Dhaka dwellers witnessed a brief but heavy rain coupled with thundershowers on Thursday afternoon. Met office recorded a wind speed of 74 kilometers per hour in the capital in the afternoon, said AKM Nazmul Haque, said an official at the weather…
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Mother, three children found dead at Gazipur
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her three children from their house at Abadar in Sripur upazia on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Fatema, wife of expatriate Kajal Mia, their mentally-retarded son Fahin, 7, and two daughters…
BSTI asked to strengthen surveillance during Ramadan
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) to strengthen its surveillance to ensure safe food for people during Ramadan. He also directed it to keep emergency services, including quality test of…
BSTI asked to strengthen surveillance during Ramadan
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) to strengthen its surveillance to ensure safe food for people during Ramadan.
Not more than 12 men in each Tarabi prayer jamaat: Govt
Maximum 12 people, including two imams, can attend Tarabi prayers in mosques each during the holy month of Ramadan.The Religious Affairs Ministry issued a directive on Thursday in this regard.
Prevention, not weather can stop coronavirus in BD: Experts
Though multiple early-stage studies, including one by MIT researchers, suggest coronavirus transmit less efficiently in countries with warm and humid conditions, Bangladesh’s health experts think not whether but social distancing and strict implementation of other protective measures are the saviors…
Relief embezzlement: 7 more UP chairmen, 3 members suspended
The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended seven more Union Parishad (UP) chairmen and three members on various allegations including embezzlement of relief materials and irregularities in relief distribution amidst the ongoing crisis of coronavirus outbreak.
Provide relief to silent sufferers: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the party activists to distribute relief materials among those who have lost their jobs but are shy to share their hardship.
Corona stimulus packages aimed at rich, not poor: BNP
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government has taken too many steps to protect the rich from coronavirus fallout ignoring the sufferings of the poor and destitute.
Dhaka reports 7 more Covid-19 deaths, 414 new cases
Seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, taking the death toll in the country to 127.
The case of lockdown of Birdem diabetic Hospital ICU
The locking down of the Intensive Care Unit of the Birdem General Hospital, the best diabetic hospital in Bangladesh, after finding four out of five of its patients coronavirus positive is extremely shocking to say the least. All the doctors…
Former Cabinet Secretary Saadat Hussain dies
Dhaka, April 23 – Dr Saadat Hussain, former Cabinet Secretary and PSC Chairman, died at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday night. He was 73.
Birdem’s ICU locked down after 4 test Covid-19 positive
Dhaka:23-The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Birdem General Hospital has been put under lockdown after 3 patients tested positive for Covid-19. The lockdown was imposed on Tuesday.
Body buried by UNO, OC after Alems refuse to hold janaza
Dhaka-23: Mujibnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Usman Gani, Upazila Health and Family Planning officer Dr Rezwan Ahmed and Mujibnagar Police Station OC Abdul Hashem along with five local youths buried the body of Idris Ali Shah, who died at Meherpur…
Cricket all rounder Shakib decides to put his bat on auction
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has decided to put his bat with what he played in the World Cup 2019 in England, on auction aiming to raise fund to help the people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Shakib is the…
Jessore community medical officer tests Covid-19 positive
A female deputy assistant community medical officer of Sharsha Health Complex tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Dhaka extends General holiday for coronavirus till May 5
The government has decided to extended the general holidays until May 5 next in a bid to tackle the worsening coronavirus situation in the country.
Four doctors test virus positive in Narail
Four doctors and a staffer of Lohagara Upazila Health Complex were diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday morning.
Mother sells hair for Taka 180 ($2) to buy milk for baby
Savar (Dhaka), April 22 – The nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing coronavirus has left her day-labourer husband jobless, leading their family, including her toddler, to starvation. As the family is new in the locality, no-one gave them any relief either.
301 US citizens leave by 4th chartered flight
Dhaka, April 22 – A total of 301 US citizens left here after midnight as the US government arranged the fourth chartered flight for those who opted to go back home on their personal choice amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 virus cases: Stop retail sales, Dhaka Karwan Bazar asked
Dhaka, April 22 – The authorities concerned have imposed restrictions on retail sales at Karwan Baza to prevent the spread of virus as three coronavirus infected patients were found there.
No space for social distancing in Rohingya Refugee camps
By Rafiqul Islam Nine-year-old Mohammad Rafique used to collect vegetables from Kutupalong Bazaar and sell them at a market inside Kutupalong camp, a camp of some 600,000 Rohingyas, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.
Bangladesh general holiday may be extended: Minister hints
As both the death toll and infections from coronavirus continue to surge in Bangladesh, the government is likely to extend the ongoing general holidays in a bid to tackle the worsening situation. There might be official announcement in this regard…
Relief plunderers won’t be spared Minister
The public representatives who will plunder relief materials or get involved in any other irregularity will not be spared, warned LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam. The minister came up with the warning while talking to reporters after visiting a number…
World Press Freedom Index: Dhaka slips one place to 151st
Bangladesh has been ranked 151st out of 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) by Reporters Without Borders.
BD Red Crescent installs over 10,000 hand-wash basins
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has set up a total of 10,179 basins in the country to encourage people to wash their hands frequently amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus.
UNO office besieged in Brahmanbaria for relief
Several hundred people besieged the office of Sarail upazila nirbahi officer on Tuesday demanding relief.
Bangladesh records 9 more Covid-19 deaths; 434 new cases
Nine more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the death toll in the country to 110.
Dhaka joins OIC EC’s meet over COVID-19 Tuesday
News Desk Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary foreign ministerial level meeting of its Executive Committee (EC) as a part of its effort to address issues of COVID-19 pandemic via video conferencing Tuesday.
Press council issues letters for journos incentives
Dhaka, April 21 – Bangladesh Press Council on Monday sent letters to all deputy commissioners to make a special list of journalists to bring them under special stimulus facilities in the wake of coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.