The final result of 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations under Public Service Commission (PSC) will be published on Tuesday afternoon. The BPSC has called an emergency meeting at 3:00pm
A recent survey conducted by BRAC has revealed that a large number of students, as many as 16 per cent have become panic – stricken – since the closure of
Incessant rain and subsequent flooding and minor landslide have killed three people and left about half a million people stranded in Cox’s Bazar. Local people as well as the Rohingya
ABOUT 135 million people, who account for 81 per cent of the total population, not having access to clean cooking is worrying. A global status report, published by the Paris-based
THE COVID-19 outbreak appears to have further exposed the vulnerability and weakness of public health. People’s right to health care is now largely denied with no effective action on part
THE government’s order for people to use masks, a highly required safety equipment to stop the spread of COVID-19, is welcome, but the decision to fine anyone violating the directive
THERE is no proven preventive or curative intervention available as yet for COVID-19 that has brought social and economic life to a standstill. The World Health Organisation has, therefore, recommended
THE view of public health experts, as discussed in an inter-ministerial meeting on April 21, that the novel coronavirus infection could intensify in May, with a projection of 50,000 cases,
PANIC buying, or perhaps stockpiling, out of fears that the new coronavirus infection spread could trigger an increase in goods prices despite government assurances of an ample supply has raised
IT IS worrying that the government and city authorities have not yet taken the issue of hygiene and health impact of street foods. Street foods are popular for their availability,