Bangladesh

The first consignment of 1,00,620 doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine arrived in Bangladesh last night under the global vaccine-sharing initiative COVAX. “A total of 1,00,620 shots of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine under COVAX scheme reached Bangladesh at...

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Besides, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Q Dongyu has lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for successfully...

Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government has decided to subsidize hotel cost for the Saudi Arabia-bound expatriate workers, who are required to stay in quarantine for seven days after landing in the...

Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni today said that a decision has been taken to reopen the primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions on June 13 if the Covid-19 situation gets better. She disclosed this while...

American multinational technology company and Search engine giant Google has taken up a business identification number (BIN) in Bangladesh to gain value-added tax (VAT)-related services including VAT payment and VAT return submissions in Bangladesh. The project...

President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir will arrive here today. The UNGA President will be received by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to a press release sent by...

Israel’s foreign ministry has welcomed the decision to lift the travel ban on Israel with Bangladeshi passports. Gilad Cohen, the deputy director-general for Asia and the Pacific at the country’s foreign ministry, was outraged by the...

The World Bank (WB) today approved US$600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable populations, including youth, women, disadvantaged groups, and returnee migrant workers, improve employability and livelihood opportunities,...

Bangladesh has called on the international community to take urgent and decisive decisions to find a lasting solution to the ongoing Palestinian crisis. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, made...

A 65-day restriction on fishing in the Bay of Bengal will begin tomorrow with an aim to boost marine fish production.The fishing restriction will remain effective from May 20 to July 23. Earlier, on April 15...