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Bangladesh ‘looks unable’ to take advantage of low fuel price
Bangladesh is unlikely to be able to take advantage of the declining oil price in the global market for lack of its additional storage capacity.
‘Always good to spread the leadership’: Russell Domingo
As there is no cricket currently due to the lockdown imposed around the globe to contain the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo is stuck at home in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. On Tuesday morning, Domingo (RD) talked to UNB cricket correspondent Saif Hasnat (SH) over phone, covering a number of issues, including the outlook for cricket at the moment and much else.
Avoid foods with trans fats and stay healthy: Experts
Experts have advised people to avoid all sorts of foods with trans fats to stay healthy during their confinement to home amid the nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing the transmission of coronavirus.
Foods containing excessive trans fats are unhealthy which causes various diseases, especially heart diseases, they said, adding that intake of such foods now will increase the risk as people are now out of physical activities due to the shutdown.
Reopening factories a premature decision: Experts
As owners have started reopening some of their RMG factories amid the growing coronavirus cases, health experts said such a ‘premature’ step may trigger a deadly outbreak of the virus.
Budget discussions begin May 5 with harsh realities ahead
Formal discussions on the proposed budget for 2020-21 fiscal year will kick off on May 5 through a meeting to prepare a fiscal policy for the country that will help the stagnant economy caused by the COVID-19 to return to its previous shape.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting which will take place at her official residence Ganobhaban at 11am, according to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Bangladesh economy awaits a bigger blow: Economists
Continuation of the current economic stagnation during the government-declared shutdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus will result in a grim economic outlook for Bangladesh, economists warn.
"There’ll be a big blow to the economy," former caretaker government adviser and visiting Professor at BRAC University Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam said.
Corona patients’ recovery rate in Bangladesh ‘lowest in the world’
Though 4,998 people tested positive for coronavirus from March 8 to April 25, only 113 of them or 2.26 percent recovered during the period, showing one of the lowest recovery rates in the world.
COVID-19: The return of birdsong in Dhaka
The global pandemic known as COVID-19 has been changing and impacting the lives of almost all the species in the world ever since the virus started taking lives in Wuhan, China.
Even lockdown can be meaningful, when the mind is kept active
As many countries have been under lockdown, people have learned to adapt to the new reality and many are wondering how some changes in their lives brought about by the pandemic can be retained, once it is all over!
Coronavirus: Bangladesh cannot afford losing doctors
As Bangladesh is already under tremendous pressure to cope with the coronavirus outbreak with inadequate doctors and nurses, experts warned that the country cannot afford to lose health professionals to coronavirus only for lack of necessary protective measures and collective efforts.