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Helping out vegetable farmers

-- 2020-04-21 21:47:56

In a bid to combat Covid-19 pandemic, the 'social distancing' or lockdown that is now in force across the country since the government announced 'general holidays' on March 26 has begun to take its to...

Healthcare for BSCIC workers  

-- 2020-04-20 22:31:40

Even at this time of the ongoing countrywide emergency and near lockdown, production of some manufacturing and industrial units has to be maintained on a war footing. If health-service providers are f...

Over 200 doctors infected with coronavirus, DAB says

-- 2020-04-20 20:49:23

The Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP forum, on Monday alleged that over 200 physicians in the country were infected with coronavirus while providing healthcare services to such patie...

Keeping dengue in mind  

-- 2020-04-19 22:11:26

Amid aggressive campaigns, entreaties and, finally, application of harsh measures, the country's city residents have at long last begun abiding by the government's stay-at-home order. Many of them hav...

Forced repatriation of migrant workers

-- 2020-04-18 22:46:45

The decision taken by a number of Gulf nations to send back a sizeable number of Bangladeshi migrant workers is set to inflict yet another blow to the country's economy that under the influence of the...

Info Minister terms TIB, BNP statements on relief committee ‘very irresponsible’

-- 2020-04-18 20:52:07

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and BNP exposed themselves as very irresponsible through their statements over AL relief committee withou...

Poultry and dairy need immediate succor  

-- 2020-04-17 22:26:25

The ongoing shutdown has its most disastrous impact on two of the country's key farm sub-sectors - poultry and dairy, though other farm sub-sectors like fisheries and horticulture are also badly affec...

Making rice affordable  

-- 2020-04-16 22:36:01

The question of rice yield from the coming Boro season is bothering the policymakers as well as others concerned. The foremost reason behind this is without doubt the coronavirus-induced lockdown that...

Chittagong port should clear the gluts

-- 2020-04-15 20:55:23

Shutdowns to fight the Covid-19 menace have affected loading and unloading activities at the container jetties of the Chittagong port resulting in undue wait and congestion of the container vessels at...

Noboborsho in the time of Covid-19  

-- 2020-04-13 22:37:22

At the break of dawn today, the nation welcomes a New Yew Year -- the Bangla Noboborsho-1427 -- in a way unseen before in the history of the Bangalees. No elaborate preparation, as done every year, fo...

Mismanagement deepened corona crisis: BNP

-- 2020-04-13 21:46:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that a serious 'mismanagement' has deepened the coronavirus crisis in the country, reports UNB. “It’s unfortunate that...

Summer fruits: Planning ahead for marketing  

-- 2020-04-12 22:46:11

As the COVID-19 pandemic scenario turns grimmer in the country, many sectors which want remedial focus appear to lie adequately uncared-for. One such sector comprises summer fruits. A sizeable number...

Bracing for WTO prediction

-- 2020-04-11 22:26:34

The WTO (World Trade Organisation) warning that global trade this year and beyond might shrink by up to one third is deeply worrying. Such a plunge is very likely as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,...

For those out of work during pandemic

-- 2020-04-10 20:55:57

To offset any pre-Ramadan tendency of essentials' price hike, the government's trading wing, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), has been, as usual, engaged in supplying such commodities at a...

Khaleda to remain in isolation until situation improves: Fakhrul

-- 2020-04-09 17:10:37

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was recently released from jail for six months, will remain in self-isolation until the coronavirus situation improves in Bangladesh.  “The entire country...

Shab-e-Barat for salvation  

-- 2020-04-08 22:21:13

This year, the auspicious and holy Shab-e-Barat comes at a testing time not only in this country's history but perhaps in the history of mankind. That, if anything, only enhances the inner appeal and...

AL demands immediate execution of Majed’s death penalty

-- 2020-04-08 18:04:29

The Awami League has demanded immediate execution of the death penalty against Abdul Majed, a convicted killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Road Transport and Bridges Mi...

Declare either emergency or curfew: Oli

-- 2020-04-08 15:54:08

President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Wednesday demanded the government either to declare a state of emergency or impose a curfew to contain the coronavirus pandemic which continues...

Addressing both macro and micro economy

-- 2020-04-07 21:39:22

The stimulus package announced by the Prime Minister on April 5 targeting mostly the macro economy is no doubt timely to help the economy ride out the prevailing standoff because of the lockdown and i...

Prudent use of stimulus money imperative

-- 2020-04-06 21:29:28

A fiscal package of Tk 727.50 billion that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced to cushion the economy against the ongoing slowdown is well-timed. It is believed to be of help to bail out the ba...

Fighting hunger during calamity  

-- 2020-04-05 22:17:34

Distribution of emergency relief materials among people stricken by great calamities is not strange to this land. Besides the recurring floods and nor'westers, the cyclone on 12 Nov, 1970, still remai...

Tk 727.50b package is nothing but loan, Fakhrul says

-- 2020-04-05 21:25:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described the Prime Minister’s stimulus package of Tk 727.50 billion as a package of loan, and said Sheikh Hasina ignored those involved in...

Overcoming health and economic crises  

-- 2020-04-04 21:43:58

The support that has started coming in from both multilateral and bilateral donors at a fast pace to help the country combat the ongoing pandemic does deserve appreciation. According to a report publi...

EU ombudsman's rule a breather

-- 2020-04-04 18:26:28

The clouds that gathered over the complaint made to the EU Ombudsman by some international labour right groups against the European Commission (EC) for the latter's alleged failure to initiate the pro...

Bangladesh’s situation better than Europe, USA: Quader

-- 2020-04-04 17:00:58

The coronavirus situation in Bangladesh is better than developed countries in Europe and the USA, ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Saturday. According to UNB, he made this re...

Hanif warns against extortion in name of helping poor

-- 2020-04-04 16:51:52

Awami League’s Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday warned of taking stern actions against those involved in extortion in the name of helping poor during the COVID-19 pandemic...

BNP proposes Tk 870b special fund to tackle COVID-19 impacts

-- 2020-04-04 16:48:28

BNP on Saturday proposed to a special fund of Tk 870.00 billion to tackle the impacts of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, on the country’s economy. The party has urged the government to allocate...

‘Khaleda is in stable condition at Gulshan residence’

-- 2020-04-03 16:49:49

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is receiving treatment at her Gulshan residence after her jail sentence was suspended, is now in stable physical condition. Dr Zubaida Rahman, the wife of the party's...

Extending safety net to informal sector

-- 2020-04-02 21:58:04

It is said that coronavirus spares none taking its toll on all -- irrespective of social position, religion, colour of skin and so on. Somewhat ironically, however, measures to contain it in countries...

Help for the poor and marginalised  

-- 2020-04-01 22:14:48

With most people complying with the home-confinement regime in the country, particularly in urban areas, the poor and marginal people are certainly the worst hit. Income erosion is the severest for th...