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  India’s poor suffer from hunger in pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 11:35am on May 30, 2021

  Rasheeda Jaleel lives in fear that she may not be able to feed her seven children as millions of Indian families are forced into poverty...

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  Pandemic 2nd year set to be far more deadly: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva, Switzerland | Updated at 07:31pm on May 14, 2021

  The WHO said Friday that the Covid pandemic’s second year was on track to be its deadliest, as he urged rich countries to donate vaccines...

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  People in India asked not to dump Covid victims’ bodies in river

  United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 07:38pm on May 12, 2021

  The federal government of India, a neighbouring country of Bangladesh, has asked states to check the practice of dumping bodies of Covid-19 victims into the...

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  EU summit attended in person 1st time this year

  Associated Press/ UNB . Lisbon | Updated at 03:30pm on May 07, 2021

  On the list of things not to do during a pandemic, holding big international gatherings is close to the top...

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  Covid-19 boosted e-commerce in 2020: UN study

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:32pm on May 03, 2021

  The Covid-19 pandemic provided a boost for e-commerce last year, but the digital windfall was not enjoyed equally across the board, a UN study found...

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  UK cuts global aid due to pandemic’s economic impact

  Associated Press/ UNB . United Nations | Updated at 01:00pm on April 30, 2021

  The United Kingdom said on Thursday it was temporarily reducing its international aid from 14.5 billion pounds — about $20 billion — last year to...

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  Amazon’s profit more than triples during pandemic

  Associated Press/ UNB . New York | Updated at 11:10am on April 30, 2021

  The company said on Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago, fuelled by the growth of online shopping. It also...

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  Facebook profit doubled as pandemic keep people glued to internet

  Agence France-Presse . San Francisco | Updated at 10:19am on April 29, 2021

  Facebook on Wednesday reported that its profit in the recently ended quarter nearly doubled to $9.5 billion on sharp gains in digital advertising, as the...

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  ADB projects GDP growth at 5.5pc-6pc in FY21 for Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:43pm on April 28, 2021

  Asian Development Bank on Wednesday estimated that the second wave of coronavirus infection might erode up to 1 percentage point of Bangladesh’s potential gross domestic...

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  Pandemic response plans must be gender-sensitive

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 26, 2021

  THE economic slowdown caused by the Covid outbreak has exacerbated gender inequality as the government response plan so far has been exclusionary. A recent survey...