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Rising poverty amid pandemic

Editorial

- Sohel Manzur - April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

The outbreak of coronavirus is a new experience for the people of this country. This global pandemic has hit the national economy very hard. The pace of remittances has slowed down. Export trade is stagnant. A large portion of the private sector has become unemployed after new investments have been

Proper healthcare management key to handle pandemic

Editorial

- Sohel Manzur - April 18, 2021April 18, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is spreading more widely across the world. Concerns are growing over the issue of surging human infections and deaths in Bangladesh as well. Now, it is urgent to make a concerted and vigorous effort to deal with this crisis. Reports about health management during the time of

Protecting Haor crop crucial

Editorial

- Sohel Manzur - April 17, 2021April 17, 2021

In a few days, Boro paddy in the country’s Haor areas will start ripening. Farmers of these areas are now taking preparations at every house to harvest the crop. However, the fear of natural disasters is also looming. The pre-monsoon hot season is already active in Bangladesh. There has been

Movement Pass: The more laws, the more flaws

Editorial

- Sohel Manzur - April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

The Bangladesh Police have recently launched an app to take applications seeking a pass for movement during the lockdown. It will allow citizens to move out of their homes for up to three hours during the strict lockdown declared nationwide from 14 April to 21 April. The app has also

Why go for building new Covid hospitals?

Editorial

- Sohel Manzur - April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Perhaps, the setting up of the Bashundhara Covid-19 temporary hospital on a sudden decision and shuttering the same within only a few months is one of the glaring examples of poor planning of Covid-19 management by the health department of Bangladesh. During early months of the virus outbreak in the

Make lockdown count, extension unwelcome

Article

- Sohel Manzur - April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Over the last few months, different sectors of Bangladesh appeared to have been recovering bit by bit following an abrupt but elongated brake on their busy schedules, thanks to Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown under the official camouflage of ‘general holidays’ last year. But the fresh declaration of putting the country

Full lockdown should be a ‘very very last resort’

Article

- Sohel Manzur - April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Lockdown is one of the means to contain the spread of Covid-19, not the only way to do it. Lockdown slows down COVID‑19 transmission by limiting contact between people, which many other restrictive measures can also do. On March 29, 2021, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) rightly came up with an