Nobody was expecting anything new and the budget was not disappointing that way. It’s a budget of convenience and beyond the numbers is about Bangladesh trying to cope with an emergency. People have stopped looking at budgetary allocations and it's probably only economists and politicians who bother. And they bother
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Bangladesh logs 34 more Covid-19 deaths
As Covid-19 still remains grim in Bangladesh, 34 more deaths virus-related deaths were reported and 1,444 new cases in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning. The latest figures pushed up the total fatalities to 12,583 while caseload reaches to 7,98,830. The new infections were detected after carrying out 14,277 sample tests. The mortality
Bangladesh extends lockdown until June 6
The government has decided to extend the ongoing lockdown by another week until June 6 as there's been no substantial improvement in the Covid-19 situation. The Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Sunday. Earlier, the government extended the lockdown till May 30 while allowing public buses to run at
Covid-19 claims 38 more lives in Bangladesh; new cases 1,043
Bangladesh has registered 38 more Coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, raising the number of total fatalities to 12,549. Besides, 1,043 more people tested positive as 13,184 samples were tested during the period. The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.57 per cent while the positivity rate declined to 7.91 per
Cabinet okays proposal to procure 1.5cr Sinopharm vaccine
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Thursday gave the final nod to a proposal of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry to procure 1.5 crores Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine. As per the approval, the Health Services Division of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry will procure a total of 15
UNGA President pushes for Covid-19 vaccines for all
President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir on Tuesday pushed for Covid-19 vaccines for all with its fair and equal distribution globally. “No one is safe until all are safe. Vaccine is the solution to this problem,” he told reporters at Foreign Service Academy,
France mulls tighter limits for UK tourists
France eying to introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions for British visitors when tourism reopens this summer to prevent the spread of a worrying new variant of coronavirus first detected in India and causing concern in Britain, authorities said Sunday. The possibility of tighter restrictions for British visitors was raised Sunday by Foreign
Focus on black fungus as it adds to woes, says DGHS
As ‘black fungus’ keeps on spreading in different Indian states amid the Covid surge, Bangladesh remains alert so that this fungal disease cannot put any extra strain on the country’s medical system, says DGHS. Speaking at a virtual press briefing, Dr Nazmul Islam, a spokesman of the Directorate General of Health