This lockdown matters, dear government

Lockdown is now part of our vocabulary but also of the public imagination of a government not taking the pandemic battling as it should be. There have been lockdowns before but none were effective and the result has been a considerable lack of confidence in the ability of the government

Virus is smarter than you Health Ministry

The Health Minister has often defended his staff from corruption accusations. However he hasn’t done so regarding their efficiency and performance. This is good. He is a realist and knows that it isn’t exactly a shining example of quality performance. However, why he can’t make them perform better is not

Serum may resume vaccine export in July/August

India, depending on the scale of production of vaccines within the country, is aiming at July-end or August to at least release those vaccines that have been bought by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal and are now in pending status, reported The Print on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh

Rich nations holding vaccines beyond need: FM

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Covid-19 vaccine has apparently become another "tool of exploitation" now, noting that some rich countries are holding back vaccine doses beyond their internal demands. "They (rich countries) assure us just saying, 'you don't worry', but nobody gives us vaccines. In some cases,

Dhaka rolls out Pfizer vaccine at 3 centers

Bangladesh on Monday started administering the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centers in Dhaka to fight off Covid-19. The vaccine is being administered first at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Sheikh Russel Gastro-liver Institute and Kurmitola General Hospital. In each of these centres, 120 people will be vaccinated every

Mass vaccination expected to resume in July

The mass inoculation of Covid-19 is expected to be resumed in July as the government is working relentlessly to collect more vaccines, Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus said here today. In a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) organised marking the distribution of another 53,340 houses by

Dhaka calls for transparency in vaccine trade by US

Bangladesh Ambassador M. Shahidul Islam has called upon the US vaccine producing companies to exercise more openness and transparency in commercial export of vaccines to developing countries. The Ambassador expressed hope to remain engaged with the US government and the private sector to secure adequate vaccines for the people of Bangladesh. While

Coronavirus and here we are

A simple fever coupled with coldness and asthmatic symptom can cause death even when science is at the peak of invention. That is corona that shakes the earth to show how nature is still capable to do natural justice or injustice on human beings. It has different perspectives to explain. Economic

BNP’s negative politics deadlier than Covid-19: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said BNP’s politics of negativity and conspiracy is deadlier than invisible enemy coronavirus. “Now there are two visible and invisible enemies in the country. Covid-19 is the invisible enemy while visible one is BNP. BNP’s politics of negativity and