Bangladesh to finalize SOP on tourism within a week
Bangladesh is going to set a national SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for tourism sector within a week with a framework over how the travel and leisure industry will maintain health ReadMore
A Wake-up Call for Gender Responsive Social Protection
“Social protection is a human right” and is enshrined as such in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and in other major United Nations human rights instruments. The main ReadMore
Rare letter of Van Gogh and Gauguin’s could sell for $282K at auction
Shawdesh Desk: The only known letter to have been jointly written by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, in which the former details the pair’s visits to French brothels, is ReadMore
Ali Fazal: Ghazals, qawwalis are the ‘sounds of my childhood’
Shawdesh Desk: Bollywood actor Ali Fazal has been educating himself about the well-known ghazals of his hometown Lucknow. Incidentally, it was Ali’s uncle Rizwan Saeed, who introduced him to the ReadMore
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 has changed the ‘big fat Indian wedding
Marriage ceremonies across India have been put on hold due to the coronavirus lockdown. But some couples chose to swap their big fat weddings for small intimate affairs. So, could ReadMore
Vaccine update: AstraZeneca close to “rolling out” COVID-19 vaccine
Shawdesh Desk: Many potential treatments have shown promising results in the clinical trial stage, while some are carrying on production. We recap all the recent development as the world waits ReadMore
Russia takes first steps to reopen borders
Shawdesh Desk: Russia is partially reopening its borders for several kinds of trips, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced in a Monday meeting with the country’s coronavirus response council. Russians will ReadMore
Fossil of 2 million year old frog found in Argentina
Shawdesh Desk: Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national ReadMore
