High officials of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) along with officials of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Save the Children in Bangladesh hold a meeting at DSCC auditorium recently as a month-long Dengue Prevention Awareness Campaign in Ward 48.

UNICEF calls on govts to prioritize reopening of schools

UNB, Dhaka :The number of schoolchildren affected by Covid-19-related school closures soared by 38 per cent in November, placing significant strain on the learning progress and well-being of an additional 90 million students globally, UNICEF says on Tuesday. According to data collected by UNESCO, classrooms for nearly 1 in 5 schoolchildren globally – or 320 million – are closed as of 1 December, an increase of nearly 90 million from 232 million on 1 November.In contrast, the month of October...

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