Bangladesh

This is the first time that a Chinese vaccine has been approved by the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) for ICDDR,B for a phase three trial in Bangladesh. Approval for vaccine trials in the country was...

Dutch king his highness Willem-Alexander has lauded Bangladesh’s impressive socio-economic development and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s “charismatic leadership over one decade now’’. King Willem-Alexander remembered his visit to Bangladesh decades back and said that both the...

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Despite many positive changes experienced by women, including increased access to schooling and workforce participation, improved life expectancy, and declining fertility, approximately 60...

BTRC has directed to stop all the free Facebook services of mobile operators in Bangladesh. Revenue collection is also a major factor behind the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission’s (BTRC) directive to discontinue free internet packages on...

The Cox’s Bazar district administration is officially working with local environmentalists and youth organizations to clean up the huge amount of waste floating in Cox’s Bazar on the world’s longest beach. Deputy Commissioner and Beach Management...

The national flag carrier of Bangladesh, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, and one private airline Novoair signed a special re-protection agreement (SRA) for carrying each other’s passengers on domestic routes. According to the agreement, both the airlines will...

Bangladesh government has reappointed Fazle Kabir as the Bangladesh Bank governor after 12 days of his previous tenure completed on July 3. He will be governor for another two years. Finance Ministry today declared a gazette...

Experts and drug regulators said today they are awaiting the results of the next trial of a possible Covid-19 vaccine from Globe Biotech Limited. The agency stated their vaccine had received encouraging results in preliminary tests...

40,000 solar power home systems to be distributed in three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts to alleviate the power problems of marginalized people in remote areas. The project will be implemented by the Chittagong Hill Tracts...

The Bangladesh cabinet has today adopted a proposal to announce March 7 as the “National Historic Day” to be celebrated every year nationally for remembering the memory of the 7th March Speech of Father of the...