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‘No improvement in overall human rights situation in Bangladesh’: UK report

The UK has lauded Bangladesh for continuously playing a vital role in hosting the Rohingyas, but observed that the overall human rights situation in the country in 2019 saw no improvement

Italy reduces entry ban period, to allow Bangladeshis in from Aug 1

Italy has reduced the three-month ban on arrivals from Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh plans to cut off four districts during Eid to strangle COVID-19 outbreak

The health ministry has asked the home ministry to take measures so that no one can leave Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram during Eid-ul-Azha as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus to the rural areas

Bangladesh bars garment workers from home travel for Eid amid coronavirus pandemic

Apparel factory workers are barred from leaving their workplace like the government employees during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said

Bangladesh to move forward combating pandemic: PM Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated her firm optimism that the country would advance again and the people would get rid of the ongoing crisis by combating the novel coronavirus

Bangladesh COVID-19 recovery rate rises in the absence of second test

Coronavirus patients are no longer required to undergo second or third tests at the end of quarantine for confirmation of recovery

Bangladesh gets a record $7.27 billion foreign aid amid coronavirus crisis

Bangladesh has surpassed all its previous records after securing $7.27 billion foreign aid in fiscal year 2019-20 amid the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus crisis deals leather sector a hard blow

The rawhide collection drive for Eid-ul-Azha is again facing hurdles this year amid the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in leather exports

3,533 new COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh, tally climbs to 193,590

Bangladesh has witnessed 3,533 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 193,590, health officials said on Wednesday

Bangladesh to shut goods vehicles for nine days during Eid

Bangladesh has announced a new plan to shut goods vehicles, not passenger transports, for nine days during Eid-ul-Azha

Bangladeshi Workers: Around 200,000 may have to leave Kuwait

When the coronavirus pandemic is already dealing a heavy blow to the country's overseas job markets, Kuwait has approved a bill that, once passed, may force about two lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers out of the Gulf country

Regent Hospital chairman Shahed arrested over COVID-19 test scam

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed on the Satkhira frontier for his roles in a COVID-19 test scam that roiled Bangladesh’s healthcare sector

COVID-19 tests trend down in Bangladesh. That’s bad news

The number of sample tests for novel coronavirus infection has fallen in Bangladesh but the laboratories conducting the tests have grown paradoxically, betraying a fall in the rate of confirmed cases

1 lakh recover from COVID-19 in Bangladesh

As over 4,910 patients recovered yesterday, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in Bangladesh crossed the one-lakh-mark, taking the total to 103,227

COVID-19: death toll nearing 2,500, number of recoveries crosses 1 lakh mark

Thirty-three people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing