Manikganj, July 17: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said the government is working relentlessly to tackle COVID-19 in the country as he was addressing a discussion on his father late Colonel Maleque’s 20th death anniversary at Gorpara here…
Culture Desk Young director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s first feature film Nonajoler Kabbo (The Salt in our Waters) won the prestigious Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund of €45,000.
Tangail, July 17: Four members of a family have been slaughtered in Modhupur Upazila of Tangail district. On information, police recovered the bodies from a house in Pally Bidyut Road area around 9 am on Friday.
Rangpur, July 17: The flood situation started showing an improving trend with fall in water levels of major rivers during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am Thursday in the Brahmaputra basin.
Khulna, July 17 – Two more people, who were injured in a clash over establishing supremacy in Moshiali area of the city on Thursday, died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) early Friday, taking the death toll to four.
Dhaka, July 17 – Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, ex-vice chancellor of Dhaka University, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in the capital on Friday morning. He was 87.
Dhaka, July 17 – Abdul Hye, younger brother of President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city early Friday. He was 67. Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the…
Geneva, 15 Jul (Kanaga Raja) – The COVID-19 pandemic will result in the worst recession in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region in a century, causing a 9.1% contraction in regional GDP in 2020. This is one of…
16 July 2020 – The world was off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, but can get back on course by increasing investment in public services, showing solidarity on financing,…
WASHINGTON, July 16 ¬– Refugees International announced today that more than 50 NGOs and human rights organizations have signed on to its petition urging U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to call Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya what they are:…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has once again secured its position for the last nine consecutive years as the only bank of the country in the list of the world’s best 1000 banks. IBBL is ranked 904th in the year…
By Alice Tidey Commemorations are being held in Bosnia on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre — Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War and the only one to be declared a genocide.
Alan Stoga “We’re shocked, for example, that trains don’t work. We are shocked that the digital infrastructure is not good … America doesn’t not just invest in itself; Americans don’t invest in each other.” — Christine Loh What’s wrong, America?…
Dhaka, July 16 – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said public transport movement will continue during Eid-ul-Azha.
The motive behind the murder of young entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, who co-founded Pathao and Gokada, appear to be financial in nature, a senior NYPD official told WBBH on Wednesday.
Dhaka, July 16 – BNP on Thursday alleged that the ‘government’s policy’ is behind the rise of Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed and JKG Healthcare’s chairman Dr Sabrina who indulged in fraudulence in the name of corona test.
Dhaka, July 16 – At present, nearly 3.7 million cases are waiting to be disposed of at the courts, including the Supreme Court. The information was revealed in a statement sent by Supreme Court spokesman and special officer Barrister Mohammad…
Dhaka, July 16 – Though it appears that the number of corona cases has marked a fall over last two weeks, health experts said the positive case rate is actually now higher than in the past as the transmission is…
It’s possible, but it seems to be relatively rare and scientists think they know why that is. Many viruses can cross the placenta and infect a fetus in the womb, and evidence has been growing that the coronavirus sometimes can…
Bangladesh on Thursday recorded death of 39 more people from coronavirus, mounting the total fatalities 2,496. Besides, 2,733 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 1,96,323.
Rangpur, July 16: The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients jumped to 4,445 with 147 new positive cases reported during the last 24 hours till 8 am today in Rangpur division.
Rajshahi, July 16: A fish development project is being implemented in Rajshahi division aimed at boosting production of fish along with enhancing its productivity and habitat development.
The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack.
Dhaka, July 16: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday inaugurated the distribution and plantation of one crore saplings across the country as a part of the celebration of “Mujib Borsho” (Mujib Year).
Noakhali, July 16 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion at Sukhchar in Hatia Upazila of Noakhali district early Thursday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, stressed the need for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world has declined alarmingly.
AP/UNB, July 16 – Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies on Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
Dhaka, July 16 – A court here on Thursday placed Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed and managing director Masud Parvez on a 10-day remand each in a case over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.
By Orlando Milesi OVALLE, Chile, Jul 15 2020 (IPS) – “The harvested water has helped us at critical times and the fog nets have also brought us visibility. Today we produce beer here and many tourists come,” says Daniel Rojas,…
Sudhirendar Sharma It is not the distance but the approach that creates a connection of convenience between shades of insecurities and vulnerabilities. Hold it tight. The rickshaw ride could turn unruly as it meanders through the underbelly of an unalike…