June 4, 2021
Little done for SMEs, job loss
The budget has not proposed any direct cash support to revive the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) sector, where millions of workers lost jobs, though the government proposed...
May 28, 2021
KSA-Bound Workers: Govt steps in to ease their plight
After at least 1,000 migrants missed their flights to Saudi Arabia failing to book or pay for their mandatory quarantine in hotels, Bangladesh yesterday decided to help KSA-bound migrants with...
May 27, 2021
Green power plans go sideways
Bangladesh has failed to achieve its target to raise the share of renewable energy to the total power generation to 10 per cent by 2020 amid constraints of resources, technologies and policies.
May 23, 2021
AstraZeneca: Govt moves to buy jabs from pvt UK supplier
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to buy two million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the private sector, after appeals to the US and UK governments for Covid-19 shots yielded nothing.
May 20, 2021
Rohingyas must have access to livelihood
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi wants to use funds for the Rohingyas judiciously and create livelihood options for them.
May 6, 2021
Mamata's win: For Dhaka not much hope for Teesta deal
Over the last decade, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been widely known in Bangladesh for her last-minute opposition to the Teesta water-sharing deal that could not be signed during...
May 4, 2021
Bangladesh waits for US response on vaccines
Bangladesh is eagerly waiting for US response over obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as its stock of AstraZeneca vaccine doses purchased from India will run out soon.
April 27, 2021
‘Lockdown’ extended till May 5
Concerned over the steep rise in coronavirus cases in India, the government mulls imposing more Covid-19 restrictions in Bangladesh in the coming days.
April 26, 2021
Border with India shut for14 days
After the recommendation of the health directorate, the government yesterday shut down the border with India from today amid tensions over huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring country.
April 24, 2021
China initiates platform for South Asian nations
China has initiated a new platform for South Asia focusing on Covid cooperation and post-pandemic economic recovery as the region faces severe vaccine shortage amid rising cases of coronavirus that...