Bangladesh

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced 21 million pounds of support to Bangladesh in containing the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate Dhaka’s National Preparedness and Response Plan. The support will also help take preparedness against...

Bangladesh Police is making all-out efforts to ensure maintaining social distancing and following ‘stay at home’ directives by the people to slow deadly novel outbreak that has already claimed nine lives in Bangladesh and over 64,000...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today unveiled the government work plan to overcome the possible COVID-19 impact on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Taka 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages. “Earlier I declared...

The government of Bangladesh has instructed the authorities concerned to postpone all the programs of Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) to avoid mass gatherings aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus. In this regard, the Cabinet...

A free transport service for caregivers including doctors and nurses began today to help medical service providers go to hospitals in a fast and convenient way amid their fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic, reports BSS....

The World Bank has approved $350 million grant for three projects to help Bangladesh cope with one of the world’s largest forced exodus. These grants will help Bangladesh address the needs of the host communities and...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today decided to cut off its entire connectivity by suspending flights to its last two destinations – London and Manchester – for at least one week for containing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The...

The promised Chinese medical supplies to help combat deadly COVID-19 will arrive here on March 26, the Independence Day of Bangladesh. “The second batch of medical supplies from China, including 10,000 test kits and 10,000 PPE...

The government has decided to suspend all domestic commercial flights from midnight tonight till further notice as part of the government’s desperate attempt to confine people at their own places containing an outbreak of COVID-19. “All...

The armed forces have detailed their modus operandi in combating COVID-19 nationwide by enforcing social distancing and other cautionary measures in coordination with civil administration, hours after the government said the troops were called out “in...