HPM Sheikh Hasina thanks Indian PM Narendra Modi for COVID-19 vaccines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending the Oxford vaccine produced in India as a gift for Bangladesh. “I’m thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending the vaccine as a gift,” she said, adding that the procured vaccine will come soon from India as planned. The Pr...

Govt signs Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India

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...