Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Wednesday said that a very pragmatic discussion is underway on procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses from China to meet the needs of Bangladesh. He also said there is very "encouraging progress" between the two countries over co-production of vaccines, the Ambassador said while addressing
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Third party’s involvement behind vaccine crisis: TIB
The current vaccine crisis in Bangladesh has been created as the government depended on a single source for it through a third party on political considerations bowing down to the pressure of a business quarter, alleged TIB Executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman on Tuesday. Dr Iftekhar came up with the remark while
Covid-19: 30 more deaths, 2,000 new cases reported
Health authorites have reported 30 more Covid-19 related deaths with 1,970 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours to Monday. Thye latest figures pushes the total number of deaths to 12,869 while the total caseload has climed to 8,12,960 with the fresh cases, a handout of the Directorate General
Manpower export nosedive in May, as expats losing jobs in KSA, Oman
With corona situation started improving in Asia including Bangladesh, Dhaka should constantly engage in talks with Gulf countries, Singapore and Malaysia at the top level in recovering overseas manpower market. Manpower export of Bangladesh nosedived during just concluded month of May as the total export of manpower of Bangladesh registering only
Concern over Indian Delta variant
About 80 per cent of the Covid infections in the country are now caused by the Indian Delta variant. This strain’s infection capacity is higher than that of the United Kingdom and South Africa previously identified in Bangladesh. The government’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and the
Lockdown extended till June 16
The government has extended the countrywide lockdown on public movement till June 16 to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification today to this end. The duration of previously declared lockdown ended at midnight Sunday. The notification continued restrictions on any social (post marriage ceremony, such as
Sinopharm Vaccine: Efforts underway to normalise things after price disclosure
The government is putting in its best efforts through diplomatic channels to "make things normal" and procure 1.5 crore doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China as planned though the scenario looks "different" to some extent following price disclosure, officials said. "The scenario looks different to some extent after the incident. We're
A survival budget and an inefficient system
Bangladesh along with the world needs massive vaccination –around 70-80%- to be safe to carry on with other activities including economic ones. Whether that is a realistic objective one isn’t sure but that fact remains. The world is actually going through a massive human ecological change as the vulnerable are
The corona budget
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
Frontier districts await Covid-19 ‘catastrophe’: Experts
Amid the growing Covid-19 cases, health experts fear that Bangladesh's frontier districts await a serious healthcare crisis as most hospitals and health complexes there are ill-equipped to cope with any worsening situation.They also voiced frustration as local administrations in different frontier districts are "buying time" in enforcing strict lockdowns and