Foreign-Affairs
COVID-19: Int'l assistance sought to help Bangladesh meet ventilators' demand
Save the Children has urgently called for international assistance to help Bangladesh meet a surge in demand for ventilators to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak and avert a humanitarian disaster in the country.
Global partners urged to honour terms of RMG purchasing contracts
Six countries, including Bangladesh, has urged global brand companies, retailers and traders to carefully consider all potential impacts on workers and small businesses in the supply chain while taking significant purchasing decisions.
FM seeks expatriates’ support to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought support from Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries alongside the government initiative to bring back the remaining five fugitive convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and execute the verdict.
COVID-19: Meet celebrity Chinese doctor Zhang online today
Dr Zhang Wenhong, Professor and Head of the Center for Infectious Disease, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, will share his experience and answer Bangladeshi doctors’ questions about the coronavirus pandemic today (Wednesday).
Bangladeshis to be brought back after withdrawal of lockdown in India
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said the government will bring back Bangladeshi citizens from India who got stuck there once the current countrywide lockdown is withdrawn there.
COVID-19: US$1.5m food support for urban poor
United Nations Development Programme with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Bangladesh is rolling out $1.5 million emergency food support for 50,000 extremely urban poor families to ameliorate some of their immediate hardships and counter potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: UNDP launches awareness campaign in four districts
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, United Nations Development Programme has stepped up for the people of Bangladesh through its countrywide network of projects and resources.
WTO, WCO chiefs pledge joint efforts to facilitate trade in essential goods
The heads of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Customs Organization (WCO) have pledged to work together to facilitate trade in essential goods such as medical supplies, food and energy.
COVID-19: SANEM for ensuring transparency in social safety progs
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) has said there is a need for a strong stance against corruption, and ensuring transparency and accountability in social security programmes.
Prince Charles now much better, thanks Hasina for letter
Prince Charles has extended his sincere thanks to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her letter in which she had wished his early recovery from the novel coronavirus.