• Epidemics, pandemics (health, Bangladesh)

  Health – Bangladesh struggles with worst outbreak of dengue fever

  1 August 2019, by MAHMUD Faisal, PAUL Ruma

  DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country.
  At least 14 people have died and more than 17,000 have come down with the virus so far this year, according to (...)