Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has urged the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to take necessary measures to stop drug smuggling across the border. The BGB made the call at a sector commander-level flag meeting held at the BOP conference room adjacent to Akhaura International Immigration Checkpost on Thursday (20 October). Cumilla Sector Commander Colonel Maruful Abedin led
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Published: 18 Jul 2021 12:51 PM BdST
Updated: 18 Jul 2021 12:51 PM BdST
Bangladesh will get more COVID-19 vaccine doses after India’s supply of the shots increases, said Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami. );
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Doraiswami, who is travelling to India to learn about the present status of vaccine supply, said: “Bangladesh will receive more doses if supply increases in India. We’ll try to provide vaccines to Bangladesh as soon as possible.”
The high commissioner answered the question about the next shipment of vaccines from India before he crossed the Akhaura International Immigration Checkpost on Sunday.
Bangladesh started its mass vaccination campaign in February, using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India. But the programme was subsequently halted after India banned vaccine exports to tackle its own growing COVID crisis.