Editorial

Bangladesh excluded from Schengen visa list worrying

BANGLADESH coming to be excluded from the draft list of countries permitted to enter the European countries when the Schengen border reopens on July 1 on grounds of COVID-19 situation

Address C-19 impacts on our students

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

Relief for flash flood victims must

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

Access to clean cooking must be prioritised

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

Govt must stop treatment refusal over COVID-19 fears

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

Govt needs to be strict, not high-handed

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

Govt neglect of COVID-19 patients at home unwarranted

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

Relaxation runs counter to measures against COVID-19

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,