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The 'Universal Pension Plan' will facilitate "inclusive development" in Bangladesh as it will provide much needed economic security to the poor and middle-class at a very sensitive stage of their life. "While I have still not seen the details of the plan, the skeleton of ...
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The maiden visit of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the UK on 8 January 1972 after his release from Pakistan prison ‘set the tone’ for the bilateral relations between the countries, British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson said.“It&rsqu...
Today is birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Her party, Bangladesh Awami League, has drawn plans to make the day historic. The government has set a target of inoculating 80 lakh people across the country marking the day. The Prime Minister is now in the USA as she went there to join the 76th&n...
As the world is learning from the most successful strategies for containing Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has something to show.With calculative decision-making when it comes to imposing lockdowns, increasing the capacity of testing as well as quarantine, mask use campaign, vaccination, strengthenin...
The pandemic has disrupted the health services for the people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the world despite the fact that they are more vulnerable to develop severe forms of Covid-19 than any other.“Management of NCDs requires repeated interactions with the health syste...
Bangladesh has rejected outright the World Bank’s proposal to integrate the Rohingya population into the country.“In our county we don’t have refugees. Rohingyas are not refugees. They are displaced people temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh. We did not sign the refugee convention....
Bangladesh will get 3.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine by tomorrow (Saturday) in a major development as the government is intensifying its nationwide inoculation drive due to the worsening situation of the coronavirus infection.Health Minister Zahid Maleque would receive the first consignment of ...
The heads of the member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) have pledged to cooperate with each other in the fight against the pandemic and overcome its consequences.They also wished for peace and prosperity of the region in separate...
The European Union takes interest in the Indo-Pacific region, but does not aim “to create rival blocs or force countries to take sides”.“We want to deepen our cooperation with democratic, like-minded partners,” EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell said a lectur...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday in the proposed budget for 2021-22 did not make any significant allocation to the much-talked about health sector. There is no visible plan to turnaround the sector as expected by many.He proposed Tk 32,731 crore which is less than 1 percent (only 0.95 ...
Asma Akter (not her real name) was diagnosed with asthma five years ago at the age of 39. Her doctor prescribed her corticosteroid inhaler to take the puff round the year. But she does not take it as she believes her condition is not that severe. She, however, said that every winter she suffers a lo...
Doctors in Bangladesh on Tuesday rushed in a meeting to formulate guidelines for the management of ‘black fungus’ disease along with Covid-19 following the death of a patient at Birdem Hospital in Dhaka.Health Minister Zahid Maleque, however, urged people not to be panicked as the diseas...
The global military expenditure increased to $1981 billion last year, despite Covid-19 pandemic that ravaged the world economy.According to new data published on Sunday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the total global military expenditure witnessed an increase of 2.6...
India on Saturday informed the government that the hope to produce Covaxin against Covid-19 in Bangladesh is ‘still not lost’.Bangladesh’s icddr,b and India’s Bharat Biotech entered into an agreement in December for the Phase-III clinical trials of the Covaxin, but the ...
Inspired by the extraordinary pace of the development of Covid-19 jab, a global TB vaccine R&D roadmap has been launched at an international conference to replace the century old BCG TB vaccine.The EDCTP and the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) on Tuesday announced t...
Ensuring mask use at all levels can be a key measure to slow down the Covid-19 spread in Bangladesh since strict lockdown is not ‘feasible’ in the country context, an expert says. “But first of all we have to accept that yes I can get Covid-19 and then take steps accordingly,&...
KOICA Country Director Young-Ah Doh on Sunday said that the Korean development agency would assist Bangladesh to graduate “smoothly” from the LDC by 2026 and help the country to achieve the SDGs by 2030.She said KOICA is also committed to assist the government of Bangladesh to accomplish...
The government has taken strict measures along with vaccination to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Bangladesh.The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh on Thursday imposed a 16-day ban on entry of passengers from all European nations except the UK and 12 other countries - Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil,...
Bangladesh’s twin celebrations - Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and the golden jubilee of independence – have given the South Asian connectivity a boost with the regional leaders attending the mega-event despite Covid-19 pandemic.They also promised to expand their ties by opening up...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have discussed the ways of enhancing connectivity between the countries and with their neighbours Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand for facilitating regional economic integration for the benefit of all.They expressed satisfactio...
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