When most of the hospitals suspended non-emergency services and doctors shut their private chambers during the initial bout of the coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine services emerged as a saviour to the patients. And Jatiya Shasthaya Batayan or National Health Call Centre, has led the way in advising patients remotely, helping millions stay at ...
Sayed Ullah, one of the Rohingyas landed in Bhasan Char on Friday, could not hold his feelings of extreme happiness seeing all the facilities there and kept calling relatives back in Cox's Bazar camps to join the next batch. "Alhamdulillah. We are extremely happy. I had never imagined that such a beautiful place is waiting for us with so many f...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 693.16 crore project to install 3rd submarine cable to expand the country’s international telecommunications system. The approval came from a meeting of the ECNEC held on Tuesday with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The P...
After the government announced 21 stimulus packages involving more than Tk 1,21,000 crore to tackle the pandemic fallout, 39.23 percent of the total amount or Tk 47,615 crore was disbursed till October 31, according to a report of the finance ministry. A total of 3.54 crore people have received assistance from various stimulus-cash-food support...
The government is set to provide 3 crore doses of vaccine initially among the people free of cost alongside taking tougher action to compel people wearing masks to check further spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. “Three crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, which are being procured primarily, will be given to the people free...