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Bracing for economic downturn

The overall state of dislocation created in society as a result of the impact of Covid-19 has caused a large section of the population to lose their livelihoods in the big and small cities as well as in the countryside. The overwhelming majority of them having been rural migrants to...

Economic fallouts from Covid-19

In the present world economic order, it doesn't take much time for a country to feel the impact of a massive disaster. If the calamity is global, scores of nations are seen struggling to cope with the socio-economic fallouts. The poorer countries feel the bite the most.The coronavirus currently raging...

The need of the hour

The corona virus disease (COVID-19) situation has come to such a pretty pass that no continent on earth could escape the assault of this speedily transmitted virus except the remote frozen continent of Antarctica.Among the South Asian countries, nay in the world, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated...

Need to address trauma

The crisis of Covid-19 will be over one day but it will leave serious impacts on healthcare system, economy and psyche of a generation. Physicians, paramedics and other emergency service providers who are witnessing fear and uncertainties in dealing with Covid-19 cases cannot easily forget. However, the most important task...

Eerie silence all around

We have been living for 16 years in a small but very organised town which many say looks picturesque. The neighbourhood we love has ghost-like silence, as if there is no life here since the outbreak of the Covid-19. Manhattan, which never slept in recent times, has come to a...

Selfless youth

A few young students of Bahadur village in Pangsha, Rajbari, decided to extend their helping hand to the helpless although they had hardly anything to offer. They found supports and collected essentials - rice, pulses, oil, salt and potato - and started distributing them among people with disability.Rabbi, Mark, Abhi,...

Sufferings of patients

Freedom fighter Alfaz Uddin failed to get admission at any of six hospitals he visited in the capital. Either doctors were not available or reluctant to attending him and machines were out of order as reports say. As he was believed to be Covid-19 patient, Alfaz Uddin was denied treatment...