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WB approves $12B for COVID-19 vaccines

FBD Desk: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and

President Hamid signs ordinance on capital punishment in rape cases

Staff Correspondent Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid has issued an ordinance elevating the maximum punishment in rape cases to the death sentence from life imprisonment. Hamid on Tuesday signed the

22-day ban on catching, selling hilsa begins tomorrow

FBD Desk: Fisheries and livestock minister SM Rezaul Karim has said no one will be allowed to catch mother hilsa during the hilsa ban which starts from 14 October. “No

Momen appointed as Guyana Commonwealth Ministerial Group

FBD Desk: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abul Momen gets unanimously appointed as the Chair of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana and reaffirms Guyana-Venezuela territorial dispute. “Bangladesh looks forward to

Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: ‘I feel so powerful’

International Desk: Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape”

Lalmonirhat farmers stare at hunger as rains flatten crops

Lalmonirhat Correspondent: Lalmonirhat , Aman cultivation , rain , Lalmonirhat farmers , Hunger , COVID-19 pandemic , torrential rainfall Already hit hard by Covid-19 and related restrictions, farmers of five