Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Agence France-Presse
Majority of country’s 168 million people will be confined to their homes by Thursday, with authorities readying military to enforce strict measures
Bangladesh authorities are preparing to enforce a sweeping national lockdown to combat a deadly resurgence of Covid-19 infections, with public (...)
, by ANAM Mahfuz
Simplistically put, it is a “procedure vs patient” issue—meaning a “bureaucracy vs ultimate beneficiary” tussle. We, of course, need procedures to work within, otherwise systems would collapse. But of the two, there should not be any doubt as to which should get priority, especially during a (...)
, by BIN HABIB Wasim, SUJAN Moudud Ahmmed
The government’s preparations for tackling a possible spike in Covid-19 cases in the coming winter appear to be limited to rhetoric as efforts to control virus transmission and ensure treatment are still far from satisfactory.
In the wake of a second Covid wave in many parts of the world, (...)
, by ASHRAFI Shah Tazrian
Dhaka’s street cleaners, many of them Dalits, keep the city clean at the risk of getting infected and face discrimination as a result of their caste identity.
Bangladesh confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 8 2020. In the span of a little over a hundred days, the number of positive (...)
, by ISLAM Zyma
Something strange is happening in the capital’s slums — Covid-19 cases are hard to come by. “Misinformation and stigma appeared to be a real challenge in the slums”
When the pandemic first hit, the 20-odd slums in the city were feared to become virus hubs. Apart from high density of the (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
, 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 (...)
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