Various cold-related diseases affected 5,825 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Thursday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 888 of the patients received treatment for acute…
The American singer-songwriter David Olney has died on stage during a performance at a festival in Florida.
Culture Desk Iranian director Reza Mirkarimi’s feature film ‘Castle of Dreams’ won the Best Film Award in the Asian Film Competition segment at the 18th Dhaka International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday at the Main Auditorium of Bangladesh National…
Torching of houses and killing of people in broad daylight are the everyday affairs there. Even 20 years into the launch of the UN Peacekeeping Mission, the area is still known as a battlefield. Bangladesh peacekeepers have to patrol this…
World number two Karolina Pliskova barrelled into the Australian Open second round on Tuesday as she chases her first Grand Slam crown.
The authorities of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here will start screening passengers arriving from China on Tuesday following outbreak of new coronavirus that has so far claimed four lives and sickened many in China .
A court here on Tuesday took the charges into cognisance against 25 in the case over the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.
Special army and government rescue personnel were searching again on Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal’s mountains.
A day after veteran actor Shabana Azmi was injured in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, her husband and lyricist Javed Akhtar has said that her condition is not serious.
India’s one-day side have learned to be tougher when they lose the toss following the heartbreak of a World Cup semi-final defeat, said captain Virat Kohli said after winning the one-day series against Australia.
The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, caused a diplomatic uproar and added to tensions between China and the…
Various cold-related diseases affected 5,733 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Monday.
A three-day film festival will end in the district on Monday evening.
Culture Desk Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organized “ICCR Scholar’s evening”, Colours of Kathak by Shibli Mohammad and Shamim Ara Nipa on Saturday at Main Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy,…
Visitors at a two-day solo photography exhibition at Shilpakala Academy yesterday said each photograph portrays separate untold story, attracting people of all strata.
The secret to Novak Djokovic’s post-30 success? Not his best-in-tennis return. Or his limb-twisting, body-bending court coverage. Or even his baseline consistency or clutch gene.
Another 224 Bangladeshi workers were deported by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, although many of them claimed to have legal documents.
Various cold-related diseases have affected 4143 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Sunday.
The season’s last cold wave is likely to start sweeping across Bangladesh from Wednesday after rain in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and some parts of Dhaka division, the Met Office said Sunday.
Three teachers of Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday expressed solidarity with the students who have been observing fast unto death since Thursday, demanding deferment of polls to the two Dhaka city corporations slated for January 30.
The World Mosquito Program (WMP) wants to step into Bangladesh with its technology to help the country deal with dengue that caused widespread woes last year, saying that it has a record of successful journeys in a number of countries,…
World number five Daniil Medvedev Saturday said he wouldn’t be relying on a “lucky shower” to bring him good fortune as he bids to upset tennis’s established order at the Australian Open.
Disney is dropping the word “Fox” from the movie studios it acquired as part of last year’s $71 billion purchase of Fox’s entertainment business, according to published reports.
Country’s first TEDx Gulshan was held on Saturday at convention center in the city amid inspiring talks and reflective interactions of 14 esteemed speakers that featured the intriguing theme ‘Innovation Enabling Social Change’.
BNP policymakers fear their party’s another poor show in the January-30 city polls as it did in Chattogram-8 by-polls for many reasons, including the low turnout of voters and ‘attacks by opponents’.
Culture Desk Chirkutt, one of the leading fusion bands of Bangladesh, has reached the milestone of 18 year journey this year.
The man who raped a Dhaka University (DU) student in Kurmitola was a serial rapist and a mugger, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said.
Jatiya Oikyafront on Wednesday extended its support to BNP’s two mayoral candidates in the upcoming elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations billed for January 30.
“Ugly Betty” creator Silvio Horta has been found dead in Miami, the show’s actresses said Tuesday.
Forty-four dengue patients, including 35 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country.