GDP slashed to 11-year low at 5.2pc in outgoing FY20
The country’s gross domestic product has been revised downward to provisional 5.2 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, said the finance division officials.
Reopening of shops may increase COVID-19 cases: health minister
Health minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said that the decision to reopen the shopping malls might lead to an increased number of COVID-19 positive cases.
Bangladesh to bring back citizens stranded in US on May 14 or 15
The government has taken an initiative to bring back the Bangladeshis, stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a chartered flight either on May 14 or 15.
Shutdown makes 2.4cr new poor: Binayak Sen
The coronavirus outbreak affecting the livelihoods of the country’s majority population has pushed a large number of vulnerable people down to the poverty line.
PM announces cash aid for jobless on Eid
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced that the government would provide cash assistance before Eid to mitigate the sufferings..
Government allows markets to reopen from May 10
The government on Monday announced the reopening of shopping malls and markets under some conditions for sales from May 10..
Revision of protocol causes surge in recovery
Bangladesh continued to record a dramatic rise in the number of daily recovery of COVID-9 patients for the second consecutive day with 147..
Government food aid far from adequate to meet hunger, nutrition
Food being distributed as relief by the government among the poor is far from adequate to meet the demand for food and nutrition as the recommendations ..
Mismanagement hampers rice OMS in Dhaka
The government is still busy verifying who is destitute enough to get its ration cards while many street corners in Dhaka are literally filled with people ..
Bangladeshis languish in Kuwait camps
Several thousands of the Bangladeshi migrant workers who were stranded in many labour camps in Kuwait for deportation under a general amnesty have ..
