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Nur Mohammed, Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, distributing prize as chief guest among the winners of Qirat Competition at IDEB, Bhaban in the city recently. Shafiqul Alam, Managing Director, of the bank and Mirza Elias Uddin Ahmed, CEO of the foundation among others were also present.

5 Jun 2017, 12:00 am0

Nur Mohammed, Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, distributing prize as chief guest among the winners of Qirat Competition at IDEB, Bhaban in the city recently. Shafiqul Alam, Managing Director, of the bank and Mirza Elias Uddin Ahmed, CEO of the foundati

Vaccination still at snail’s pace

Reza Mahmud:Bangladesh started a nationwide vaccination programme against Covid-19 on February 7 through administering Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, aiming to inoculate 80 per cent of its population of around 170 million.Yet, it still remains one of the low-ranked countries where the pace of vaccination remains very slow.The total number of people vaccinated in Bangladesh accounts for only 8.1 per cent of the country’s population, according to ‘Our World in Data’.To date, more...

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