Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad have announced nationwide rallies and sit in programs to protest violence against minorities on November 7
Bangladesh’s container depot fire; norms violated in cargo handling at Chittagong port
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.
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Bangladesh hopeful of continuing talks on economic ties with US
Bangladesh is hopeful of continuity of discussion with the United States on strengthening economic ties as the election results are unlikely to have any impact on it
Current account posts $3.53b surplus in Bangladesh amid downturn
Bangladesh's current account balance posted a surplus of $3.53 billion in the first quarter of the fiscal year on the back of a sharp decline in the trade deficit
Exports drop in Bangladesh on faltering recovery of apparel
Bangladesh's merchandise exports declined 4.08 per cent year-on-year to $2.94 billion in October because of the faltering recovery of garment shipment from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed yesterday
Freedom of speech must not be abused with misinformation: Bangladesh PM Hasina
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all concerned to highlight the facts of any incident alongside protesting the spread of rumours and misinformation in the name of freedom of speech
Remittances on a roll in Bangladesh
Bangladesh received 28.62 per cent more remittance in October as the money sent by the country's migrant workers toiling abroad kept its scintillating growth defying grim predictions
PM Hasina : Strictly execute ‘no mask no service’ policy
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed concerned authorities to strictly implement the “no mask no service” policy at every government and private office, in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19
PM Hasina or testing people coming from abroad
The time has come to reintroduce coronavirus tests for every inbound passenger at all ports in the country as the globe again facing a massive outbreak, said Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
COVID-19 Treatment: Bangladesh government spent Tk 15k-47k for each patient hospitalised
On average, the government has so far spent Tk 15,000 for each regular COVID-19 patient and Tk 47,000 for each coronavirus patient who required ICU treatment, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday
Dengue skyrockets 250% in October in Bangladesh
Dengue, an Aedes mosquito-borne viral infection, is on the rise once again in Bangladesh
That grim caravan (from the Middle East) just won’t stop: Bangladesh's females migrants worst victims
It was 4:00 am yesterday when the first light of dawn was still far from the Dhaka sky
Schools to reopen in least-affected COVID-19 areas on Bangladesh
Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel said on Saturday that policy makers were considering reopening schools in areas where the COVID-19 transmission rate was below 10%
PM Hasina calls for collective push to end poverty in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on people with the financial means to help the poor and the needy as she believes poverty in Bangladesh can be eradicated if everyone works together for the betterment of society
Agreement on COVID-19 vaccine in 2 to 4 days: Bangladesh health minister
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said an agreement to bring COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh would be done within two to four days
Bangladesh eighth most remittance-receiving country in world in 2020: World Bank
World Bank, in one of its reports, projects that Bangladesh will see increased remittance flow and secure eighth position in the world in terms of it in 2020
