The Philippines will pay for the vaccines against COVID-19 that will be made available to Filipinos by Russia and China, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday night. -NB, GMA News This article ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ties national high-temperature record amid blistering heat wave
Temperatures soared into the triple digits and tied a national record in Japan on Monday, part of a sweltering heat wave that has swallowed the archipelago. Hamamatsu, a coastal city in Shizuoka ... ( read original story ...)
Indian foreign secretary set to visit Bangladesh to boost ties
Indian Foreign Secretary, Harsh V Shringla, will be on a day-long visit to Dhaka on Tuesday to boost ties between the two countries. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh has 6th most active cases
With 2,595 more people testing positive for Covid-19 yesterday, Bangladesh has now become sixth on the list of countries with most active cases. ( read original story ...)
Foreign secy Harsh Shringla to visit Bangladesh, likely to meet PM Sheikh Hasina
Indian foreign secretary Harsh Shringla’s discussions in Dhaka are expected to focus on ways to further strengthen the bilateral relationship, people familiar with developments said. ( read original story ...)
China’s Teesta plans: Foreign Secretary likely to visit Bangladesh today
Bangladesh is likely to receive a $1-billion assistance from China for an irrigation project on the Teesta which has been at the centre of a water-sharing negotiation with India. The mega engineering ... ( read original story ...)
Remittances drive Bangladesh forex reserves past $38bn in pandemic
Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves have crossed the $38-billion mark for the first time amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh’s Daily Star starts firing employees as pandemic bites
Star has started sacking the first batch of employees as the English-language newspaper’s circulation shrank and ad revenue collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh – Rohingya Response Operation Overview, July 2020
English Situation Report on Bangladesh about Coordination, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 17 Aug 2020 by Logistics Cluster and WFP ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 boosts digitisation of higher education in Bangladesh
Xinhua At the start of this year, most universities in Bangladesh lacked basic learning management systems and digital infrastructure. So, when institutions were required to close because of Covid-19, ... ( read original story ...)