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Will work together with Bangladesh, global partners against Covid-19 pandemic: Miller
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller on Tuesday said America continues to work closely with Bangladesh in the fight against COVID-19 noting that the two great nations, together with their global partners, will prevail against this pandemic.
He said they have provided over $73 million to support Bangladesh’s pandemic response and to date have sent 100 state-of-the art-U.S.-manufactured ventilators to treat critical patients.
Ambassador Miller also gave a shout-out to his alma mater, the University of Michigan: “Go Blue!”
The US virtually launched a webinar series linking medical universities in Bangladesh and the United States to share best practices in COVID-19 case management.
The two part-series contributes to the Strengthening Public Health Cooperation for a Safer Economy goal outlined in the September 30 high-level consultation between United States and Bangladesh, specifically by developing a Vision for Advancing the U.S.-Bangladesh Economic Partnership.
Tuesday’s webinar was organized via partnership between the Directorate General of Health Services of the Government of Bangladesh and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Project ECHO, a platform for distant mentoring and learning managed by the University of New Mexico.
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It is one of multiple capacity-building initiatives aimed at enhancing the knowledge and medical skills of doctors and other frontline workers in both public and private health facilities to improve the care given to COVID-19 patients and reduce and control the spread of the infection funded over the past year.
The programme is made possible through over $73 million in COVID-19 response assistance from U.S. government agencies, according to the US Embassy in Dhaka.
Bangladesh wants enhanced connectivity with Bhutan: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh wants enhanced connectivity with Bhutan through air, for both countries to reap economic benefits mutually.
Dr Momen met visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering at his hotel's presidential suite and discussed the issues.
Referring to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Foreign Minister said the entire region has a huge potential for development and the development is possible if the best utilization of the potential is ensured. “The best utilization can be made through connectivity and partnership.”
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Asked whether any agreement will be signed, the Foreign Minister said the Bhutanese Prime Minister “purely” came to join his friends and the people of Bangladesh in the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh.
The Bhutanese Prime Minister considers Bangladesh as his second home where he embraced his dream of becoming a doctor and learned the traits of saving lives.
This time, according to Bhutan’s Prime Minister’s Office, he is an emissary carrying special prayers of The King and love of the people of Bhutan.
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Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering on Tuesday paid tributes to the Liberation War martyrs and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Upon arrival, he visited the N
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