Coronavirus Aid

Representational image of the flags of Bangladesh and Switzerland. Photo: Collected
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid-19 response: Switzerland to provide Tk90cr to Bangladesh

Related organizations in close collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh will use the additional fund to help local communities curb the spread of Covid-19 and reinforce socioeconomic resilience

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters following an online meeting with members of the National Governors Association (NGA) executive committee in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden urges broad action on coronavirus aid after 'grim' jobs report

A general view of the US Capitol in Washington, US November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
World+Biz

US congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved

A general view of the White House in Washington, US, October 7, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Trump concedes no coronavirus economic relief deal before Election Day

Photo: UNB
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

South Korea to provide $50M Covid-19 aid funds to Bangladesh 

People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out food bags at Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, US, April 20. Due to the pandemic and absence of fiscal stimulus, long-term unemployment has been rising in America. Photo: Collected
Global Economy

Jobs slowdown points to shaky US recovery without vaccine, aid

File Photo: US President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, US, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politics

Trump vows to suspend US payroll tax after coronavirus aid talks with Congress break down

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus pandemic advances the march of 'cobots'

EU to offer 334 million euro to Bangladesh as Covid-19 aid
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

EU to offer 334 million euro to Bangladesh as Covid-19 aid

Beneficiaries getting PM’s cash aid easily through bKash amid pandemic
Banking

Beneficiaries getting PM’s cash aid easily through bKash amid pandemic

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2020/ Reuters
World+Biz

Climate activist Thunberg donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic

Audrey Whitlock. Photo: Facebook
Coronavirus chronicle

Anti-lockdown protest leader tested positive for coronavirus

A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018.Reuters/Johannes P Christo
Coronavirus chronicle

World Bank pandemic bonds will funnel $196 million to 64 poor countries