Covid-19 pandemic

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO could have sounded pandemic alarm sooner, says global panel

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) said a series of bad decisions meant Covid-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far and devastate the global economy

FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Coronavirus chronicle

US looking at India to jointly produce J&J Covid vaccine, says diplomat

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicle

How can we stop the next pandemic? Here's what a WHO panel recommends

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

728 returnees from India to celebrate Eid in quarantine

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Bloomberg Special

The next global disaster is on its way, and we aren’t ready

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Border with India to remain shut for another 14 days

Collages with positive affirmations are seen in the hallway of Orefield Middle School in Orefield, Pennsylvania, US, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
World

US schools turn focus to mental health of students reeling from pandemic

A woman who fled from attacks of armed militants the in Sahel region holds her child as she stands besides her tent at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
World

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

A woman wearing a protective face mask pushes a baby stroller, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at Gentry Plaza State Park in the Queens borough of New York, US, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
World

US birth rate falls to its lowest since 1979 as pandemic-led stress rises

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Lockdown extended but how does it matter?

Buet Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Dr Taufiq Hasan shows OxyJet. Photo: Courtesy.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Buet’s OxyJet to meet high-flow oxygen demand without electricity

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: PMO
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

PM launches cash disbursement among pandemic-hit people

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World

Flu disappears worldwide amid Covid-19 pandemic