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Yaas leaves behind Tk 60 crore worth of damage, losses in Khulna United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 31 -- The local administration has estimated a loss of Tk 60 crore in damage caused by Cyclone Yaas in the coastal areas of Khulna district. Due to the impact of the cyclone, many houses, fish enclosures, some 100 kilometres of embankments and crop lands were damaged. Read: Cyclone Yaas disrupts normal life in 23 chars of Bhola The experts have estimated that the comb...

Bangladesh, May 31 -- Bangladesh National Football team, now in Qatar's Doha to play Group E 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers, took part in a half-an-hour fitness training at the team hotel Monday.Bangladesh will play against Afghanistan, India and Oman in their remaining three Group E qualifiers on June 3, 7 and 15 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha.After taking the field in the last two days at the Qatar...

Bangladesh, June 1 -- The first batch of 1.06 lakh doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka Monday night under the global vaccine initiative Covax facility.A regular flight, EK-584, of Emirates landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:10pm with the doses and Md Shamsul Haque, a line director at the Directorate General of Health Services, received the vaccine jabs, Dr Nasrin Akhter, a medical officer at the airport's...

Bangladesh, June 1 -- Bangladesh's consumer electronics exports jumped 8.5 times in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2020-21, compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to Export Promotion Bureau data.During the July-March period of the FY2019-20, Bangladesh earned around $1.44 million from the exports of electronics goods - including refrigerator and freezer, air conditioner, LED television, washing machine,...

Nepal, May 30 -- The European Union is reviewing its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with an eye to loosening restrictions on genetically engineered (GE) crops. It is a welcome move, and African countries should consider emulating it.There are fewer controversial topics in global agriculture. Many worry that GE crops have adverse environmental and health effects, and that they risk undermining food sovereignty, as the handful of...

KATHMANDU, May 30 -- Khotang and Manang are the only districts not to enforce prohibitory orders.75 districts are currently under prohibitory orders enforced to curb the further spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).According to the latest data from the Ministry of Home Affairs, only two districts--Khotang and Manang-- in the country have not enforced prohibitory orders as of May 29.Banke district was the first district in the country...

KATHMANDU, May 30 -- COVID-19 death rate in every million population in Nepal found more than double than that of IndiaNepal's COVID-19 test positivity rate has been found to be more than three times higher than that of India.According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Nepal has a COVID-19 test positivity rate of 37.7 percent which is 10.4 percent in India. It means that more than 37 people test positive for...

Bangladesh, May 30 -- The body temperature of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, being treated at Evercare Hospital in the capital for over one and a half months back, is now under control, party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Sunday."I would like to thank the doctors as they've been providing treatment to her (Khaleda) tirelessly. Her body temperature is now under control due to their proper treatment," he said.The BNP leader...

Bangladesh, May 30 -- 19 still remains grim in Bangladesh, it recorded 34 more Coronavirus-related deaths and 1,444 new cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning.The latest figures pushed up the total fatalities to 12,583.The new infections were detected after carrying out 14,277 sample tests.The mortality rate rose to 1.58% from 1.57 percent while the positivity rate jumped to 10.11% from Saturday's 7.91%, the Directorate General of Health...

Kathmandu, May 30 -- Nepal Airlines Corporation has said that its aircraft would fly to Beijing on Monday to take delivery of a portion of the Chinese vaccines to be received in a grant from the northern neighbour."The Health Ministry has asked us to bring 800,000 doses of vaccines from China," said Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the national flag carrier. "Our plane is scheduled to take off for Beijing on Monday night and return...