Bangladesh’s remittance inflow braces for a nosedive

Amid slump in export earnings, experts say another big shock lies ahead for Bangladesh economy as its remittance inflow, the life line for many rural families, is likely to shrink significantly in the coming months as a coronavirus fallout.They said almost all the destinations of Bangladeshi migrant workers from where they send money back home are grappling with coronavirus prevalence, halting economic activity with the closure of most business establishments and shops, leaving the wage earners at lurch and their incomes dwindling.Under the circumstances, the experts said, those migrant workers already returned home may add to the growing unemployment rolls while many of those staying abroad may face problem to get work due to the slowdown in the economic activity, bringing down the revenues of the wage earners, reports UNB.Talking to UNB, some migrant workers said they are going through a tough time with almost no income and surviving now on borrowed money. Even, Finance minister AHM ...

Standard Bank donates Tk 5 crore to PM’s Relief Fund

BP Business Desk Standard Bank Limited has donated Taka five crore to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund to help fight the outbreak of coronavirus. The bank handed over the money to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund through Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) on Tuesday.  The Standard Bank hopes that this money will help implement the steps taken by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to combat the coronavirus. At the same time, the bank hopes that...

Professional bodies, NGOs donate PPE for public hospitals

A number of local and international NGOs, voluntary organizations and professional bodies donated Personal Protection Equipment’s (PPE) to health-service providers to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak. They star...

Rangamati’s measles patients get treatment

Measles disease spread among the children at remote villages of Sealdaha area under Sajek union in Rangamati. A total eight children by being attacked with Measles died at the area. In this backdrop, a medical team comprised of military and civil doctors arrived at three remote hill-tract regions of Sealdaha area and treated Measles infected patients by staying there from March 24 to 28, says press release issued by ISPR. According to the ISPR press release, the medical team treated a total of 202 patients including 171 children, mostly belonged to Tripura Community, and rendered them humanitarian assistance.Moreover, on March 25, under special management, a helicopter of the Bangladesh Army carried five Pneumonia affected children from the area to Chittagong Medical College Hosp...

PM receives treatment at NIOH

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug 8 in 2021

The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year's games, reports AP. Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start."The schedule for the games is key to preparing for the games," Tokyo organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said. "This will only accelerate our progress." Last week, the IOC and Japanese organizers postponed the Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.This year's games were scheduled to open on July 24 and close on Aug. 9. But the near exact one-year delay will see the rescheduled closing ceremony on Aug. 8. There had been talk of switching the Olympics to spring, a move that would coincide with the blooming of Japan's famous cherry blossoms. But it would also clash with European soccer and North American sports leagues.Mori said a spring Olympics was considered but holding the games later gives more space to complete the many qualifying events that have been postponed by the virus outbreak. "We wanted to have more room for the athletes to qualify," Mori said.After holding out for weeks, local organizers and the IOC last week postponed the Tokyo Games under pressure from athletes, national Olympic bodies and sports federations. It's the first postponement in Olympic history, though there were several cancellations during wartime. The Paralympics were rescheduled to Aug. 24-Sept. 5.The new Olympic dates would conflict with the scheduled world championships ...

Initiatives to alleviate suffering

With a big proportion of people self-quarantining themselves at home amid coronavirus fears, those in the country’s lower income bracket, especially the daily laborers are facing serious financi...

Price hike of essential goods

Lack of proper policing of the kitchen markets during the coronavirus crisis in the capital has caused a price hike of essential goods. Despite the government repeatedly saying over news media that there are sufficient stocks of food in the country, ...

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