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Antibody no guarantee for herd immunity

Developing antibody to Covid-19 primarily gives the impression of immunity to the deadly disease. A survey conducted in Dhaka City jointly by the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) finds that 45 per cent of inhabitants living in...

The public's business

Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman published an article in the New York Times that articulated what has come to be known as the Friedman doctrine: "the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." It was a theme he had developed in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, where...

Streamlining traffic management

The horrendous traffic jams in the capital city is back again. During the early stage of the spread of coronaviras pandemic, traffic jam was to some extent tolerable. But now, with the pandemic still in progress, the same old picture of traffic indiscipline is back again.Over more than a decade,...

Poor feel the pinch

More than 10 million people have gone below to the poverty level for income erosion during the coronavirus pandemic. Studies also say a lot of middle class people have lost their income and livelihoods due to economic fallouts of the global health crisis. Excepting a few sectors, there are hardly...

Martial arts for girls

Bangladesh's women,especially girls are being victims of violence and crimes on a daily basis. Despite strict laws, there seems to be no end of rape. In such a situation, among a series steps required to protect women,arrangements for training them on how to protect themselves at least until interventions are...

'SOS Phone' in emergency

Adoption of mobile devices and its wide network coverage in Bangladesh have made it possible to make emergency calls from everywhere. However, it's limited to audio call and that is a problem for people with disability. Even those with no disability may not be in a position to speak in...

Citizens' security against digital bullying

Mobile phone and other digital technologies have also become a matter of concern for individuals as their personal information and sometimes its concocted versions were uploaded on the social media. Such leaks are making people more vulnerable while the information and statements contained in such leaked contents are not helping...