Countryside

Photo: Touseful Islam
Features

Take me home, country roads

While winter fades into memory and spring tiptoes into the spotlight, the mist-covered roads of rural Bangladesh undergo a breathtaking transformation

Suresh Kumar, 43, ties up the hair of his wife Pramila Devi, 36, who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before taking her to a local government dispensary, at their home in Kaljikhal, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, May 23, 2021./File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

India's vaccine inequity worsens as countryside languishes

A man sits next to his wife, who is suffering from fever as she receives treatment at a clinic set up by a local villager, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Parsaul village in Greater Noida, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Coronavirus chronicle

Indian villagers turn to unlicensed clinics as Covid spreads to the countryside

Bangladesh is blessed with natural immunity and thus cases are still low compared to the total population. Photo: Saikat Bhadra
Thoughts

Covid-19: Lessons from the countryside