Shima Rani, a worker of a shrimp enclosure at the coastal village Sardar Para of Assasuni upazila in Satkhira district, used to walk two miles to fetch potable drinking water from a deep tube well even when she was carrying a baby. "It was my daily routine to collect water from
Author: Abdur Rahman Jahangir, UNB
New Analysis: Does a political number game matter now?
Although BNP has launched a simultaneous movement with more than four dozen parties and organisations to realise their 10-point demand, political analysts are skeptical about the ability of most of the parties to contribute to street programmes due to the lack of their organisational strength and popular public support.They said
No question of Khaleda joining Dec 10 rally: BNP
Though the country's political landscape has become overheated with some opposition leaders' fiery comments about the participation of Khaleda Zia in her party's much-talked-about rally in the capital on December 10, BNP senior leaders say they never had any plan to take her to their programme. They also said their
Caretaker Govt: To be, or not to be
As opposition BNP says it is determined to boycott the next national polls under the current Awami League government, it is framing almost the same old formula for a non-partisan caretaker government in the light of the revoked 13th amendment to the constitution.But the constitutional experts say there are some
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Experts decry the third Covid shot debate
As the global debate over Covid booster shots gathers steam in wealthier countries, public health experts in Bangladesh contend it is still "premature" to roll out the third dose in this country. They say that available vaccines would be better used to inoculate the unvaccinated -- not to mention that a
Bangladesh bracing for third Covid wave?
Poor Hospital Hygiene in Bangladesh: Patients concerned about appalling neglect
There is a growing tendency among middle-class patients in Bangladesh to avoid knocking on hospital doors, even in the case of any critical condition. The reasons they describe are not pleasant at all. Poor hygiene management in hospitals and care facilities, the horrible conditions of toilets, dirty floors, bad smell in
Covid-19: Experts say Bangladesh close to reaching herd immunity threshold
Even though Bangladesh logged 15,61,463 Covid-19 cases as of Friday, experts believe around 70 percent population of the country may have contracted the virus and developed natural antibodies. Some experts think that the country is close to reaching the herd immunity threshold while some others say a comprehensive serosurveillance report is
Vaccine institute can be a game changer for Bangladesh
As the government has planned to establish a vaccine institute, experts have appreciated it as a timely and bold move as they think Bangladesh has huge potential to grab the international vaccine market like medicines. They also said the local and international vaccine markets will continue to grow as vaccine safety