US President Joe Biden yesterday called on nations to work together on the transition to clean energy, the second and final day of a climate summit he is hosting that seeks to rally world ambition to reduce global warming.

With the Covid-19 situation deteriorating in India, experts in Bangladesh have suggested closing the borders with the neighbouring country to contain the spread of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the virus.

Airfare to different Middle Eastern countries has increased manifold in the last few months, putting an additional burden on migrant workers returning to their workplaces.

At a time when the country has begun to see a decline in Covid-19 infections and deaths, the government decision to reopen shops and malls can jeopardise all its efforts to fight the virus and worsen the situation, experts warned.

President Joe Biden yesterday doubled US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change.

With only around 4.62 lakh tonnes of grains in the public food stocks, one of the lowest in years, the government has moved to procure paddy, rice and wheat from local farmers and millers at prices higher than last year’s.

Three more Hefajat leaders were arrested in cases filed over violence in 2013 and March this year while five, including four arrested earlier, were placed on remand yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put forward four suggestions at the Leaders Summit on Climate, including cutting global emission, transferring technology and ensuring attainment of the annual target of mobilising $100 billion as committed by developed countries.

Despite the uncertainty over getting Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India, the government is adamant on giving people their first shot of the Covid vaccine while administering the second shot to those who received their first jab earlier.

Around 57 percent of the survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse -- the deadliest industrial disaster in the country’s history -- have remained unemployed during the pandemic, a study finds.

Bangladesh recorded 98 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday as the second wave of the deadly virus overwhelms hospitals and pushes the health sector to its limits.

Matua voters are expected to play the pivotal role in today’s sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls for both India ruler Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Shankha Ghosh, the last of the five cult figures of modern Bangla poetry post Jibananda Das, died at his Kolkata residence after losing a week-long fight against Covid-19, bringing an end to a golden phase of Bangla literature.

The minimum Fitra for this year has been fixed at Tk 70 per person while the maximum at Tk 2,310.

The nationwide vaccination campaign in Bangladesh is set to suffer a major setback as Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla yesterday said “there is no clarity” on vaccine exports at least before June-July.

Leaders Summit on Climate called by US President Joe Biden is beginning today with hopes for cutting carbon emission and raising the funding for the countries vulnerable to climate change.

Against the backdrop of the country’s coastal regions facing devastation from cyclones and tidal surges over decades, work of protecting people’s lives and livelihoods through strong embankments and afforestation goes slow due to funding and policy constraints.

With the number of new cases and the daily positivity rate sliding, experts said the novel coronavirus transmission has started to slow down due to the ongoing restrictions on movement.

Only families with critically-ill Covid-19 patients know the pain of trying to find an intensive care unit (ICU) bed at this point. ICU wards are chock-full all over the city, while critical patients have their clocks ticking.

The positivity rate of Covid-19 tests continued to decline for the fifth consecutive day yesterday.