Global Covid cases top 240 million
The overall number of global Covid cases has now surged past 240 million, despite the ongoing mass inoculations in several countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total Covid…
Covid in Bangladesh: Six more lives lost in 24 hours
Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed six more lives and infected another 293 people in 24 hours till Saturday morning. The daily-case positivity rate dropped to 1.88 per cent today declining slightly…
2 die in Feni road crash
Two persons were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni on Friday, police said. The…
Mymensingh road crash leaves seven dead
A speeding truck rammed into a stationary passenger-packed bus from behind on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Saturday, leaving at least seven people dead and several others injured, police said. Five of…
Dengue claimed 1 more life in Bangladesh, 183 more hospitalized in 24 hrs
Dengue has claimed one more life while 183 more patients were hospitalized with the fever in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Saturday morning. With this, the number of fatalities from…
DU to resume physical classes from Sunday
Dhaka University will resume physical classes from Sunday, after nearly 18 months of Covid-forced closure. The decision was taken at a meeting of the university's Academic Council on October 7,…
DU Blue Panel teachers association condemn attacks on puja mandaps
Awami League-backed Blue Panel teachers association of Dhaka University (DU) has condemned the recent incidents of vandalism and arson attack on Durga Puja mandaps across the country. The association, in…
Medical student dies in quicksand of Jamuna River
A student of Dinajpur Medical College died after slipping into a quicksand near the bank of Jamuna River in Bagura on Saturday, police said. Md Mosabbir Hossain alias Fine, 22,…