Columns

Business

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  Beside farmers in overcoming the corona crisis

  • Alamgir Khan

• Farmers lose, millers gain—not a new game
• Budget priorities: Jobs that last and hike in private investment
• Not numeric, looking for a quality growth Comforts and discomforts of upcoming budget
• Three new banks join an already crowded, struggling sector

Column

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  China’s “Two Sessions”, and the Hiccups in Hong Kong

  • Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

• Ho Chi Minh Diplomatic Thought in the Foreign Policy Line of the Party and State
• Pandemic and Education: In Quest of a viable alternative
• Corona time and our uncertain future
• Politics of the Pandemic Pains: WHO is to Blame?

Culture

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  Virtual art exhibition

  • Enayetullah Khan

• Delving into technically phenomenal painting
• The Impressionist in S.M. Sultan
• “Brothers in Arms” to support events industry workers
• Ranjit’s move with art towards a genuine world

Essays

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  Coronavirus in movies: pandemic meets reels

  • Saykot Kabir Shayok

• Niloufer Manzur: Ushering in the Light
• Jobeda Haque Passes Away
• Artistry during quarantine: brushstrokes utilizing make-up by Bhabna
• If only they knew

Global

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  8:46: A number becomes a potent symbol of police brutality

  • Kathleen Hennessey and Steve LeBlanc

• States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data
• US, China standoff ensnares WHO meeting on COVID-19 fight
• Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
• Trump’s use of malaria drug likely to be welcomed in India

Nation this week

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  The authorities of United Hospital were sued for the deaths of five people

  • Staff Writer

• The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
• The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has formulated a 39-point guideline
• At least eight journalists were arrested in the first week of May
• Directorate General of Drug Administration allowed Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Politics

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  In cooperation and conflict

  • Wafiur Rahman

• Sylhet defies the Khulna model
• Pakistan’s dirtiest election in years
• The mother of all models
• River Politics

Reportage

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  When dreams turn to horror

  • Courier Briefing

• Are Smokers More Vulnerable to COVID19?
• Huge potential in Dhaka-London economic ties beyond current crisis: Dickson
• Social Safety Net: Expanded coverage to include 17 lakh more under existing schemes
• It was an exceptional Eid for many parents amid COVID-19

Society

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  Meet Albeiro Vargas (9) “The Little Angel of Colombia”

  • Sir Frank Peters

• Children's role in pandemic is still a puzzle
• All students must have access to internet before online classes: DU VC
• Mother’s Day in the shadow of pandemic
• Virtual Court and e-Judiciary in Bangladesh

Sports

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  U-19 Champions: How Akbar’s Army scaled the summit

  • Saif Hasnat

• Cubs put Bangladesh on top of the world
• BPL 2019: Failing to catch on
• Davis Cup: Nadal & Bautista lead Spain to clinch Sixth World Title
• India Tour of Bangladesh Cricket Team: A Retrospective

Technology

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  Realme X50 5G Smartphone: Specs, Features and Price

  • Rifat Tabassam

• Is Your Smartphone a Silent Killer?
• Smartwatches: Too clever by half?
• Creating Human Connection in the Age of Digital Transformation
• SUST team invents low-cost cancer-detecting technology

World this week

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  Russia's President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency

  • Staff Writer

• The US Senate passed a bill that could block some Chinese companies
• The U.K. government warned of a “significant” recession
• The economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus outbreak
• Bleak new figures underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus