Int’l Tiger Day: Little progress in fulfilling commitment
Eleven years ago, at a summit in Russia, Tiger Range Countries committed to double the global tiger population by 2022.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt taking jabs to people’s doorstep
The government has decided to set up more vaccination centres across the country to speed up the inoculation drive especially in remote areas amid a surge in Covid deaths and infections.
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt wakes up to oxygen crunch
The government has asked providers to boost oxygen supplies and made plans to reign in excessive wastage of the life-saving gas in hospitals and install Pressure Swing Absorption oxygen generators in facilities with no central oxygen system.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid Vaccination: Govt to lower age bar to 30 years
The government has decided to lower the age limit to 30 years for Covid vaccination to bring more people under its inoculation campaign.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Tragedy scripted with own lives
For Atoar Rahman, life has played out like a tragic movie since the Covid-19 pandemic brought the country’s already-struggling film industry to a grinding halt more than a year ago.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Combating Covid: No roadmap, only stopgaps
Does the Bangladesh government have a comprehensive plan to combat Covid-19 by now? Not really.
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Giving a new life on remote island
Rahima Khatun was beaming next to the new sewing machine that she had been given. Her husband had gotten a fishing net, and together they were weaving dreams of how they would spend their earnings.
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccine Production: Dhaka to join int’l institute to build capacity
Faced with limited resources in research against infectious diseases like Covid-19, Bangladesh has decided to join Seoul-based International Vaccine Institute to build the capacity to produce vaccines locally.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Methane caused Moghbazar blast
The massive explosion that claimed 11 lives in the capital’s Moghbazar late last month resulted from the accumulation of a huge amount of methane gas from a leaked gas pipeline and sewerage line inside the building, says a probe report of the fire service.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt plans to vaccinate school, college students
The government is considering reopening schools and colleges by inoculating the teachers and students within the shortest possible time.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Fire safety was lost on inspectors
A month before the devastating fire at Hashem Foods Limited in Narayanganj, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments visited the facility.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘I hope she’s just missing’
Fifteen-year-old Tuli Akter wanted to have chicken curry for dinner, and her mother had cooked the dish on Thursday evening thinking that she would have a good meal with her two daughters.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘I didn't set the fire’: Sajeeb Group chairman denies responsibility for Narayanganj fire
Sajeeb Group Chairman Md Abul Hashem today denied all responsibility for the Narayanganj factory fire that killed at least 49 people.
9 July 2021, 11:15 AM
Delivery of 2.3cr Doses of Vaccine: Serum silent yet Dhaka ‘hopeful’
The Covid-19 situation has improved remarkably in India but there is no sign yet from the neighbouring country of resuming supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield, abruptly held up for own use.
6 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Moderna roll-out likely next week
The government is likely to start administering the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine among priority groups early next week.
4 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccine Campaign: Uncertainty goes, for now
Two and a half million shots of the Moderna vaccine for coronavirus will arrive in the country on July 2 or 3, paving the way for resuming the mass inoculation campaign after over two months.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrants to get Pfizer, Moderna vaccines
Good news for Bangladeshi migrant workers!
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Moghbazar Explosion: Gas line leak may have caused it
Accumulated gas was behind the massive explosion at the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital’s Moghbazar on Sunday evening, said officials and experts.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Fight Against TB, HIV: Bangladesh poised to reach targets
One in every 1,000 tuberculosis (TB) patient in Bangladesh has HIV, found a recent study -- in what can be viewed as a boost to the country’s bid to end the infectious disease and meet 90-90-90 targets for HIV by 2030.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on own vaccine plant to start soon
Faced with the harsh reality of vaccine nationalism, the government has planned to set up its own vaccine producing plant so that it is not dependent on other countries in future.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM