With many countries witnessing their testing and medical facilities overwhelmed due to the spread of novel coronavirus, the private healthcare providers in Bangladesh are now urging the government to involve them in testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients to help country better prepare in the event of a large-scale outbreak. Owners of private hospitals and diagnostic centres feel that it is necessary to allow them to carry out diagnostic tests and treatment to efficiently check the ongoing pandemic. The state-run IEDCR has been the lone institution for testing novel coronavirus infections until the government recently introduced the test at a dozen other state-run facilities across the country. Only three government hospitals – Kuwait…

In his “An Apology for Poetry,” English courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of…