Twenty lakh more doses of the Sinophamrm vaccine are expected to reach Dhaka from China early Tuesday. The vaccine doses are scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 2.30am, according to the health ministry. On August 16, Bangladesh, China and Incepta Vaccine Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the coproduction of Sinopharm vaccine in Bangladesh. Incepta, a leading pharmaceutical company of Bangladesh, will bring in bulk and bottling, labelling and finishing of the vaccine will be done locally, making the price relatively very cheap. China has provided 2.1 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift to Bangladesh, 3.4 million doses under the COVAX facility, and 8 million doses as part of an arrangement of a large-scale commercial purchase so far. READ: MoU signing on coproduction of Sinopharm jab Aug 16 Till now, 13.5 million Sinopharm vaccines have arrived from China. Of them, 1.1 million shots were received under the COVAX facility.

Dhaka, Oct 14 (UNB) – United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) on Sunday donated Tk 20 lakh to the AMDA International and Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital for providing medical relief to Kurigram flood victims.