Lockdown widened as virus cases spike
A number of houses, places and villages have been put under lockdown afresh in different districts in a desperate move to prevent the transmission of...
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Office timing rescheduled for Ramzan
Staff Reporter :The government has rescheduled the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramzan from 9 am to 3:30 pm for all government,...
Bail-outs are inevitable and toxic
IN THE PAST month the biggest business handout in history has begun. The goal of helping firms survive temporary lockdowns is sensible, but it is...
4-5 countries reach out Dhaka to send back undocumented nationals: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said four to five countries including the Maldives have reached out Bangladesh to take back its undocumented...
Doing everything to ensure your return to UK
Staff Reporter :British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Sunday said they are doing everything so that British citizens in Bangladesh can return...
Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy’: AQI
Although the streets have been largely empty for nearly two weeks now, air in Bangladesh’s capital city barely showed any sign of improvement as Dhaka...
Stop firing workers amid virus crisis
Several factory owners are planning to continue operations by trimming their workforces in a bid to offset the economic implications of the coronavirus crisis, according...
It’s ‘loan package’, not stimulus: BNP
Staff Reporter :BNP described the Prime Minister’s stimulus package of Tk72,750 crore as a package of loan, and said she ignored those involved in the...
More ICU facilities in hospitals planned
Staff Reporter :In a bid to combat with novel coronavirus, the government is planning to install 10 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds with ventilation facilities...
SANEM proposes 2 year recovery plan for BD
Executive Director of South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) Dr Selim Raihan has proposed a two-year recovery plan for Bangladesh instead of the 8th...