This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic growth, debt distress and climate shocks. Only three months earlier, finance ministers had gathered in Washington DC for the same reason. The mood was grim. The need for ambitious
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Public univs were unwilling to adopt online class: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that public universities of the country were unwilling to adopt virtual or online classes while the government tried to introduce it during COVID-19 pandemic. "Let me share a regretful matter. Our public universities were a little bit slow for using digital system in
China recalibrates zero-COVID as patience runs thin
Sun Chunlan, China's vice premier and COVID-19 czar, sat at a conference table surrounded by health experts wearing masks. "With the weakening of the pathogenicity of omicron, the popularity of vaccination, [and] the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, China is facing a new situation and new tasks," Beijing's
Is This the End of Covid?
WHO gives most upbeat assessment yet of the global battle against the virus The end of the global Covid-19 pandemic is “in sight”, said the World Health Organization (WHO), after data revealed that worldwide weekly deaths are at their lowest level since March 2020. In the week to 11 September, there were
100 million people with long COVID is a crisis we must address
More than two-years in, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with rising cases and deaths every day. A silent and more long-term pandemic occurring simultaneously is long COVID. The impact of long COVID has serious consequences for the future of humanity and should worry us all. The recent Household Pulse Survey by
UN labour report highlights employment challenges for youth
When COVID-19 prompted economic shutdowns across the globe, many analysts predicted that youth would be especially at risk. This is because young people tend to have fewer economic assets and limited experience in the labor market. A recent International Labour Organisation (ILO) report published on August 11, 2022, confirmed this vulnerability.
Countrywide daylong COVID-19 booster dose campaign on July 19
The nationwide daylong COVID-19 booster dose campaign will be observed on July 19 to expedite vaccination programme to combat the outbreak of the deadly virus. "The people aged 18 and above will be eligible for receiving COVID-19 booster dose during the daylong campaign (July 19)....they (eligible people) will be inoculated
COVID-19 fuels continued backslide in vaccinations
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published by WHO and UNICEF on Friday. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) - a marker for immunization coverage within and across countries
Action plan on food security in the offing
The government has worked out an action plan for 2022-23 fiscal for the agricultural sector to ensure food security as the world faces pressure in food production due to COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war. The plan has been worked out in line with the National Agriculture Policy 2018, Agricultural Extension Policy
The battle for Covid-19 vaccines: the rich prevail over the poor
The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated the world’s poorer nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, depriving them of any wide-ranging intellectual property rights. As Max Lawson, Co-Chair of the People’s Vaccine Alliance and Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam,