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A funeral home worker waits for the funeral of a person who died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as the outbreak continues, at La Bermeja cemetery in San Salvador, El Salvador August 3, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000

The United States and Latin America are the new epicenters of the pandemic and both are struggling to curb the spread of the virus

ADB sells $4bn 3-year global benchmark bond
Economy

ADB sells $4bn 3-year global benchmark bond

A team of dressmakers works in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 22, 2012. MUNEM WASIF/AGENCE VU/REDUX PICTURES
Coronavirus chronicle

This is what the future of globalization will look like

Photo: UNB
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh now 10th in global daily, weekly increase in COVID-19 cases: WHO

Global gas demand set to fall by twice the amount lost after 2008 recession
Global Economy

Global gas demand set to fall by twice the amount lost after 2008 recession

People wearing face masks, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, walk past H&M and the Fast Retailing's Uniqlo stores at a shopping complex in Beijing, China May 24, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Big in China and tiny in the US, Fast Retailing seen weathering pandemic

An adult female western glacier stonefly from the Grinnell glacier in Glacier national park, Montana, US. It is endangered because climate change is melting the glaciers. Photograph: Joe Giersch/AP
Environment

Insect numbers drop 25% since 1990, global study finds

A South Sudanese child receives a vaccination against measles during a campaign in Juba, South Sudan February 4, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

117 million children may miss measles shots due to Covid-19: UN agencies

Volunteers apply stickers to boxes of emergency supplies to be distributed to people in need during the coronavirus pandemic in Bengaluru, India, on April 6. Photo: AFP via Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy

To defeat the coronavirus, stop corruption

Commuters wait for a transport hours before a lockdown on travel due to the coronavirus outbreak March 17, 2020/REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Global death toll from coronavirus passes 30,850

The country's apparel export earnings were more than 2% lower in September compared to that year-on-year. It exported $485 million in September last year. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Analysis

Why our RMG sector needs global support

Bangladesh leads global organic textile production
Economy

Bangladesh leads global organic textile production

Coronavirus death toll rises to 3,831 globally
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus death toll rises to 3,831 globally