Under India's caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur
Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the nearest grocery store.
RMG workers continue demo for wages in Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur
Thousands of export-oriented readymade garment workers on Wednesday took to the streets in Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur and Savar..
Heath service providers to get 2 extra basic pays as reward
Health service providers treating COVID-19 patients in six dedicated government hospitals will enjoy two extra basic pays with their monthly ..
Awami League to form relief committee at every ward
Ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked her party leaders and activists to form relief committees at the ward level..
First doctor dies of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Sylhet Osmani Medical College assistant professor Moyeen Uddin died of COVID-19 on Wednesday morning.
More people, vehicles ignore lockdown rules
Though the novel coronavirus cases were only spiraling in the capital city, law enforcers seemed lax in enforcing the lockdown as the presence of police members ..
Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren't there more of them?
In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions of face masks..
Coronavirus takes a serious turn in Russia, and Putin no longer radiates confidence
World leaders have been working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, and Vladimir Putin is no exception: On Monday, the Russian President held..
China's wet markets are not what some people think they are
If you have ever been to a shopping area where butchers and grocers sell fresh produce straight from the farm, then you have been ..
Sylhet physician dies of 'coronavirus' in Dhaka
A physician of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital died of coronavirus at a Dhaka hospital on Wednesday.
