Foreign Debts Interest payment goes up by Tk 600 crore
The government has to make upward revision in payment of interest by around Tk 600 crore against foreign debts in the outgoing fiscal..
Subsidised Rice Distribution List of destitute families yet to be finalised
The government is yet to complete the list of 12.5 lakh families it wants to help with subsidised rice until June amid the coronavirus crisis..
Holiday turns ineffective
Public holiday and restrictions on movement announced by the government to slow the spread of coronavirus turned ineffective as thousands..
Prices of Ramadan essentials rise
The prices of ginger, red lentil, sugar, onions, broiler chicken, gram and some of the vegetables went up in the city’s kitchen markets over..
Police, admin struggle to keep people at home
Police and administrative bodies are trying to keep people at home by fining hundreds of people for ignoring instructions against unnecessary..
Ramadan begins
The Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country on Saturday as the new crescent ..
Next budget likely on June 11
The government is scheduled to announce the new fiscal budget in parliament on June 11, although the process of its preparation has been..
Destitute women, children throng street corners for relief as shutdown continues
The streets of Dhaka are far from wearing the look expected of a city under lockdown when a highly contagious virus continues to ravage most its densely populated areas.
Global virus deaths top 180,000, WHO warns ‘long way to go’
The World Health Organisation has warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight...
Dhaka needs no Indian army to fight COVID-19: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said that Bangladesh did not require services of the Indian Army team for containing COVID-19 pandemic.
