NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is readying separate teams to be deployed in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan to help those countries boost capabilities to deal with rising cases of …
Bangladesh confirms 9 more coronavirus deaths, 434 new cases
Nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the death toll in the country to 110.
Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s cramped, unprepared camps
Coronavirus is spreading quickly in densely populated Bangladesh, despite a nationwide shutdown put in place a month ago. This preventive measure has proven challenging to implement due to lack of …
100,000 gather for funeral in Bangladesh, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears
More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
Bangladesh coronavirus: 100,000 gather for funeral, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears
More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
PGIMER to conduct programme on Covid-19 management for SAARC nations
Senior professionals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles and Sri Lanka will participate in the programme. PGIMER officials will educate them on the most …
Bangladesh funeral attracts 100,000 people, shattering coronavirus social distancing rules
A funeral for a Bangladeshi religious leader drew around 100,000 people in defiance of nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Police reported that mourners did not wear masks or gloves as they crowded the …
Briton fears ill father, 66, will not make Bangladesh rescue flight
Learn more Show vendors A British man whose ill father has been stranded in Bangladesh because of the pandemic has said he fears he will not make the repatriation flight because of the local lockdown.
Coronavirus: UK launches first Bangladesh rescue flights
Britons in Bangladesh will be able to fly home on four repatriation flights this week – the first arranged from the country amid the coronavirus crisis – the Foreign Office has confirmed. It said the …
Global brands must not abandon Bangladesh’s factory workers in the coronavirus crisis
Bangladesh’s ready-made garment manufacturers are struggling to survive. Seven years after the Rana Plaza collapse, garment business owners wonder whether their new, gleaming factories will ever start …