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Deal with Russia soon over Covid vaccine: Health Minister United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 6 -- Reaffirming that the government is making all-out efforts to collect Covid-19 vaccines from different sources, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said they are now at the stage of signing a deal with Russia to procure Sputnik-V vaccine. Speaking at a virtual discussion arranged by Bangladesh Private Medical College Association, he said they are also trying to pro...

COVID-19: Nepal reports record-high of 9,070 new cases, 54 deaths on Thursday My Republica KATHMANDU, May 6 -- Nepal confirmed the highest single-day count of coronavirus cases on Thursday. According to the health ministry, 9,070 more people were found to have caught the virus in the past 24 hours. It accounts for 42.90 percent of the 21,142 tests carried out during the period. With this, the countys cumulative casecount has soared to 368,580, including 3,529 fatalities. Nepal s...

Army directs retired military health workers to stand ready for recall to duty as COVID-19 cases rise rapidly My Republica KATHMANDU, May 5 -- Nepal Army has asked all retired military health workers to stand ready for recall to duty. A meeting chaired by Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa made a decision to this effect. According to the Public Relations Directorate of Nepal Army, the retired military health workers have been asked to remain on standby for the recall to dut...

Greece keen to recruit short-term agricultural workers from Bangladesh United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 6 -- Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi has expressed his countrys interest to make an arrangement for recruiting agricultural workers from Bangladesh on a short-term basis. During a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador Ashud Ahmed, the Greek Minister also expressed his interest to promote regular and safe migration. Ambassador Ashud Ahmed met...

Antimicrobial resistance can even threaten food security: PM Hasina United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 4 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will not only endanger human, animal and plant health, but also threaten food security and the progress achieved in SDGs. "The Covid-19 pandemic is the defining public health crisis of our time that has already taken more than three million lives. However, the impending pandemic, in th...

Covid-19: Bangladesh records more 65 deaths, 1,739 new cases United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 3 -- As the grim battle with Coronavirus goes on, Bangladesh reported 65 more virus-related deaths in 24 hours until Monday morning, raising the death toll from the deadly virus to 11,644. Health authorities recorded 1,739 new infections after examining 19,431 samples during the period. The daily infection rate slipped to 8.95 percent from Sundays 9.6 percent while the de...

DANG, May 2 -- Bimala Khatri, who was elected as a member of the Lumbini Province Assembly from the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has opted to stay with the CPN (Maoist Center).Khatri was elected as the assembly member from Dang 3 (B) through a by-election held on November 30, 2019 after former lawmaker and her husband Uttar Kumar Oli died in a road accident in February, 2019.After the Supreme Court invalidated the NCP, which was formed...

Bangladesh, May 2 -- run first-innings lead, Sri Lanka declared the second innings of Kandy at 194 for nine and set 437 for Bangladesh to win the series.Bangladesh never won a Test chasing more than 215 runs. The highest successful chase in Tests is 418, which was scored by West Indies in 2003 against Australia. It means Bangladesh have to make a world record to win this game.Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka from the front by hitting yet another...

Nepal, May 2 -- After resigning as Lumbini chief minister to dodge the no-confidence motion against him, Shankar Pokhrel, a close confidante of CPN-UML chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma, was preparing to stake claim to a new government under his leadership.His party UML commanded 41 seats, just enough to secure a majority in the existing 81-member Provincial Assembly.However, there was a twist in the tale.One of the members, Bimala Khatri,...

COVID-19: Bidyanondo stands beside transgender community with foods United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, May 3 -- Although the ongoing second wave of the global pandemic of COVID-19 has put a halt to the livelihoods of many communities, Bidyanondo Foundation, known for taking initiatives to serve the marginalised people in the country, stood beside the transgender community through its latest relief initiative in the capital. The humanitarian organization distributed food...