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The use of social platforms and video and voice calls through different apps or mobile operators has increased significantly due to countrywide lockdown, resulting in the increase of internet use by 21 percent. After the start of the government-announced 10-days general holiday from March 26, more t...
Sweeping mild heat wave across the country has brought some sort of relief for the people conceiving that the coronavirus spread will become slower. Faruk Ahmed, a hotel owner at Rampura said, "We have learned from various sources that, the pandemic coronavirus cannot spread in hot weather. As ...
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The authorities are now much more active in battling the coronavirus spread following the 10-point action plan and directives from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's speech to the nation on March 25. This has come as a blessing, after several days of widespread discussion and criticism over inadequa...
The garment factory owners, who earlier thought to keep their units shut due to coronavirus-resultant order cancellations, are not planning to continue their operation after the mandatory shutdown period, as the government has announced a big incentive for the export-based sector.“Many factory...
Uncertainty has gripped the garment workers fearing that the owners will not be able to pay their salaries and bonuses in time before the Eid-ul-Fitr due to production disruption.Country's intelligence agencies fear that there can be workers’ unrest in the country. They suggested taking ad...
The pandemic coronavirus is gradually posing severe threats to the country’s production sectors, especially the apparel industry as a good number of foreign export orders have been cancelled already. As a result, many factory owners are considering shutting down their production units temporar...
Exports from Bangladesh, especially RMG products, are experiencing a sharp decline due to order cancellations triggered by border restrictions that different governments have imposed to stem the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has spread across the globe.Governments one after another are resorting...
Up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector are at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic already infecting more than 135,000 people with over 5,000 deaths in 120 countries, a global body says. The “figures show the stark impact on the Travel and Tourism sector of the COVID-19 out...
The outbreak of coronavirus epidemic is posing a serious threat to the country’s manpower exports to the Middle Eastern countries, the largest labor export destination from Bangladesh. Moreover, as Kuwait and Qatar have banned the entry of any individual from seven countries, including Banglad...
The prevailing coronavirus scare has lead to a panic across the nation resulting in downtrend in almost all businesses and disrupting private social and official gatherings. Facing possible risk of outbreak of the deadly viral disease that has so far affected over a hundred countries and killed over...
Coronavirus may strike the country at any time, as the global situation worsens, but there is nothing to panic.Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) made the disclosure while speaking at a regular press briefing on coronavirus update ...
The government is finding a fresh way to conduct the construction of Khan Jahan Ali Airport in Mongla as the Indian company is reluctant to step forward. The authority concerned is very much optimistic to start the main construction work of Khan Jahan Ali Airport at Bagerhat immediately,...
The global aviation industry including Bangladesh is facing a severe crisis due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. Slapping the globally growing demand for air travel the outbreak is now risking spoiling the glimmer of the airlines industry. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts t...
As the development of the insurance sector can help boost the country’s economic growth, bringing more people under the insurance coverage can suffice to ensure greater economic attainment.However, despite the rapid growth of the insurance sector in the last five years, less than one percent o...
Sufferings of the common people, who are already facing financial hardships, will increase due to fresh power tariff hike, consumer rights groups and economists say. They say that apart from hitting the common people hard, especially the low- and middle-income groups, the latest power price hike wil...
With the prolonged winter season, common cold-related diseases across the country climbed higher this year compared to those in previous years. Experts, however, assured that there is nothing to be worried about, as in maximum cases patients are cured on their own.The number of people suffering from...
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The country’s airliner along with foreigner airliners are facing passenger crisis on Dhaka-China route because of the sudden effect of coronavirus, In the meantime, the concerned airliners reduced their slots to China from their respective destinations. Some are now operating small aircr...
An electronic book or eBook, a book published in digital form, consisting of text, images or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers, smartphones or other electronic devices is gaining popularity among the new generation day by day. Modern digital publishing has facilitated the carryin...
Preparations for setting up separate ‘Human Trafficking Crime Tribunals’ in seven divisional cities are going on and the tribunals are supposed to start operation from March next. To accelerate settling human trafficking cases, all the required formalities has been finalised while the la...
Every year, when it comes to holy month of Ramadan, a vested group becomes mercurial to hike the prices of essential commodities to multiply the woes of the people. However, to tackle the price hike, the government is forming joint teams comprising representatives of different ministries.As the holy...
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