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Mango growers and traders, especially in the northern region, may suffer huge losses in this season due to the nationwide lockdown amid the novel coronavirus crisis.While mangoes, the most juicy and delicious fruit of the summer season, are scheduled to start appearing in the local markets in the Ra...
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Immediate protection is a must for emergency service providers like physicians, nurses, journalists and law enforcers in the current Covid-19 infectious situation.A good number of healthcare professionals, law enforcement agencies and other emergency service providers who are in the battleground fig...
With the end of the ongoing lock down, which has sparked unprecedented distress, nowhere in sight, the middle class section of the populace has now been thrown into a ‘new poor’ identity.With no public transport and strict orders to practice social distancing, people, especially lower in...
The cargo terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is facing troubles with huge stockpiles of uncleared imported shipments. The airport warehouse is now having more than double its capacity to store imported cargo. As a result, imported goods and other products are being damaged as ...
Just at the outset of the holy month of Ramadan, consumers experienced a sharp increase in prices of essential commodities in the capital. Despite the government’s repeated claim of having sufficient stock of all essentials in the country, people, who have already been hit hard by the ongoing ...
The government has decided to reopen some factories in the country despite a nationwide general holiday to counter the deadly coronavirus pandemic as it fears a sharp export decline. A notification with permission to open the factories has been issued on two conditions to keep the country’s ec...
Work on the much-hyped Padma Bridge mega project construction work is continuing smoothly despite the current extended coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown period in the country. At the same time, even in this obstacle, concerned engineers conducted work on rail links at the project.Apart from this, the ...
Less numbers of privately-owned business in the country have steeped in to join the government’s battle against growing outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Economists have urged the private businesses to take care of at least their staff to ease the burden on the government. “Private...
Acute scarcity of labour is posing a serious challenge to farmers who have a bumper yield of boro paddy this season. This scarcity amid the lockdown and suspension of transportation to halt the outbreak of coronavirus, is delaying the harvesting of paddy in this peak season. Farmers are also saying,...
The owners of the internet service provider companies are considering seeking government help as they are unable to cope with increasing pressure for unusually high demands for uninterrupted broadband internet services. On top of the issue of rising pressure on internet services, they said that they...
With the coronavirus taking its toll on the global aviation industry, the country’s carriers are equally feeling the heat of the global pandemic. Due to the drastic absence of passengers both in domestic and international routes, all private airlines, including Biman Bangladesh Airlines, are i...
Thousands of readymade garment (RMG) workers today continued to protest for the fourth consecutive day in a row demanding payment of wages for March, a situation that may intensify the spread of pandemic coronavirus. On Wednesday, garment workers staged demonstrations in the city’s Mirpur, Bad...
As the lockdown policy to keep people staying at home continues, many, mostly cosmopolitan communities, are taking advantages of ordering for essential item online. While this is highly encouraging on one hand, on the other, due to overwhelming number of people placing huge volumes of orders online,...
The government is going tough on looters of relief sanctioned for the poor as the nation fights the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has formed a special monitoring cell of 53 officials to oversee the relief distribution work among the poor and workless peo...
Government measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country have hit the transport sector badly, pushing several million people into misery with communications stopped for an indefinite period. Transport leaders and entrepreneurs said due to the general holidays, the industry is incurrin...
The real estate sector of the country has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as construction works remained totally off and almost no flat is being sold at this time of countrywide lockdown. Real estate industry had started doing good business after a five-year depression in this sector. But ...
A section of unscrupulous traders, despite having sufficient stocks, is raising the price of rice on the coronavirus pretext. In the last few days, the per sack rice price has increased by Taka 700 at the mill gate. This has also affected the wholesale and retail markets across the country. Prices o...
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The government’s measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country has hit the transport sectors, with several millions of living in misery as communications has remained stopped for an indefinite period of time.Industry insiders said currently, county’s transport sector employ...
Vegetable farmers across the country are in despair for being unable to sell their produce due to the ongoing lockdown to halt the spread of pandemic coronavirus.Though it is the high time of summer vegetable harvesting, due to the price drop, most of the vegetables are rotting in the fields.Economi...
Thousands of RMG workers who had left capital Dhaka and its suburbs earlier, have started returning to their respective workplaces amid high risk of Covid-19 as their factories reopen today (Sunday).With all communication systems shut, the workers are boarding goods-laden trucks, vans, and light veh...
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