The Bangladesh government has decided to buy rice from abroad while reducing the import duty, as local millers refused to supply the staple at the agreed price
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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PM Hasina floats plan to use foreign exchange reserves to fund development
Bangladesh is exploring ways to channel funds from its record-high foreign exchange reserves in the form of credit to finance the development projects in the country amid the coronavirus epidemic
Biman Bangladesh suspends all international flights except London
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flights to international destinations, except London, until July 30, the flag carrier announced
Jobless in COVID-19 pandemic, homeless in flood
"The coronavirus earlier closed our earning, and now flood has made us homeless," said Mukti Khatun of Shuvogachha village in Sirajganj's Kazipur upazila
Bangladesh ranked 8th in global weekly increase in corona cases: WHO
Bangladesh ranks 8th in weekly increase in new coronavirus cases across the globe with 26,598 new cases during the period, the World Health Organisation (WHO) data says
Bangladesh logs 3,288 new virus cases, death toll approaches 2,000
Bangladesh has registered 29 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the death toll to 1,997
Flood-hit areas: Thousands at risk of virus transmission
Exposed to highly contagious coronavirus, some people of the flood-hit areas in Bangladesh are now living in congested shelters and some on dykes
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,968 in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh increased to 1,968 after another 42 fatalities were reported, health officials said on Friday
Bangladesh Bank orders disbursal of stimulus funds by next month
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday cracked the whip on banks for their foot-dragging in implementing the stimulus packages for businesses, ordering them to disburse all funds within the next month
Bangladesh firm says it has developed COVID-19 vaccine; government in the dark
A Bangladeshi drugmaker claims to have developed a vaccine for COVID-19, joining the global race for the prevention of the disease that has turned daily life upside down the world over
Bangladesh moves to shut production at all state-owned jute mills
The government has announced plans to shut down production at all state-owned jute mills after making full payments to workers amid protests
Bangladesh Bank orders disbursal of stimulus funds by next month
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday cracked the whip on banks for their foot-dragging in implementing the stimulus packages for businesses, ordering them to disburse all funds within the next month
COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh surpass 150,000 mark
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh on Thursday surpassed 150,000 as 4,019 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily jump since March 8, officials said
'Militants seek to target Bangladesh security agencies but lack capacity'
Militants in Bangladesh have the police, the RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) and other law enforcement agencies as their main targets and are trying to instigate attacks on them, a top police officer said
Bangladesh records two-thirds of 150,000 COVID-19 cases in June
Most of the confirmed coronavirus infections in Bangladesh and deaths from the COVID-19 disease it causes occurred in June
