The move can be seen as ‘penny wise, pound foolish.’ As in April last year, we have just seen the announcement of opening export-oriented factories this year too, without ensuring vehicular movements or any instructions in this regard during the ongoing lockdown. The government said the strict restrictions, which began on
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Reopening RMG factories will increase Covid infections: Minister
The Covid-19 infection will increase as RMG factories have reopened amid strict lockdown restrictions, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque Sunday. "People from different parts of the country have joined the workplace as garments have been opened from today. But they did not follow the hygiene rules for which infection will increase,"
Factories reopen as economy falters
Export-oriented industries resumed operation on Sunday, the 10th day of the ongoing stringent lockdown, amid warnings against Covid surge as workers started returning to their workplaces without maintaining health protocols. The workers in their thousands have been on their way back to their workplaces in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Mymensingh in Dhaka
East Coast Group donates 10-bed isolation units
East Coast Group has donated equipment to set up 10-bed Covid-19 isolation units at Kulaura Upazilla Health Complex in Moulvibazar on July 31. The donation of medical equipment and lifesaving medicines were made in memory of late Mrs. Marina YasminChowdhury, wife of Mr. Azam J Chowdhury, Chairman of East Coast Group,
Thousands return Dhaka as factories reopen Sunday
Although public transport movement remained suspended, thousands of people have returned to Dhaka on the 9th day of 'strict' lockdown on Saturday following the government's announcement that mills and factories are going to reopen Sunday (Aug 1). At the entry points of Dhaka, those who had left the capital for Eid-ul-Azha
Dhaka gets around 8 lakh AstraZeneca jabs
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan under the COVAX facility. The second consignment contains 7,81,320 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. A cargo flight of Cathay Pacific that carried the vaccine doses from Japan landed at Hazrat
People give a fig to lockdown rules in Dhaka
Even though the Covid-19 crisis is deepening, traffic on the streets of capital Dhaka is increasing with every passing day amid the lockdown enforced to contain the highly transmittable Delta variant of the virus. The number of vehicles and people increased substantially on Dhaka streets on Thursday, the seventh day of
Facebook launches Vaccine Finder in Bangladesh
Facebook, in collaboration with the Health Ministry and ICT Division, has launched 'Vaccine Finder', a new tool to help Bangladeshis confirm their eligibility and identify nearby places to get a shot in their arm. This initiative is actually a part of the US-headquartered social networking website's holistic approach to raise awareness
All will get Covid vaccine shots: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said she has instructed the authorities concerned to inoculate the people massively with Covid-19 vaccines to ensure protection of all. “We have started purchasing vaccines. Inoculation has already started. We have to ensure massive vaccination so that all the people of our country are protected (from
Vaccine inequity biggest barrier to ending pandemic: WHO chief
Vaccine inequity is the biggest challenge to ending the Covid-19 pandemic and recovering from it, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Thursday, reports Bernama. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued his statement from Geneva along with data released by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the University of Oxford. Covid-19 vaccine