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Good news for stranded Saudi returnees

Good news for the stranded Saudi Arabia returnees in Bangladesh – they will be able to join their works.Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told Bangladesh Post on Wednesday evening that both sides have decided to allow their respective national flag carriers to operate flights.“We have v...

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How does US explain Indo-Pacific strategy?

The Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) is a buzz-phrase today with different interpretations. President Donald Trump has made US engagement in the Indo-Pacific region a top priority of his administration. The Indo-Pacific region spans two regions of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean stretching fr...

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Older people suffer from SRHR misperception

Older people mostly in low income countries suffer from ‘misperception’ of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), experts at an international conference said.“There is a common misperception that older people are not sexually active, and so they do not need sexual health...

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Bangladesh takes special FP plan for pandemic

Bangladesh has taken special measures to continue family planning (FP) services uninterrupted during the pandemic lockdown.“A national preparation and response plan was prepared keeping in mind recent projections from UNFPA on the increase of unintended pregnancies with the continuation of loc...

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Covid-19 slows slightly in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s rising coronavirus cases slowed down slightly in recent days, but the health ministry remained at “war-footing” to prevent any further waves.The Directorate General of Health Services on Friday registered 1,929 new cases while the figure was 2,158 on Thursday, 2,582 on...

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Bangladesh loses a true friend

Pranab Mukherjee is no more. The 13th President of India and a towering figure in subcontinent politics, Mukherjee died on Monday at Army Hospital in Delhi where he was on ventilation support. He was 84. His death has created a huge vacuum not in India alone, as he was one of the “most te...

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A serious burden on Bangladesh

It was an unprecedented humanitarian gesture when Bangladesh opened her door to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing ‘ethnic cleansing’ from the neighbouring Rakhine State on August 25, 2017.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, based on the country’s own experience in the 1971 w...

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Bangladesh outshines others in South Asia in key SRHR indicator

Bangladesh is doing better than others in South Asia to ensure access to family planning services which is a key indicator of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of a country. “Among the 6 countries with unmet needs of family planning in South Asia, only Bangladesh is expecte...

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Shringla meets PM Hasina, unveils India’s new vision for Bangladesh ties

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday in Dhaka conveyed Narendra Modi’s messages of ‘good wishes and goodwill’ to her and unveiled New Delhi’s new vision to take the relations forward.This was the first meeti...

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Zia refused Bangabandhu murder probe body’s entry

The British jurists of the first Commission of Enquiry into the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the national four leaders could not come to Bangladesh in January 1981 to investigate the gruesome killings of 1975.General Ziaur Rahman’s government did not issue visas to them, acc...

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1 in 10 in Dhaka Covid-19 positive, but mostly asymptomatic

A preliminary data of a government survey shows that about one in 10 people in Dhaka city are Covid-19 positive and most of them do not know about their condition, raising the chances of spreading to others.It vindicates the government’s policy of making mask wearing mandatory for all along wi...

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Misunderstandings on SRH prevail among youths

Young people in the Asia-Pacific region still have “misunderstandings” on the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues which are impacting on their overall health and well-being.“There are a lot of misunderstandings among young people on the SRH. Youth and adolescent...

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Abe phones Hasina as Japan offers ‘rare’ aid for Covid-19

Japan which is known as the largest bilateral development partner of Bangladesh has come up with a new way of supporting the country for the Covid-19 crisis.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday phoned his counterpart Sheikh Hasina and conveyed Tokyo’s support with 35 billion yen (approximate...

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Dhaka, Delhi continue to script Golden Chapter in ties despite pandemic

Bangladesh and India have continued to script ‘a relationship of Golden Chapter’ guided by the two leaders – Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi, despite the global crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic.In the latest development, India on Monday handed over 10 railway locomotives to Banglade...

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Sajeeb Wazed Joy - A reflection of a prosperous future

Today is the 50th birthday of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the brain behind ‘Digital Bangladesh’. The eldest grandson of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Joy was born during the Bangladesh Liberation War on July 27 in 1971 to eminent nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah and She...

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Sexual, reproductive health – Niu Vaka strategy

A new strategic approach in the Pacific region which is replicable to other countries is making difference to the lives of the people.The Pacific region holds some of the poorest health and social development indicators globally.The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is applying &lsq...

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Bangladesh allows Chinese Covid-19 vaccine to test on healthcare workers

The icddr,b gets the government’s approval to carry out the late-stage trial of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine on healthcare workers in Bangladesh.Director of the regulatory body, Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC), Dr. Mahmood-uz-jahan told Bangladesh Post that they have given the &ldqu...

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Devise Covid-19 vaccination plan ‘now’

Bangladesh must devise the Covid-19 vaccination plan ‘now’, an international public health expert said on Thursday, as a new vaccine is on the horizon.Dr Farhad Ali Khan, an epidemiologist in Sweden, told Bangladesh Post that the government should also have an “active collaboration...

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Clear workers’ pay by July 25: Monnujan

Bangladesh must devise the Covid-19 vaccination plan ‘now’, an international public health expert said on Thursday, as a new vaccine is on the horizon.Dr Farhad Ali Khan, an epidemiologist in Sweden, told Bangladesh Post that the government should also have an “active collaboration...

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Ensure ‘universal basic income’ for migrant workers: Gita Sen

Gita Sen, an international scholar, says that the pandemic has shown the fragility of the economic systems, which has impacted informal workers, migrant workers, women, and minority communities, the most.“We need to move towards universal basic income for everyone, including the migrant worker...