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US Embassy provides PPE to Bangladesh Police

The US Embassy has provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Police as part of continued US support for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response efforts

2,000 cr takas for Bangladeshi workers returning from Gulf: PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that her government has taken multi-layered initiatives to bring back Bangladeshi workers from the Middle East and various initiatives have been taken for the returning migrants

151 Bangladeshis refused entry to Italy

Italy did not allow 151 Bangladeshi passengers to enter into the country who were on board a Qatar Airways flight from Dhaka

Bangladesh lags behind Asia Pacific peers in telecom services: GSMA

In the digital age, Bangladesh's mobile telecom market is still dominated by the second generation (2G) services while scenarios in other Asia Pacific countries are quite different and are predominated by 4G services, according to a GSMA report published on Monday

Bangladesh COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,197

Bangladesh has reported 46 more deaths due to the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of the COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 2,197, health officials said on Wednesday

Government facing diplomatic pressure to bring back expat workers from Middle East: PM Hasin

Mentioning that there is diplomatic pressure for bringing back Bangladeshi expatriate workers from the Middle Eastern countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has taken multifaceted diplomatic initiatives to deal with it

Now Bangladesh envoy to Kuwait faces allegations of human trafficking

Bangaldesh's Foreign Minister Dr A.K. Abdul Momen on Tuesday said that the country's Ambassador to Kuwait, S.M. Abul Kalam, who faces allegations of involvement in human trafficking, will not be spared if Kuwait brings charges against him

Six local activists shot dead in Chittagong Hill Tracts

Six indigenous activists were shot dead on Tuesday in an ambush by a rival group in Bangladesh's restive Chittagong Hill Tracts where scores have died in an insurgency in recent years, police said

Cattle farmers deflated as coronavirus ravages Eid market

The coronavirus outbreak has hit hard the cattle farmers in Pabna and Sirajganj as they are now getting hardly any customer for the animals they prepared for the last year targeting the Eid-ul-Azha this year

Bangladesh to provide free rice for 10m people in pandemic

The Bangladesh government has decided to give 10kg free rice to each poor family during the Eid-ul-Azha amid the coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh decides to import rice as prices surge in pandemic

The 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 decides to import rice as prices surge in pandemic

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

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