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Keeping in mind that the Eid shopping will gain a momentum in the capital city a week before the holy festival, the government has given conditional permission to open a limited number of shops accepting the request of the Bangladesh Shop Owners Association.According to the guidelines, many shops ha...
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Thousands of people are marooned in 20 north, northeast and central regions of the country as flood situation deteriorated further in 14 districts on Wednesday.According to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials, the second phase of flood could affect some more districts in the next sev...
A section of lower- and middle-class people, facing financial constraints amid the global coronavirus crisis, are starting to leave major cities mainly unable to maintain steady livelihood.According to a survey, 60 percent of the residents of metropolitan cities are tenants. Some of those returning ...
Many people are said to be suffering from serious psychic problems caused by the devastating effects of the coronavirus — the main psychological impact to date is elevated rates of stress or anxietyin Bangladesh.An overwhelming majority of those who already experienced being infected by corona...
Thousands of people have been marooned as incessant rainfall for last few days coupled with onrush of hilly water triggered flooding in the country’s northern and northeastern districts.Flood situations continued to worsen in the low-lying areas of the northeastern districts of Sylhet, Sunamga...
The risk of coronavirus transmission has increased to a great extent as most bus owners in general continue to defy government directives on strictly maintaining physical distance in operating public transports.Worried passengers have complained that health safety or maintaining hygiene is not being...
As the road transportation has gradually spiked over the years with the improvement in connectivity between, cities, towns and villages, conditions of dilapidated roads and highways and district-level roads across the country are deteriorating rapidly due to monsoon rain.Sorry state of roads conditi...
The government has taken all-out preparations to face the ongoing flash flood as the situation is likely to deteriorate in 12 northern, northeastern and central districts.As per the Prime Minister Office’s (PMO) directive, deputy commissioners (DCs) have already taken comprehensive initiatives...
There is a sudden trend in decline in prices of spices across the country. Such decline has been observed in most of the wholesale markets across the country ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha, a Muslim festival when people sacri- fice animals. Such trend, noticed in last few days, is unusual in contrast...
A prolonged flood is feared this year as the country may experience downpour and onrush of upstream water, experts said.Even if the water does not rise very high, this time the flood may prolong. Earlier, the 1998 floods lasted for 33 days. The floods caused huge loss of life and property in more th...
The country’s transport sector is caught between a rock and a hard place as the rising trend of virus cases and fatalities has created passenger crisis.With the increased fare, public transport is not available, and even if it is available, in many cases the hygiene rules are not being followe...
In the face of mounting pandemic pressure, a large number of private sector workers and small traders have now started changing their occupations to survive amid the Covid-19 crisis as most of them have become unemployed due to either loss of jobs or closing down of their businesses.The grim reality...
The crisis of coronavirus testing kits is still not over though the government is trying to enhance testing facilities amid ever rising cases.In terms of the number of tests, Bangladesh remains at the bottom among the South Asian countries, and the crisis of kits has already led to suspension of tes...
The flash flood situation in the country’s north, northwest, northeast and mid regions has already reached alarming proportions due to heavy rain and onrush of upstream waters from India.The water of the Jamuna river is flowing further downwards towards the central region. The water of Padma i...
A severe flash flood threat looms large across the country’s northwest, north and northeast regions with major rivers in spate following the onrush of hilly water coupled with heavy rain, experts forecast on Saturday.Due to the increase in rainfall in the northern and northeastern parts of the...
Farmers raising sacrificial cattle for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha are worried that prices of the animals will be low if the Covid-19 pandemic situation prevails.The Eid will be celebrated after a month, and therefore, preparations have been started to set up sacrificial animal markets all over the cou...
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic that triggered hardships for almost all segment of people has put middle-class families in ‘no way-out situation’ as they are forced to battle the most for survival during the crisis.When most of the people have lost their jobs, it is now also a common si...
The government has declared general holidays in some selected areas, identified as ‘red zones’, of 19 districts in the country owing to the presence of a good number of corona-infected patients.To control the situation, the government has brought these places under this arrangement in th...
The government has declared a general holiday in more than 40 areas (including separate wards) in five more districts of the country identified as 'red zones' due to high corona virus infection risks.The ministry concerned issued a gazette notification announcing general holiday in the red z...
The government has announced 27 more areas of 10 districts as high-risk areas or 'red zones' to contain the spread of the disease.This was decided on the basis of mortality and infection rates of the coronavirus in the respective areas.The Ministry of Public Administration has issued a notif...
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