The government has signed Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India today. The agreement was signed at an event at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in presence of Health Minister Zahid Maleque. Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, director general of the DGHS; Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general (admi...
By opposing Bangabandhu’s statue, pressure-group-turned-religious-extremists Hefazat-e Islam is playing the role the Jamaat-e-Islami did during the 1971 Liberation War, Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said. The ICT Advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was describing the achievements in the 12 years of the Awami League government’s &ls...
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has expressed his optimism that Bangladesh will be the key leader of the 4th Industrial Revolution. “We believe Bangladesh is going to be one of the leaders in the upcoming 4th Industrial Revolution. We don’t just hope rather we plan and we intend on Bangladesh being one of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ranks 39th on the list of the world’s 100 most powerful women of 2020 announced by Forbes on Tuesday. Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh, is currently serving her fourth term, which is also her third consecutive term, after her party, Bangladesh Awami League, won 288...
The newly formed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU) have signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Airbus India to support the development of a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standard training and maintenance training organizations. Airbus India & South Asia President and Managing Direc...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is among the few countries in the world that have experienced one of the worst forms of genocide. The premier has issued a separate message on the occasion of the 'International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime' and the...
Antigen tests for the rapid detection of the novel coronavirus infection have begun in 10 districts of Bangladesh amid a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths.Health Minister Zahid Maleque virtually launched the testing process on Saturday. The tests will be available in the districts of Gaibandha, Munshiganj, Panchagarh, Madaripur, Brahman...
Bangladesh on Sunday signed its maiden preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Bhutan to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Bhutanese Economic Affairs Minister Lyonpo Loknath Sharma signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpar...
Free Democracy Day or Ganatantro Mukti Dibas is being observed in the country marking the fall of autocratic Ershad regime in 1990. On the eve of the day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a message greeting the people and described them as “Sentinel of Democracy” on the day of fall of autocracy in 1990. The 6th December is a sig...
When most of the hospitals suspended non-emergency services and doctors shut their private chambers during the initial bout of the coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine services emerged as a saviour to the patients. And Jatiya Shasthaya Batayan or National Health Call Centre, has led the way in advising patients remotely, helping millions stay at ...
Sayed Ullah, one of the Rohingyas landed in Bhasan Char on Friday, could not hold his feelings of extreme happiness seeing all the facilities there and kept calling relatives back in Cox's Bazar camps to join the next batch. "Alhamdulillah. We are extremely happy. I had never imagined that such a beautiful place is waiting for us with so many f...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 693.16 crore project to install 3rd submarine cable to expand the country’s international telecommunications system. The approval came from a meeting of the ECNEC held on Tuesday with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The P...
After the government announced 21 stimulus packages involving more than Tk 1,21,000 crore to tackle the pandemic fallout, 39.23 percent of the total amount or Tk 47,615 crore was disbursed till October 31, according to a report of the finance ministry. A total of 3.54 crore people have received assistance from various stimulus-cash-food support...
The government is set to provide 3 crore doses of vaccine initially among the people free of cost alongside taking tougher action to compel people wearing masks to check further spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. “Three crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, which are being procured primarily, will be given to the people free...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her government’s initiative to create skilled manpower to keep pace with the advancement of technology and face the challenges of ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. “We have to keep pace with the world as far as the technology is concerned . . . Otherwise, the count...
The health ministry has started drawing up the list of those who will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the first phase. In this phase, doctors, nurses and health workers will be vaccinated first. Citizens aged above 60 will get vaccines in the second phase. The government will procure the Covishield vaccine, developed jointly by the Universit...
Bangladesh in talks with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, among others, for starting Covid-19 vaccine procurement from as early as January Bangladesh has been in negotiations with almost all countries and companies – who have been developing Covid-19 vaccines – for procurement. Nine such organizations across the world are purportedly in the...
The government has approved two separate projects on the Western Economic Corridor and Regional Enhancement Programme (WeCARE) Phase 1 including the WeCARE Phase-1: Jhenidah-Jashore Highway (N-7) Development project with an estimated cost of Taka 4,187.70 crore in a bid to upgrade 48.50 KM highway to six lanes including service lanes on both sid...
The cabinet, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, approved the draft of the “Bangladesh Film Artists’ Welfare Trust Act, 2020” to ensure overall welfare of the actors and actresses of country’s film industry and enhance their professional excellence. “The law has been formulated in line with the prime mi...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attributed Bangladesh's dynamic economy to an 'extensive network' of communication developed by the Awami League government. She made the remarks while inaugurating three bridges in different districts and an 'Independence Square' in Pabna via video conference from Ganabhaban on Sunday. “The communication...
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