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Understanding Covid 19 Pandemic in India as a Breaching Experiment: A Sociological Perspective0
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- April 7, 2020
Dr Adfer Rashid Shah 7 April 2020 The routine life has turned fragile and meanings have changed fast with the creation of a new set of meanings, essence and priorities. Covid19 Pandemic indeed is proving a breaching experiment which means a disruption has come that has changed patterned social practices and social order along with
READ MORE‘The Pandemic Is A Portal’ — Arundhati Roy0
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- April 5, 2020
Arundhati Roy 5 April 2020 Financial Times Who can use the term “gone viral” now without shuddering a little? Who can look at anything any more — a door handle, a cardboard carton, a bag of vegetables — without imagining it swarming with those unseeable, undead, unliving blobs dotted with suction pads waiting to fasten
READ MOREBangladesh’s COVID-19 Response Plan; Can the government turn a chaotic start into a good end?0
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- April 5, 2020
By M. Adil Khan* 5 April 2020 Contrary to the common belief that Government of Bangladesh has been least prepared and that its responses to COVID-19 have been ad hoc and impulsive, it is important to note that the government did have an elaborate plan, ‘National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID – 19’, Bangladesh.
READ MORETabligh, Religion, and Corona1
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- April 4, 2020
by Asif Ibrahim 4 April 2020 Tabligh men organised a congregation of 250,000 participants near Lahore in Pakistan on March 11, despite the request of the Pak authorities to postpone or cancel it. And they gifted the perils of Corona virus, and deaths to whole of the Muslim world from Gaza to Malaysia. They have
READ MOREResisting Lockdowns: Bringing Ultra-conservatives into the fold0
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- April 4, 2020
By James M. Dorsey 4 April 2020 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. The Coronavirus pandemic points a finger not only at the colossal global collapse of responsible public health policy but also the importance of balancing exclusionary
READ MOREBangladesh government’s “National Preparedness and Response Plan for Covid-19”0
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- April 4, 2020
Planning for the worst — Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ Bangladesh government’s “National Preparedness and Response Plan for Covid-19” obtained by Netra News — is the government following its own plan? Planning for the worst David Bergman April 2, 2020 CLICK For the full response plan Bangladesh is on split screen. On one side there
READ MOREBook review; Journey to Silence – Memoirs of a surgeon0
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- April 2, 2020
by Abha Gupta 2 April 2020 Dr. Ajmal Sobhan delivers a candid perspective on life’s experiences in this autobiographical book, The Journey to Silence. In this work, the author endeavors to ascertain the existence of life in all its colors and shades, including the various pitfalls and rewards, as experienced by him both professionally as
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Book review; Hydro-Diplomacy: Preventing Water War Between Nuclear-Armed Pakistan and India.0
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- April 1, 2020
by Arnold Zetlin 1 April 2020 When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India, and Ayub Khan, the president of Pakistan, signed the Indus Water Treaty in 1960, the agreement was hailed as a diplomatic triumph. The neighboring, hostile states, between two wars, one in 1948, the other in 1965, agreed on the management
READ MORECollapse Of Bangladesh’s Garment Industry During Coronavirus Leaves Its Workers More Vulnerable Than Ever0
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- March 30, 2020
Rebecca Suhrawardi ContributorOpinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. March 30, 2020 Millions of garment factory workers in Bangladesh have been released from work in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving them without income and without choice but to return to cramped homes in slums or villages, without resources to fight the pandemic
READ MOREBangladesh: “Mujib Borso”, Coronavirus and Real Mujib0
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- March 29, 2020
by R. Chowdhury 28 March 2020 “A lie will add to your troubles, subtract from your energy, multiply your difficulties and divide your effectiveness.”—Thomas Jefferson. Bangladesh under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is celebrating a year-long, Taka 400 Crore Mujib Borso Extravaganza starting from March 17, 2020 to honor Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.
READ MORETeething Troubles For Pakistan In Mediating Saudi-Iran Tension0
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- March 28, 2020
March 28, 2020 by Irfan Mahar Imran Khan’s visit to America, China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia carries much importance concerning the unity of the Muslim community and solution of their long-standing differences and enmities particularly Saudi-Iran Tension. Moreover, these visits are not only very significant for the relations of Tehran and Jeddah but also for
READ MOREChanging contexts and relevance of Non-alignment0
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- March 28, 2020
By Dr. Rakmuar Singh 28 March 2020 India’s policy of non-alignment in any case did not mean only to refuge joining any power bloc but a lot more than that. The main objectives of the policy are the pursuit of peace not through alignment with any major group of powers but through an independent approach
READ MOREPompeo’s high-stakes gamble on Afghan unity0
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- March 28, 2020
Michael Kugelman March 26, 2020 It is hard to overstate the significance of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday. With his country in the throes of the coronavirus, and no one — not even senior officials — traveling anywhere, Pompeo boarded a plane and took the long flight to
READ MOREIs Covid-19 virus infection in Bangladesh the deadliest in the world?0
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- March 27, 2020
Is Covid-19 virus infection in Bangladesh the deadliest in the world? Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ David Bergman 27 March 2020 A look at the abnormally high Covid-19 death rate in Bangladesh suggests that there are likely to be far more cases of infected people than the government admits. The Bangladeshi authorities say that, as
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