WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the “ambitious” goals of the new network, saying it “could play an important role in health security”. “As was clearly shown to us during the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is stronger when it stands together to fight shared health threats,” he said. The IPSN, announced a day before the […]
Pandemic has lost crores of lives: WHO
Rajuk’s chief engineer (implementation) Ujjal Mallick told Prothom Alo that the entire area has been brought under power supply. In the next one year, the entire area will come under water supply system. Now customers can build houses in Purbachal. The main work of the project would be completed by 2024, apart from beautification, he […]
Crucial to any response is a better understanding of bats, their behavior and their habitats, especially once an evolution approaches. Historically, development often meant clearing an area and getting rid of any obstacles that stood in the way. Scientists say efforts to eradicate bats often backfire. That’s what happened in 2007 after four miners in […]
Governments in West Africa have laws requiring environmental impact studies before approving large development projects. But no one requires developers and local officials to consider the risk of spillover, let alone change their plans considering the potential for deadly outbreaks. A growing number of advisors are urging governments to take outbreak risk into account. The […]
To trap the birds, the work in the field starts from early morning by putting a dozen fine nets. In the evening comes the turn of bats and owls. Once caught, samples of blood, fluid and ectoparasites – if they carry them – are taken. Scientists identify the animal, measure it, record the data, and […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global financial leaders to focus on the world’s “most vulnerable citizens” as he opened the G20 meeting on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Indian leader made no direct mention of the war in his address to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors at […]
Bangladesh has reported six new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total number of infections to 2,037,786. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Thursday. For a positivity rate of 0.29 per cent, 2,075 samples were tested across […]
Bangladesh has reported 7 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total number of infections to 2,037,780. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Wednesday. For a positivity rate of 0.45 per cent, 1,550 samples were tested across […]
Seven new cases of Kovid-19 were reported in Bangladesh, no death in a day
Shares of Boeing, which have risen nearly 70% since early October, fell 55 cents to close at $211.66 on Friday ahead of the announcement. Calhoun was the chairman of Boeing and then became CEO in January 2020 after Dennis Muilenburg was fired by the board. Calhoun had total compensation of $21.1 million in both 2020 […]
Hatem, executive president of BKMEA, who attended the meeting, said, “So far, we have not received any complaint from our buyers that Bangladeshi companies are producing and exporting garments with copycat logos of famous brands. ” Hatem said the US trade body had made allegations against some countries, including Bangladesh, last year. Bangladesh is the […]
Without that retail bid, the A-share blue-chip CSI 300 index .CSI300 is up just 17% since late October, while the Hong Kong-listed H-share Hang Seng China Enterprises Index is up 44%. Vinnie Wu, China equity strategist at BofA Securities, says there is room for further gains in stocks but if investors exercise caution, “the market […]
Bangladesh has reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the total number of infections to 2,037,703. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 in the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Tuesday. For a positivity rate of 0.88 per cent, 1,712 samples were tested across […]
Nine new cases of Kovid-19 were reported in Bangladesh, one died in a day