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India and Bangladesh's cross-border bus service resumed on Friday, two years after its suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to High Commission in Bangladesh, “Resumption of India-Bangladesh Cross-Border Bus Services! Bus services b/w India-Bangladesh via ICP Agartala-Akhaura & ICP Haridaspur-Benapole resumed with the Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka bus being flagged off from Dhaka early morning today-a major step forward in enhancing affordable, people-centric connectivity".

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Bangladesh extends validity of $ 200Mn credit facility by three months

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended validity of the credit facility it extended to Sri Lanka by three months after the expiry of the first three-month tenure of the credit facility, the New Age reports, citing a senior official of the Bangladesh Bank.The New Age further reports that the loan facility has been renewed following a request from the Sri Lanka itself. Previously, Bangladesh extended the credit facility amounting to $200 million under a currency swap deal with Sri Lanka, and the country received the loan facility from Bangladesh in three tranches.The BB released $50 million as the first tranche under a currency swap deal to support Sri Lanka on 19th August, 2021.The second tranche amounting to $100 million

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Bangladesh: Community health workers at the heart of a stronger health system and the fight against COVID-19

Archana Rani was worried when her 3-year-old son, Subol, developed a high fever, but she knew exactly where to take him. The Borogoan Community Clinic in Bochagani Sub-District is just a 5-minute walk from where she lives, and she trusts the community health care provider to conduct a proper check-up and give the right advice. She also knew that if her son needed any medication, it would be provided free of charge.

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Covid-19: School bells ring in Bangladesh after 543-day-long break

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India dispatches oxygen containers to help Bangladesh as covid cases surge

oxygen to Bangladesh via a train dubbed "Oxygen Express," two officials said on Saturday as Bangladesh battles a surge in covid-19 infections.

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Bangladesh: Dhaka's covid infection rate jumps from 3% to 28% in one month

COVID-19 infection rate of Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka has jumped from 3 per cent to 28 per cent in the last one month as fear continues to grip the city hospitals that they will run out of beds in a few weeks if the infection rate doesn't come down.

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Record Covid cases, deaths force Bangladesh govt to extend nationwide lockdown

COVID-19 toll now stands at 15,229 with 164 (overnight) deaths… as many as 9,964 people tested positive, raising the infection rate to 29.30 per cent during the 24-hour time span," Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) spokesman Professor Nazmul Islam said.

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India keen to resume COVID-19 vaccine export to Bangladesh, says envoy

COVID-19 vaccines to Dhaka as soon as possible, but there is no word yet when it will resume the export.

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Bangladesh to buy Chinese Covid-19 vaccines for undisclosed price

Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka last month had sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian country Bangladesh.According to the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka is paying USD 15 per dose for the Sinopharm vaccine, which is USD 5 higher than what Bangladesh paid.Bangladesh had started its inoculation drive against coronavirus with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine procured from India at USD 5 per dose.

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COVID-19: Bangladesh extends India border closure till June 14

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Australia extends $13.5 mn covid aid to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Australia on Friday announced that it was extending Australian $17.5 million ($13.5 million) to Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to help the countries fight increasing covid-19 infections.“Australia is partnering with Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in their response to increasing COVID-19 cases. We will provide $17.5m in funding for emergency relief with support to be delivered by trusted on the-ground partners.

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Nepal, Bangladesh scramble to secure COVID-19 shots as India curbs exports

KATHMANDU/DHAKA : Nepal and Bangladesh are making frantic diplomatic efforts to secure COVID-19 vaccines to prop up their faltering inoculation drives as their stocks run out and supply prospects have become clouded by a prolonged Indian curb on vaccine exports.Reuters reported on Tuesday that India was unlikely to resume major exports of COVID-19 vaccines until October at the earliest as it diverts shots for domestic use, a longer-than-expected delay set to worsen a shortage of supplies coming through the COVAX global vaccine sharing scheme, designed to help low-income countries.Bangladesh said it urgently needed 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine to provide second doses and it had approached several countries for

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Bangladesh receives 500,000 doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine as gift

Dhaka, May 12 (PTI) Bangladesh on Wednesday received 500,000 doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine as a gift to continue its vaccination drive, which was halted due to shortage of India-made Astrazeneca jabs.Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming handed over the vaccines to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque at State Guest House Padma, hours after a Bangladesh aircraft landed in Dhaka carrying the vaccines from China.Momen said that Bangladesh seeks to procure 40 to 50 million doses of the Chinese vaccine on a commercial basis.He proposed co-production arrangement of the Chinese vaccine in Bangladesh, saying it could create a "win-win" situation for both the countries."We have the capacity to produce the

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COVID-19 Indian variant spreads to neighbouring countries; detected in Lanka, Bangladesh

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Bangladesh extends closure of borders with India after COVID-19 Indian variant detected

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Covid-19 surge: Bangladesh to send Remdesivir to India next week

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Covid-19 update: Bangladesh offers emergency medical equipment supplies to India

coronavirus pandemic at present, reporting more than three lakh coronavirus cases daily for the past few days. Additionally, hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.

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Bangladesh approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 shot; says Sinopharm pending

DHAKA : Bangladesh's drug regulator on Tuesday approved the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19, signalling that clearance for China's Sinopharm shot would follow very soon as a supply line from India falters.Dhaka, facing a second wave of the pandemic, is racing to secure more vaccines after its bigger neighbour halted exports of the AstraZeneca -Oxford University shot in response to a record surge in domestic infections.Announcing approval for Sputnik V, Directorate General of Drug Administration head Mahbubur Rahman told reporters: "Hopefully we'll get 4 million doses of Russian vaccine by May."Bangladesh could also approve Sinopharm in coming days, he added.Foreign Minister A.K.

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Bangladesh closes border with India amid rise in Covid-19 cases

DHAKA : Bangladesh on Sunday closed its border with India for two weeks in view of the sharp increase in the coronavirus cases in the neighbouring country."We are closing it (border) for the passengers for the time being…," Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters."Bangladesh took the decision in view of rapid increase of coronavirus infection in India," he added.He said that the land routes for people's movement to and from the neighbouring country would be closed for two weeks but the goods-laden vehicles would be allowed to operate."The higher authorities have decided to close the borders for two weeks...The land routes with India will be shut from April 26," Home Minister Asaduzzamman Khan Kamal told the Kalerkantha newspaper.The

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Khaleda Zia, former Bangladesh prime minister, tests positive for Covid-19

DHAKA : Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, a year after she was released from jail temporarily amidst the pandemic, according to media reports.The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief's samples were sent to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper quoted Public Relations Officer, Health Ministry, Maidul Islam Prodhan as saying."It came back as positive today [Sunday], which has been updated on the database of the Directorate of Health Services," he told Dhaka Tribune.The newspaper reported that one of Zia's relatives, who had met her last week, had later tested positive for the coronavirus."That

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Bangladesh to impose 7-day nationwide lockdown amidst spike in COVID-19 cases

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government on Saturday decided to impose a week-long nationwide lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 cases and deaths surged across the country.Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader made the announcement at a media briefing in Dhaka on Saturday as the country recorded 58 coronavirus deaths and 5,683 new cases overnight, third highest in terms of both fatality and infection since the pandemic broke out in March last year.“The government is going to enforce a nationwide lockdown from Monday initially for a week as the spread of coronavirus increases," Quader, also the general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said.State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain in a separate briefing said an official handout

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Covid-19: Bangladesh announces 7-day countrywide lockdown from 5 April

Bangladesh government on Saturday announced a week-long countrywide lockdown from April 5 to curb the new wave of Covid-19 infections.Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government is all set to announce a countrywide week-long lockdown.

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PM Modi gifts 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh

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PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh on his first foreign visit since Covid-19 outbreak

#WATCH: PM Narendra Modi received by PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina as he arrives in Dhaka on a two-day visit to the country.

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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India hosting meet on covid-19 management; nine countries invited

NEW DELHI : India is hosting on Thursday a regional conclave on management of coronavirus pandemic and nine countries, including Afghanistan Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, have been invited for it, official sources said.They said Mauritius and Seychelles too have been invited for the meeting on "COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward".The sources said India's health secretary will chair the event and each country has been invited to participate in one-plus-one format -- health secretary and head of technical team in charge of COVID-19 management. Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Covid-19 vaccine: India urges Bangladesh to start efficacy trials for Covaxin

NEW DELHI : India on Friday requested Bangladesh to begin early efficacy trials of Bharat Biotech’s anti-Covid vaccine which has been favourably received by Dhaka.The matter was raised during the India-Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi, Mint has learnt. The Indian delegation was headed by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla with his counterpart Masud Bin Momen leading the Bangladesh delegation.Also Read | Covid vaccination faces slow startBharat Biotech has developed Covaxin along with the New Delhi-based Indian Council of Medical Research.

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Bangladesh receives first covid-19 vaccine consignment from India

DHAKA : Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of the 5 million doses of Covishield vaccines from India under a procurement agreement, four days after New Delhi gifted 2 million doses of the vaccine to Dhaka.A special Air India flight carrying the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine co-manufactured by Serum Institute of India reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport earlier in the day to be initially stored at a warehouse of private Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd ahead of their planned countrywide distribution.Bangladesh has so far purchased 30 million doses from the Serum Institute of India through private Beximco pharmaceuticals under a tripartite agreement.The vaccines are being transported to Beximco warehouses in

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India to gift 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield' to Bangladesh

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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Third Special Health Cluster Meeting on COVID-19 Situation in Bangladesh

WHO and Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) co-chaired on the 6th of October the third emergency Health Cluster Meeting on Novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The meeting aimed to update the Health Cluster partners about the current situation on COVID-19, the status of COVID-19 vaccine development, and Essential Health Services during COVID-19.

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Bangladesh signs deal with India for 30 million doses of covid-19 vaccine

DHAKA : Bangladesh signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India on Thursday to buy 30 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca.AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is seen as one of the most advanced candidates in the race against the novel coronavirus."Whenever the vaccine is ready, the Serum Institute will give us 30 million doses in the first phase," health minister Zahid Maleque told reporters after the deal was signed in Dhaka.He said five million doses of vaccine per month would be purchased through Bangladesh's drug maker, Beximco Pharmaceuticals."We'll be able to vaccinate 15 million people as two shots of vaccine are required for each person 28 days apart," Maleque

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Bangladesh's Beximco signs Covid-19 vaccine deal with India's Serum Institute

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Beximco Pharmaceuticals is investing in the Serum Institute of India (SII) to ensure Dhaka gets priority access to COVID-19 vaccines being developed by the Indian drug manufacturer, the company said on Friday.The deal announced by the Bangladeshi generic drugmaker comes after Dhaka said this month it was ready to hold trials of candidate vaccines being developed by India as both countries seek to curb the spread of the virus.SII has partnered with AstraZeneca , the Gates Foundation and the Gavi vaccine alliance to produce more than a billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for global supply."The investment amount will be treated as an advance and once the vaccine receives regulatory approvals, SII will include Bangladesh

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Bangladesh to host late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

DHAKA : Bangladesh's state medical research agency has approved a third-phase trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country.Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled, said a member of Bangladesh’s national technical advisory committee to tackle COVID-19.The trial, to be conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), could begin next month."We have given ethical permission for the trial after reviewing the research protocol," Mahmood Uz Jahan, director of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC), told Reuters.The trial will

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Covid-19 vaccine: Bangladesh allows final trial by Chinese company

COVID-19 vaccine," BMRC director Mahmood-Uz-Jahan said.The BMRC official said the regulator kept in consideration “Bangladesh’s benefit" alongside prospect and safety issues of the vaccine, studying the advancement of the Sinovac’s research in China, while reviewing the ICDDR’B proposal."We have also reviewed the headway of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine development process...we have found they made potential advancements though the trial is still underway in China," he said.Dhaka-based International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDR’B) had submitted a research protocol, seeking to carry out the study.Jahan, however, said the BMRC approval would require a subsequent endorsement from Directorate General of Health Services

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First coronavirus death reported at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

An elderly Rohingya refugee has become the first person to die from coronavirus in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, where there are fears the disease could spread fast due to overcrowding.

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Modi conveys Eid greetings to Bangladesh PM, Abu Dhabi crown prince

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed Eid greetings to the prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in separate phone calls to the two leaders.

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Cyclone Amphan: UN chief commends India, Bangladesh for life-saving work

UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the loss of lives and destruction in India and Bangladesh by Cyclone Amphan and commended the governments, first responders and communities for their “pre-emptive" work to help people and ensure their safety.

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Bangladesh company is the first to sell copies of Gilead's coronavirus drug

Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it has become the world’s first company to start selling the generic version of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral drug on mounting urgency to treat the infection caused by the deadly coronavirus across the developing world.

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At least 20 dead after Cyclone Amphan slams into coastal India, Bangladesh

A powerful cyclone that slammed into coastal India and Bangladesh has left damage difficult to assess Thursday and about 20 deaths.

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Cyclone Amphan batters India, Bangladesh with heavy rains as millions flee to shelters

A powerful cyclone began dumping rain on coastal India and Bangladesh early Wednesday as more than 2 million people were being moved to shelters before the storm hits land in the afternoon.

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India, Bangladesh brace as Cyclone Amphan approaches

A strong cyclone was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities tried to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing.

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Coronavirus effective drug combination found, claim Bangladeshi doctors

DHAKA : A Bangladeshi medical team led by a senior doctor has claimed that their research on the combination of two widely used drugs has yielded “astounding" results in curing the patients with acute symptoms of the coronavirus that has created havoc worldwide and claimed the lives of over 312,000 people globally.

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Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 count reaches 10,585; four Dhaka returnees test positive

With 477 more people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu's virus count reached 10,585 on Saturday.

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1st COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

DHAKA – Authorities have reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees are sheltered.

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Bangladesh's Beximco to start Covid-19 drug remdesivir production this month

NEW DELHI : One of Bangladesh's largest drugmakers, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, will start production this month of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in fighting the new coronavirus, a senior company executive said on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh Government declares entire country at risk of coronavirus pandemic

Bangladesh has declared that the entire territory of the country has been exposed to Covid-19 risks as the pandemic spread to various parts of the nation, which recorded the highest single day coronavirus deaths on Friday with 15 more fatalities, taking the death toll to 75.

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HC notice to Centre on plea to evacuate Indian students stranded in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday issued notice to Centre on a plea seeking evacuation of Indian students stranded in Bangladesh amid the Covid-19 crisis.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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