Marking the Bengali New Year-1426, artistes of Chhayanaut performing songs at the Ramna Batomul on Sunday early morning.

Whole world must benefit from Covid-19 vaccine: WHO Chief

AFP, Geneva : The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine but insisted Friday (Nov 13) that every country had to reap the benefits.“A vaccine will be a vital tool for controlling the pandemic, and we’re encouraged by the preliminary results of clinical trials released this week,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, in closing the WHO’s annual assembly.US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Monday that their candidate vaccine had proven 90...

14 Nov 2020, 12:00 am