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PM cautions on inbound passengers’ covid test

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said in the wake of massive COVID-19 outbreak again across the globe, the time has come to reintroduce coronavirus tests for every inbound passenger in all ports, reports UNB."The time has come again. From now on, there should be tests for incoming people from...

Two ministries start working to ensure supply of key essentials

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said two vital ministries have started working jointly to ensure supply of key essential items including onion through offsetting a production gap in a bid to check their unusual price hike in the market."We have already formed a joint working committee to prepare a...

80pc youths' family income falls: Study

Almost 80 per cent of the country's youth have reported a reduction in their household income while 28 per cent left studies to support families financially amid coronavirus pandemic.According to a survey, nearly 60 per cent of the respondents were not involved in any online education or training during the...

NBR takes over VAT Online Project in Dec

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken move to enhance the capacity of its VAT wing as it would take over the VAT Online Project (VOP) from the Vietnamese company FPT in December.Some 2,814 officials have so far been trained up in 78 programmes on the online VAT system...

BRTA virtually inefficient

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is operating with very few people, becoming virtually an inefficient service provider as the service recipients are highly dependent on the middlemen, sources said.Of its more than 30 categories of transport-related services, they said, the authority is heavily criticised for the poor services that...

Call for health-friendly policies to control NCDs

Speakers during a webinar on Sunday laid emphasis on formulating public health-friendly policies, implementing them properly and creating public awareness to control non-communicable diseases (NCDs).The seminar styled 'Engaging Parliamentarians in Controlling Non-Communicable Diseases' was co-hosted by the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh and Shastho Surokkha Foundation at a city hotel.Lawmaker...

Govt in talks with different cos to procure vaccines

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said discussions are underway with different companies in different countries for procuring Coronavirus vaccines once those are available, reports UNB."Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) will soon be signed with those companies who are currently in the advanced stage of vaccine production," he said.The minister came...

Race for vaccine reaching a crucial stage

The race for a Covid vaccine is reaching a crucial stage, with the glimmer of a possibility that one of the leading contenders will be approved by Christmas, report agencies.The number of global coronavirus crossed 46 million on Sunday, according to data compiled by Worldometers.com.The total caseload stood at 46,510,347...