Focus both on saving lives, livelihoods
As the country’s economy has come to a standstill due to the ongoing public holiday aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, experts have urged...
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Legal action if health workers asked to vacate homes: ACC
Staff Reporter :Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said the commission will investigate the source of money of house owners if they ask doctors, nurses...
People stage demo for relief in Satkhira
Staff Reporter :Around one thousand people who have become jobless amid the ongoing shutdown staged demonstrations in front of Satkhira Medical College Hospital in the...
Provide relief materials to right people: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked her party leaders and activists as well as public representatives to provide relief materials to the right people...
BRAC gives its 430-room centre at Ashkona
Staff Reporter : BRAC has handed over its 430-room learning centre at Ashkona to the government to use it as a quarantine facility for returnee...
US investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab: Trump
WASHINGTON, Reuters : U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan,...
SANEM hails stimulus packages, wants jt monitoring unit
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) has recommend setting up an unit to monitor the entire process saying it is important to ensure transparency...
Army man killed in city road crash: 21 injured
A member of Bangladesh Army was killed and 21 others were injured in a road accident near Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the capital...
Europe virus cases may reach almost 1m
Reuters, London :Europe is in eye of the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of cases nearing a million, and should move with...
UAE warns of recruitment restriction if countries don’t take citizens back
Staff Reporter :The United Arab Emirates, the second largest manpower importer from Bangladesh, has warned migrant-sending countries of imposing strict future restrictions on recruitment if...
DCs directed to update list of poor people
The Food Ministry on Wednesday directed the deputy commissioners to update the list of the deprived population for distributing the Tk 10/kg rice of open...