shutdown

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Education

4 months of school shutdown: Parents worried about children’s future

Teachers are living a miserable life with no income; schools are closing every day one after another; the govt says it has no plan to assist ailing private sector schools

Asad Islam and Hashibul Hassan
Thoughts

GDP growth during and after shutdown: Viewed through electricity generation

People wearing face masks walk out of Zhongguancun subway station following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China April 27, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after virus spike shuts market

Drop in income hits 95% poor amid shutdown: Brac survey
Bangladesh

Drop in income hits 95% poor amid shutdown: Brac survey

Ahsan H Mansur
Analysis

‘A vain attempt to normalise the country in an abnormal state’

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks to protect themselves against contracting the new coronavirus walk on a street in central Seoul, South Korea April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

South Korea shuts down schools as it sees biggest spike of Covid-19 in weeks

UNB file photo
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Relaxing shutdown does not mean allowing roaming, gathering: Hasan

Representational Photo: Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Broiler chicken price rises as shutdown leads to supply crisis

Lockdown in resource-poor countries is actually counterproductive, causing reduced accessibility to essential health care, which leads to more death. PHOTO: SAIKAT BHADRA
Panorama

Are shutdowns the wrong idea for developing countries?

Markets, shopping malls shut down in Tangail for defying health guidelines
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Markets, shopping malls shut down in Tangail for defying health guidelines

Until Tuesday, only a handful of hawkers were visible in the New Market and Gulistan area, although law enforcers are not allowing any hawkers to operate on footpaths. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

Eid sales uncertainty intensifies street hawkers’ plight

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina interacts with the public representatives and officials of nine districts of Dhaka division on the present coronavirus situation, through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence on Thursday. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Treat infected people humanely: PM

The communities living in remote villages in the hill tracts of Bangladesh are to some extent self-reliant, but a food shortage is common in the dry season. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

Ethnic communities in Bangladesh more vulnerable during shutdown