Day: October 2, 2021

A recent study on the impact of COVID-19 on child marriage in Cox’s Bazar district has uncovered rates of child marriage soared throughout the district since March 2021, with the…

Twenty-four people died of Covid infections in Bangladesh and 589 more infected in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The number of cases is the lowest since May 16, when the…

Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) said it was shocked and saddened by the killing of civil leader Mohib Ullah by assailants in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. "It is time…

Four suspects have so far been arrested in connection with Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah’s murder at Lambashia camp-1 in Ukhiya. Of them, Selim and Shawkat were presented before Cox’s Bazar…

Jatiya Party secretary-general Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu passed away at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 66. Bablu breathed his last around 9:12am while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 infection at…

Good news for drama buffs. After a long hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, the popular Ganga-Jamuna Cultural Festival has returned to Dhaka. Commemorating the birth centenary of the Father…

Twenty-six ultra-low temperature freezers delivered by UNICEF through COVAX are enabling Bangladesh to receive, store and distribute large quantities of COVID-19 vaccines that require ultra-cold storage, according to the UN…

As many as 188 new dengue patients were hospitalized across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained static at 68 this…

A retired Dhaka University professor was killed while his wife and driver were injured when a train hit their car at an unmanned level crossing in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur…

A woman at Binnabari village in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj has killed herself as her son reportedly eloped with neighbour’s wife. Police said Firoza Khatun, 42, mother of Firoz Ahmed…