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South Asian sanitation workers in high risk of infection: Study
New Age . Online Desk | Updated at 02:27pm on September 08, 2020
Sanitation workers in Bangladesh and other South Asia countries are working amid the COVID-19 pandemic with little protective equipment and poor access to hand washing...
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WHO chief urges countries to be better prepared for next pandemic
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:36pm on September 08, 2020
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called on countries to invest in public health and said the world must be better prepared...
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Education ministry urges people not to pay heed to rumors
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 02:41pm on August 29, 2020
The education ministry on Saturday urged people of the country not to pay heed to any rumor about HSC and its equivalent examinations...
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India for resuming flights with Bangladesh
Muktadir Rashid | Updated at 01:45am on August 28, 2020
India has proposed to Bangladesh for a new arrangement called ‘air bubble’ to resume international flights between the two countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
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ADB to provide $11 billion to Bangladesh to address pandemic
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:57pm on August 27, 2020
The Asian Development Bank may give up to $ 11 billion in loans to Bangladesh in next three years largely to address the COVID-19 outbreak...
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Canadian finance minister resigns over pandemic spending
Agence France-Presse . Ottawa, Canada | Updated at 11:38am on August 18, 2020
Canada’s finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday, on the heels of an ethics scandal and amid a reported split with prime minister Justin...
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Melbourne imposes curfew as South Africa tops 500,000 COVID-19 cases
Agence France-Presse | Updated at 06:04pm on August 02, 2020
Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne imposed an overnight curfew on Sunday to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, as South Africa’s infection topped half a...
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Millions of children ‘may never return to school’ after pandemic
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:26pm on July 13, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused an ‘unprecedented education emergency’ with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back...
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US provides $7m donation for low-income Dhaka dwellers
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:40pm on July 09, 2020
The United States has provided $7 million to a food assistance project in Bangladesh for helping 50,000 low-income households those are at high risk amid...
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Daily Mirror, Daily Express owner Reach to cut over 500 jobs
New Age . Online Desk | Updated at 06:05pm on July 08, 2020
The owner of the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express was to cut 12 per cent of its workforce as it struggles with the impact...
