Industrial accidents are common in Bangladesh. Experts blame poor safety standards and lack of enforcement of norms and regulations. Garments factories, which account for the country’s most exports and employ over 4 million workers, often see deadly fire incidents.
The European Union (EU) should be more flexible when it comes to sharing Covid-19 vaccines, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momin said, adding they (the EU) talk much about human rights but “care little” to share vaccines which many poor countries need badly to save lives
The Bangladesh government has extended the shutdown of schools and colleges to Sept 11 because of the raging Covid-19 pandemic, even as a UNICEF report said over 40 million students from the pre-primary to the higher education level have been affected in the country following the prolonged closure of educational institutions
The future of over 19 million children in Bangladesh is at risk from climate change, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef)
Bangladesh, whose progressive economic and social policies, are giving it global recognition, ranks first in the world in supporting lactating women and achieving the status of a “green” nation, along with Sri Lanka, according to the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)
With her country ranked 146th among 180 countries in the global corruption perception index, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned of tough punishment to public servants indulging in corruption
Ten persons have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of several homes and temples of the Hindu community in a village in Khulna district of Bangladesh - the violence coming days after a similar incident in Pakistan
Authorities in Bangladesh have decided to lift all travel restrictions on public transport from Wednesday next week despite the daily Covid-19 case count remaining as high as 10,000 and hospitals still struggling to accommodate surging patients
Aiming to check the spread of the rampaging Delta variant of Covid-19, Bangladesh on Saturday kicked off another phase of its mass vaccination drive aimed at inoculating 3.5 million people in six days, leaving behind months of uncertainty when the country had run out of vaccines
The Bangladesh government revised downwards its gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fiscal year 2019-20 [ July to June] to 3.51, almost 2 points less than the 5.25 percent that the government had maintained so far
At least 17 people were killed and 15 were injured in Bangladesh when lightning strikes - a common feature in the South Asian monsoon season - struck a wedding party on Wednesday in Bangladesh. Among the dead included seven members of a single-family
Bangladesh has received investment proposals worth around USD 20.13 billion from 153 investors, including those from China and Japan, for its first planned industrial city which it wants to develop as a world-class business and industrial center
A sharp spike in dengue cases is straining Bangladesh’s fragile healthcare system, which is already battered by a worsening coronavirus crisis in the country
In yet another endorsement of its remarkable economic growth story, Bangladesh has now received a pat on the back from the US, which said the country would remain most resilient and continue to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) despite the Covid-induced economic downturn
Bangladesh will go into a two-week strict nationwide lockdown starting today as the Eid relaxation ended on Thursday and the positivity rate of 32 percent in the country touched a new high
The Covid-19 positivity rate in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was 23 percent a week ago--well above the limit which could permit any relaxation in restrictions
