The world's most valuable cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, will allow fully vaccinated spectators into stadiums when it starts this month, but at just 25 percent capacity, officials have said. The competition's 15th edition will be held in the western Indian cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune from March
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Covid-19: Bangladesh logs 8 more deaths with 732 fresh cases
Bangladesh logged eight more Covid-linked deaths with 732 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 3.22 per cent from Tuesday’s 3.35 per cent after testing 22,727 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). On Tuesday, Bangladesh reported eight
Bangladesh rolls out Covid inoculation drive for 10 million people
Bangladesh on Saturday rolled out another phase of its mega Covid inoculation drive, aiming to cover a whopping 10 million people. Across the country, including capital Dhaka, UNB found people thronging vaccine centres to get a shot in the arm. "The special vaccination drive with an aim to inoculate one crore people
WB okays $300m to bolster country’s urban bodies
The World Bank has approved $300 million to help Bangladesh strengthen its urban local government institutions to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and improve preparedness to future shocks, benefitting about 40 million urban residents. The Local Government Covid-19 Response and Recovery Project will support urban local government institutions to effectively respond
Financialization at heart of economic malaise
Anis Chowdhury & Jomo Kwame Sundaram COVID-19 has exposed major long-term economic vulnerabilities. This malaise – including declining productivity growth – can be traced to the greater influence of finance in the real economy. The deep-seated causes of the current resurgence of inflation, inequalities and contractionary tendencies have not been addressed. Meanwhile,
107 test positive for Covid-19 in Ctg
A total of 107 people were detected positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours after testing 2,156 samples in 16 Covid-19 laboratories in the district. The Covid-19 infection rate in the district is 4.96 percent. With the diagnosis of 107 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 patients climbed to 1,25,314
Covid-19 Update: 20 more deaths, 3,539 fresh cases reported
Bangladesh today reported 3,539 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 20 lives. "The country reported 10.24 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 34,547 samples were tested in the past 24 hours," Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of
Covid in Bangladesh Positivity rate rises to 16.50% with 20 deaths
Bangladesh logged 20 more Covid-linked deaths with 5,023 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The daily positivity rate slightly increased to 16.50 per cent from Friday’s 15.46 per cent after testing 29,904 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). On Friday, Bangladesh reported 27
Work collectively for continuation of country’s development: PM to Ansar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) personnel to make collective efforts for continuing the pace of advancement to transform Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country by 2041. “I want all of you to work together to keep running the country’s development spree,” she