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Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine
Germany has authorised its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s regulatory body said Wednesday. “The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI)… has authorised the first clinical trial of a vaccine against Covd-19 in Germany,” the regulatory body said in a statement. It added that approval was the “result of a careful assessment of Read More…»
National Survey on Covid-19 Economic Impact by PPRC & BIGD
Power and Participation Research Cenre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute for Governance and Development (BIGD) completes national level rapid response survey of the impacts of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). As the Covid-19 health crisis continues to unfold, the Bangladesh economy is also under threat. This crisis will be most acutely experienced by the low income population – families Read More…»
CSR initiatives of Modele Group throughout Coronavirus pandemic
Modele Group, the leading garment manufacturer and exporter of Bangladesh announced an integrated initiative packages to prevent spread of coronavirus outbreak and to ensure public security, food and health safety, especially for the people of Narayanganj. Mr. Masuduzzaman, the founding Managing Director of Modele Group said, “Narayanganj has been marked as the largest hotspot in Read More…»
Tax Tobacco More to Mend Corona Losses: ATMA’s Budget Proposal to NBR on Hike in Tobacco Tax and Prices
World Health Organization (WHO) has recently informed that lungs hooked on tobacco are at greater risk of COVID-19. In Bangladesh, 37.8 million adults use tobacco and 41 million people fall victim to secondhand smoke in their own homes. This huge chunk of population, victims of direct or indirect tobacco use, are currently at grave risk Read More…»
South Africa introduces a 21-day lockdown following the impact of Novel Covid-19 virus
By Ashok Ramsarup :: The South African government has decided to introduce a countywide lockdown effective from Thursday until the 26th of March for 21 following the Novel Coronavirus-19 that had become a global catastrophe. The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen to more than to more 400. President Cyril Ramaphosa decided to take Read More…»
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman presented in the Netherlands
As part of the yearlong celebration of the centenary birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague has launched a week-long photo exhibition titled ‘The Portrait of a Leader’ at the Embassy premises. Mr. Khondaker Ehteshamul Kabir, Charge d’ Affaires, a.i. of Bangladesh Embassy Read More…»
South Africa declares a national state of disaster after COVID-19 impacts the country
By Ashok Ramsarup :: South Africa has declared a national state of disaster in terms of the National Disaster Management Act after the Novel Coronavirus-19 had taken the world by storm. During an address from the Union Building in Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that 162 000 people were tested with the virus. In taking the Read More…»
The baseline survey on Startups in Bangladesh is going to kick off
The “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project” of Bangladesh Computer Council under the ICT Division with its Startup Bangladesh banner is going to start the baseline survey on Startups in Bangladesh. A special workshop was held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at the ICT Tower in the capital, to succeed in this survey. More Read More…»
Mass awareness on kidney disease stressed ahead of WKD
Country’s leading nephrologists today called for building mass awareness about kidney diseases ahead of tomorrow’s World Kidney Day (WKD) as more than 40,000 people are being affected by chronic kidney disease annually in Bangladesh. Bangladesh will observe the World Kidney Day like elsewhere in the world with this year’s theme “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere – from Read More…»
National Hackathon on Frontier Technologies
The two-day long “National Hackathon on Frontier Technologies” has been started at Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) on Friday, 28thFebruary 2020. The Hackathon, being participated by 51 teams consisting of approx. 150 innovators, will strive to come out with possible technological solutions to solve the most citizen-centric 10 challenges of Bangladesh. Under the ICT Division, the Read More…»
Coronavirus Hits South Africa
By Ashok Ramsarup :: South Africa has reported its first coronavirus case in the port city of Durban. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told the media that a 38-old-man who returned from Italy earlier this week was tested positive with the deadly virus. Dr Mkhize announced that a tracer team, including epidemiologists and clinicians from the National Read More…»
2500 poor patients get free medical treatment at KAMPS’s Free Medical Camp
More than 2500 poor patients received free treatment and were distributed with necessary medicine on Friday at a ‘Free Medical Camp’, held at Hatibandha, Shakhipur in Tangail. Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), a voluntary healthcare giving organization, arranged the Free Medical Camp in honor of the language martyred, marking the international mother language Read More…»