Foreign diplomats in Bangladesh start getting vaccinated
Diplomats of different foreign countries based in Dhaka started receiving Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
The Bangladesh government has arranged vaccinating the foreign diplomats.
Some 30 foreign diplomats and family members of some of the diplomats of India, European Union, Germany, Turkey, France, Italy, Australia and Vatican City got vaccinated on Wednesday.
Besides, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen received vaccine on the day.
Receiving the vaccine, Shahriar Alam said the Bangladesh government has started vaccinating the foreign diplomats. “Some diplomats will receive vaccine today (Wednesday) and more than 1,200 diplomats living in the country will be vaccinated in phases,” he said.
Hungary refused Bangladesh s offer of Covid-19 vaccines: media reports Star Online Report Star Online Report
Bangladesh had offered 5,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine to Hungary, but the European country has refused the offer, according to a report by Hungary Today. We thanked them for the offer, but will not accept it, Hungary s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade reportedly stated. However, the ministry has not explained why Hungary won t accept the offer, wrote the Hungary Today in the report published yesterday.
Tabloid Blikk reported on February 3 that Bangladesh offered the 5,000 vaccine doses to the country in gratitude for 500 burn and restorative plastic surgeries performed pro bono by Hungarian doctors of the Action For Defenceless People Foundation and the successful separation of Siamese twins, Rabeya and Rokaiya.
Bangladesh-Pakistan to steer up bilateral trade
By Md. Kamruzzaman
Dhaka, Bangladesh: A top Bangladesh’s trade body leader at an international business convention virtually held on Friday said that bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Pakistan will be steered up in 2021 due to easing visas for Bangladeshi nationals by Pakistan.
Trade volume between the two South Asian states in the 2019-2020 fiscal year were $594 million, says top Bangladeshi trade body leader
Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) organized the convention while 55 trade bodies’ presidents from different countries and Pakistan envoy in Dhaka participated in the program.
Emphasizing the more active role of both countries in the platforms like D-8, SAARC and OIC, President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Rizwan Rahman, said at the convention that “easy visas for Bangladeshi citizens by Pakistan will steer up trade between the two South Asian nations in the year 2021 and onward
India has formally handed over 20 lakh doses of Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India) as "gift" to Bangladesh at a ceremony in State Guest House Padma in Dhaka today. Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami handed over the vaccines to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Health Minister Zahid Maleque and State Minister for
Vaccination plan gets a boost
20 lakh doses arrive from India as gift; PM thanks Modi
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, left, and Health Minister Zahid Maleque receive a box containing Covid-19 vaccine from Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami, right, at a ceremony at the capital’s state guest house Padma. India handed 20 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to Bangladesh as a gift at the event. Photo: Rashed Shumon Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent
The country has got a shot in the arm for its Covid-19 inoculation campaign as 20 lakh doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, a gift from the Indian government, arrived in Dhaka yesterday.