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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment to Covid patients with mild complications as hospitals are under an unprecedented crisis with huge patients, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.“Already 90 percent…
Read More »CAMELS Rating
of different banks
for the year 2022
in BangladeshIndustry Report: The Capital, Asset, Management, Earning, Liquidity and Sensitivity to the market risk (CAMELS) Rating of different commercial banks of Bangladesh, based on the performance as on June 2021, are as follows. Serial made on the basis…
Read More »Bangladesh becomes 4th largest
remittance source for IndiaOver 1.0 m Indians working illegally in BD Special Correspondent: Bangladesh becomes 4th largest remittance source for India, remitting over $10.00 billion since 2017. Whereas, Bangladesh has fetched total of $18.53 billion remittance in last year and targets…
Read More »CAMELS Rating of different banks for the year 2023
Industry Report: The Capital, Asset, Management, Earning, Liquidity and Sensitivity to the market Risk (CAMELS) Rating of different commercial banks of Bangladesh, based on the performance of 2022, are as follows. Serial makes on the basis of performance…
Read More »8295 Uttara Rajuk plots remain dark for 24-yrs
Now shows ray of hope for Metrorail Zarif Mahmud: Uttara Residential City III Phase project started in 1999. Current work progress is 83 percent as per Rajdhani Unnyan Kartipakkha (RAJUK). Total plots under the project are 8,295. Of…
Read More »‘Bangavax’ approved for human trial
Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) approved in principle for human trial of ‘Bangavax’ corona vaccine developed by Globe Biotech Limited.“We received ethical permission. Now we will submit the protocol to DGDA (Directorate General for Drug…
Read More »120 Manikganj students vaccinated under trial run
Manikganj Correspondent: Some 120 students of two government schools in Manikganj were vaccinated yesterday with Pfizer jabs as part of a test run of the government for vaccinating school students against Covid-19.All the vaccinated students were of the…
Read More »Relations with China as usual: FM Momen
Staff Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said there is no “deficit” in terms of relations with China over the vaccine issue, saying the relationship remains as usual without any change.“Diplomatically, we agreed that Bangladesh wants…
Read More »8 Bangladeshi named in Pandora Papers
Special Correspondent: A document of the Pandora Papers was released on Monday night (Bangladesh time) where eight Bangladeshis were named.All eight of them own companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.Pandora Papers is created by the International Consortium…
Read More »China, Pakistan and India compete for own position
New Great Game in Afghanistan Ibrahim Khalil:In the nineteenth century, the Russian and British empires fought for Afghanistan, and in the twentieth century, the United States and the Soviet Union fought. The new Great Game sees Pakistan with…
Read More »Child marriage a barrier to achieve SDG goals
Industry Desk: Child marriage is a barrier to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and there is a need to raise collective awareness against it.“Child marriage is involved with half of the [SDG] goals and acts as a…
Read More »Group show Dui under way at Dwip, Studio 6/6
A group art exhibition featuring artworks by young artists under the rubric Dui is under way at Dwip Gallery and Studio 6/6 in the capital. Dui is the second chapter of a series exhibition, Ek, curated by Taiara…
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