'Lockdown' blow to low-income families

About 96 per cent of families with low socio-economic status experienced a reduction in their average monthly earnings during the 'lockdown' period, a new ICDDR,B study revealed on Wednesday.It also showed that about 91 per cent of families considered themselves to be financially unstable, 47 per cent saw their earnings...

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Rohingya crisis resolution hinges on citizenship issue

International relations experts have opined that the Rohingya crisis cannot be resolved without granting the full citizenship to the persecuted ethnic population by Myanmar.They were addressing a two-day international e-conference that ended on Wednesday.The Dhaka Declaration-2020 adopted by the conference called for international efforts for safe and dignified repatriation of...

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Cases cross 0.3m in BD

Covid-19 patients have crossed 0.3-million mark in Bangladesh as fresh 2,519 positive cases have been reported in the past 24 hours as of Wednesday morning.Besides, a total of 54 people died from the disease during the period in question.With this, a total of 4,082 people have so far died from...

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Borrowers get payment reprieve

Bangladesh Bank has extended a moratorium on the payment of loan instalments to non-bank financial institutions by three months to Sept 30, mirroring the facility given to borrowers from commercial banks amid the coronavirus pandemic, reports bdnews24.com.In a circular issued on Wednesday, the central bank said the failure to repay...

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'BD to collect vaccines for 34m people by 2021'

Bangladesh will collect Covid-19 vaccines for 34 million people, which is 23 per cent of its total population, phase by phase by 2021, an official said on Thursday.These vaccines will be provided to people on priority basis, through co-financing with GAVI (the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation).Besides, the decision...

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Prayer Timings-(27-08-2020)

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