More than 900,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh in seven days since the mass inoculation began on Feb 7. On Sunday, the health workers administered over 169,000 doses across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS. At the 47 hospitals in Dhaka, nearly 23,000 ...
Mass inoculation against Covid-19 that began across the country yesterday drew warm response from different sections of people. In most of the districts, cabinet members, lawmakers and government officials took the shot of vaccine to gain public trust. The health department has set up multiple booths at district headquarters and upazila health...
UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed that the United Nations (UN) will continue to stand with Bangladesh and mobilize international support to collectively address the Rohingya crisis. He also assured that the UN has renewed its advocacy and support in the Rakhine state and would continue to engage with Myanmar towards crea...
Ambassadors of Turkey and China, and the Indian High Commissioner have highly praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. They were addressing a special webinar titled "Political Leadership: Then and Now", organised by the International Affairs Sub-Committee of Bangladesh Awami League on 30th January 202...
'Shasyachitre Bangabandhu Jatiya Parishad', a committee implementing the world's largest crop field mosaic (image) of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on Friday inaugurated the works of the crop field mosaic by Seedling paddy plants at Balenda village of Sherpur upazila in Bogura district. Awami League (AL) Joint General ...