Bangladesh
Armed Forces Day: 3 chiefs visit President in Bangabhaban
Three service chiefs of the country's Armed Forces on Saturday paid a joint visit to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban, on the occasion of Armed Forces Day.
'Newly unemployed can be engaged in fisheries and livestock sector'
Covid-19 has walloped Bangladesh's apparel sector and remittance earnings. Many have returned home unemployed while thousands have become jobless inside the country.
Covid-19: FM seeks enhanced role for business community to deal with 2nd wave
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday urged the business community to enhance its constructive and result-oriented engagements with the government in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic's local outbreak.
Protests held over knife attack on Jubo League leader in Barguna
Demonstrators on Saturday held a human chain and rally protesting a knife attack on Imam Hasan Shipon, Chairman of Sharishabari union and local Jubo League leader in Betagi upazila.
Stricter monitoring needed to ensure quality of lubes: Experts
Lubes are the life blood of oil-wetted machinery. And a stricter monitoring programme for ensuring the quality of lubricating oils is the need of the hour, say experts.
Traders reeling as rotten imported onions dumped in Khatunganj
Warehouse owners and traders of Khatunganj were seen dumping hundreds of sacks of rotten onions in what is the country's biggest wholesale market for commodities, but prices of the spicy bulb remained sticky upwards at retail level.
Believe in peace, but also ready to protect ourselves: PM
Bangladesh always believes in peaceful coexistence with all neighbours, but it is also ever ready to protect its sovereignty from any aggressive attack, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The post-Covid CV 'Acquiring soft skills'
The Covid-19 crisis has already transformed into an economic and jobs market shock, but at the same time, expedited the adoption of digital technologies by several years. So, the post-Covid resume would need jobseekers to gain new technology and soft skills.
Met office forecast rain in 5 divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gust wind at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am.
99 dengue patients undergoing treatment at country’s hospitals
Amid the rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections , Bangladesh is also seeing a rise in mosquito-borne dengue cases in November.
The health authorities said 20 new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours until Saturday morning – all of them in Dhaka.