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Bangladesh to vaccinate university students soon

Zahid Maleque, Bangladesh’s health and family welfare minister, has said that they would soon vaccinate university students on priority once the country gets enough vaccines

Deportation of Mujibur Rahman’s killer the most important issue in Canada-Bangladesh ties: Envoy

The deportation of Noor Chaudhary, a convicted killer of Bangladesh founding father Shaikh Mujibur Rahman, is the “most important issue” in bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Canada, Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh high commissioner to Canada, said

Bangladesh buying Chinese Sinopharm vaccines at double rate than India's Oxford-AstraZeneca?

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

Bangladesh needs to maintain friendship with all: PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her country has to maintain friendship with all as it wants to develop into a prosperous nation

Bangladesh foreign minister displeased over Palestinian envoy’s comment

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed displeasure over a senior Palestine envoy commenting about a change in Bangladesh e-passport, reports UNB

Bangladesh gives emergency use approval to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Health authorities in Bangladesh have approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccines for emergency use in the country, reported Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh offspinner Mehidy Hasan ranked number 2 in ICC ODI bowler rankings

Bangladesh off-spinner Mehidy Hasan advanced three places to reach the second position in the latest ICC Men's rankings for bowlers in ODIs on Wednesday, becoming only the third bowler from his country to be ranked in the top two in the ODI format

Bangladesh to get safety items from Japan to fight COVID-19

Japan will provide over 340,000 items, including isolation gowns, to Bangladesh to fight COVID-19, which are part of the Asia-Europe Foundation’s stockpiled items financed by Japan

No major devastation in Bangladesh from Cyclone Yaas

The coastal areas of Bangladesh experienced drizzles, strong winds and tidal surges from Wednesday morning, but there was no news of any major devastation after Cyclone Yaas made landfall in India’s Odisha

Experts warn of 20,000 daily Covid cases by June end in Bangladesh

The Covid variant, B.1.617, which wreaked havoc in India, is now slowly making its way into bordering districts in Bangladesh, and experts are now warning that the country could witness 20,000 daily Covid cases by end of June this year

Bangladesh software sector picks up overcoming Covid blues

Overcoming the Covid 19 propelled revenue losses, Bangladesh’s software sector has picked up again, rekindling its ambition to capture global markets, Dhaka Tribune reported

WB approves two projects worth USD 600 million for Bangladesh

The World Bank has approved USD 600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable people, The Daily Star reported

Two cases of black fungus detected in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has confirmed two cases of rare black fungus, also known as mucormycosis, a disease that has wreaked havoc in several Indian states, especially among the people who recovered from Covid

Bangladesh restaurants to resume dine-ins

Bangladesh restaurant owners have welcomed the government decision to allow restaurants to resume dine-in services while operating at 50 percent capacity as part of reopening after a Covid 19-induced lockdown, Dhaka Tribune reported

Women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to get tax relief

In what comes as a major relief for businesswomen in Bangladesh, authorities in the country are planning to provide significant tax relief to women entrepreneurs for the upcoming fiscal year