High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma has highlighted that Bangladesh is India’s largest development partner, both in terms of value and number of projects. He said nearly one fourth of India’s global development assistance is extended to various projects in Bangladesh, covering a variety of sectors. “This robust development cooperation is a reflection of India’s commitment to partnering ...

With two more deaths reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 278 this year. During this period, 106 more patients, including 43 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A total of 447 dengue patients, including 243 in the capital, are ...

The five-day REHAB Fair 2022 has fetched spot sales and bookings of residential flats and plots worth around Tk 351 crore. Organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), the fair concluded on Sunday. Of the total amount of Tk 351 crore, Tk 168 crore came from sales and bookings of flats, Tk 80 crore from plots, ...

The expiry dates of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses used to administer the second booster shot have been extended by 70 days, the health authorities said. The decision was made with the approval of manufacturers Pfizer-BioNTech and the World Health Organisation. The Bangladesh National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group has also approved their use. There are no issues administering this fourth ...

Economists and bankers say the country’s economy is starting to recover with a fall in Letter of Credit (LC) openings and modest increases in foreign currency reserves after tightening the grip on unusually high imports. Recently, the country’s imports skyrocketed following signs of economic recovery from the Corona crisis, as well as high import payments due to global energy and ...

Strikes by Border Force staff at UK airports could go on for months unless the government enters talks over pay, the head of the PCS union has said. Mark Serwotka said the union had a “mandate” for walkouts up until May. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “sad” about disruption caused by strikes, but said he had acted “fairly ...

Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hospitals nearby were full. “They say there’s no beds here,” she barked into her phone. As China grapples withits first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards ...

India will require a negative Covid-19 test result from travellers arriving from Thailand, China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, reports Reuters. Passengers from those countries would be put under quarantine if they showed symptoms of Covid-19 or tested positive, Mansukh Mandaviya said. Passengers from the countries in question will have to declare ...

Bangladesh reported seven more Covid cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,037,018, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,438 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity rose to 0.78 percent ...

Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016. Terms of the settlement reached by Meta Platforms, the holding company for Facebook and Instagram, were ...