Bangladesh buying Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at double rate than India's Oxford-AstraZeneca
May 31, 2021, at 04:23 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh has approved the proposal to purchase 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China even by paying more than the rate the country needed to procure AstraZeneca vaccine from India, media reports said.
UN officials reach Bangladesh to take stock of Rohingya refugee camps
May 31, 2021, at 03:07 am
Two senior officials of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have reached Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday for a four-day visit to take stock of Rohingya refugee camps which host over 1.1 million refugees from Myanmar.
Bangladesh foreign minister hails its UN peacekeepers
May 31, 2021, at 01:46 am
Lauding the role played by Bangladeshis peacekeepers abroad, AK Abdul Momin, foreign minister of Bangladesh, said they were branding the country abroad as a “peace-loving country”.
UN honors eight fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers
May 29, 2021, at 12:12 am
New York: The United Nations (UN) honored eight fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday.
Pakistan may end up seeking aid from Bangladesh: Former World Bank adviser
May 28, 2021, at 12:49 am
A former World Bank adviser has prophesied that if Pakistan continues with its dismal economic performance, it may end up seeking aid from Bangladesh in a decade.
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina asks youths to take up fish farming
May 24, 2021, at 01:49 am
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked youths to take up fish farming as their livelihood as the sector has a huge scope of employment, reported The Daily Star. She said the government has taken several steps to boost the sector.
Won’t take harmful advice, Bangladesh PM Hasina’s response to Chinese threat
May 20, 2021, at 01:03 am
In an apparent response to China’s veiled threat of “damaging ties” with Dhaka over Quad, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her country won’t any advice that would cause any “damage” to her country.
UN launches response plan to ‘safeguard the well-being and dignity’ of Rohingya in Bangladesh
May 19, 2021, at 07:04 pm
New York: Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan on Tuesday to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities.
May 17, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Dhaka:Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC joined youth platform Young Bangla to launch the mass mask campaign to limit the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across the country.
Next 25 years crucial for India-Bangladesh relations: Sarma
May 17, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Himanta Biswa Sarma, the new chief minister of India’s northeastern state that shares an 856 km border with Bangladesh, has said the next 25 years are crucial for both countries.
Bangladesh PM invites Assam to benefit from Bangladesh's growth trajectory
May 16, 2021, at 04:12 am
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited the bordering northeast Indian state of Assam to derive benefits from Bangladesh's growth trajectory, given the warmth, depth and diversity of Bangladesh-India relationship.
EU remains Bangladesh’s most reliable partner: German Ambassador
May 15, 2021, at 11:01 pm
In the 1980s, groups of young men from Bangladesh fled to Afghanistan to join the jihad targeting the Soviet occupation forces.
Bangladesh reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths
May 05, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 50 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Speedboat collides with cargo vessel in Padma, 26 killed
May 03, 2021, at 05:13 pm
Dhaka: At least 26 people were killed when an overcrowded speedboat collided with a sand-laden bulk carrier and sank in the Padma River in Bangladesh on Monday, media reports said.
Bangladesh model for reducing maternal mortality being replicated globally
May 02, 2021, at 07:14 pm
Bangladesh’s Kapasia sub-district is gaining global recognition for achieving zero maternal mortality over the last three years.
Bangladesh, Indonesia push for early trade deal
May 01, 2021, at 05:05 am
Bangladesh and Indonesia stressed the early signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to boost the duty-free exports of potential commodities of the two nations in the first meeting of the Foreign Office Consultations, reported UNB.
Bangladesh offers emergency aid to India
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:56 pm
Bangladesh has offered to rush emergency medicines and medical equipment to India, where COVID-19 cases have shot up to over 18 million.
Bangladesh GDP may grow 5.5-6 pc in current fiscal: ADB
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:50 pm
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast a 5.5- 6 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh in the current fiscal.
Covid fight: Hasina for stronger role of developed world
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:59 am
Seeking a stronger role of the developed world and the development partners in attaining quick recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on building strategies related to a universal public health system.
Bangladesh to import Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:57 am
Bangladesh will ink a contract soon to import the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm, a senior minister said.
Bangladesh extends restrictions on movement for one week
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:00 am
Amid a continuous surge in Covid-19 cases, Bangladesh has decided to extend restrictions on the movement of people for one more week, reported The Daily Star.
Those involved in Hefazat violence will be punished: Bangladesh home minister
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:59 am
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the members of Hefazat-e-Islam, a radical Islamist group, responsible for recent violent incidents in the country would be punished, reported Dhaka Tribune.
Bangladesh mission staff in India down with Covid
Apr 27, 2021, at 03:26 am
At least 32 officials and employees of Bangladesh high commissions in Delhi and Kolkata are now down with the coronavirus infection, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Despite pandemic, Bangladesh will be major apparel supplier: Study
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:25 am
Notwithstanding the uncertainty triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic, Bangladesh will remain a principal source of apparels in the coming months, The Daily Star reported quoting a new study.
Bangladesh arrests key leader of Islamist group
Apr 23, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested Khaled Saifullah, a leader of the controversial Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam, responsible for the violent protests across Bangladesh during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bangladesh to seek formation of USD 100 billion annual fund in climate summit
Apr 23, 2021, at 10:59 pm
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will urge formation of a USD100 billion annual global climate fund and seek support for her country in expanding its renewable energy sector in her virtual address at the US climate summit on Thursday night, a senior minister said
Disruption in vaccine supply to Bangladesh will soon end: Indian High Commissioner
Apr 22, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Dhaka/UNI: India has so far provided seven million Covid vaccines to Bangladesh and the remaining doses will be delivered very soon, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswamy said here on Thursday morning.
Bangladesh elected to UN commission on narcotics drugs
Apr 22, 2021, at 04:09 am
Bangladesh has won an election for the membership of a key drug body of the United Nations. The country’s three-year term for the Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) will begin in January next year.
24.5 million new poor in Bangladesh, finds survey
Apr 21, 2021, at 10:34 pm
The number of new poor people in Bangladesh is estimated at around 24.5 million, roughly 14.7 percent of the total population, find a survey reported in Dhaka Tribune. The situation, however, improved in comparison to June last year when they were reported to be around 21 percent of the total population.
Russia proposes manufacturing its Sputnik-V vaccine in Bangladesh
Apr 21, 2021, at 10:31 pm
Officials of Russia and Bangladesh are in talks regarding manufacturing Russian Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccines in Bangladesh, as per a report in the Daily Star. This comes after Russia proposed local manufacturing in Bangladesh of its vaccines.