PM for strict enforcement of local lockdown
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked authorities concerned to bring under complete lockdown the areas of COVID-19 transmission..
Subsidy bill to cross Tk 50,000cr
The subsidy bill in the current fiscal budget is likely to cross Tk 50,000 crore due to the stimulus packages announced by the government to offset..
RMG factories closure till April 14, wages by April 16
Two apparel trade bodies — BGMEA and BKMEA— on Monday in a joint statement asked its members to keep their factories closed until April ..
Relief Distribution Actions to be taken for forming crowds
The government decided to take actions against individuals and organisations for distributing relief in public places forming public gatherings...
2 killed by truck as police disperse RMG workers
At least two people were ran over and killed by a truck when several hundred workers ran away to escape police action on workers to disperse them at Jamirdia area..
Many return empty-handed as government begins rice OMS for poor
Scores of people living in slums at Mohakhali and Mirpur in Dhaka returned empty handed after hours of wait as the government began selling specially..
It’s ‘loan package’ for rich, says BNP
BNP on Sunday said that the ‘stimulus package’ announced by the prime minister earlier in the day was actually a ‘loan package’ for the industry owners..
Theft of rice meant for poor raises concern
A section of ruling Awami League leaders and activists has allegedly got into misappropriation of rice meant for distributing among the poor across..
Bangladesh PM unveils Tk 72,750cr stimulus packages
The government on Sunday announced four fresh stimulus packages worth Tk 67,750 crore to enhance its effort to overcome the economic losses ..
RMG workers left in the lurch
Indecision of factory owners and lack of coordination among the government agencies multiplied the sufferings of readymade garment workers,..
