The New York State and New York City (NYC) departments of health said Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified polioviruses from sewage samples in the largest city of the United States, suggesting likely local ci…
Another 116 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Among them, 70 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while 46 in other places, it said.As many as 387 dengue pat…
The death toll from the fire at a filling station in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia rose to three with the death of another at a hospital in the capital on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Rajib, a worker of the filling station at Mahishadoba and so…
One more person died from Covid, and 226 tested positive for the virus in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Sunday morning.While the country’s total fatalities reached 29,313, the new number took its caseload to 2,008,870, according to the Directorate Gene…
The High Court on Sunday formed a seven-member expert committee to formulate a guideline to prevent plagiarism in PhD thesis.The committee has been asked to submit the guideline within the next three months.Bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razil…
A Pabna court on Sunday sentenced a man to death in a case filed over the killing of his wife for dowry in 2013.It also fined the convict Tk 50,000 and acquitted three others from the charges while handing down the verdict.The convict is identified as …
A fire ripped through a packed church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 41 worshippers and injuring 14.The church quickly filled with thick black smoke, and witnesses said several trapped congregants jumped from upp…
Two persons were killed and twenty others sustained injuries in a road crash in Srinagar upazila of the Bangabandhu Expressway in Munshiganj Sunday.The deceased were identified as Tahsan, 6, of Kalkini in Madaripur upazila and Abdul Quddus, 35, from Mu…
Consumers in the areas under Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) and most of the areas under Dhaka Power Supply Company Limited (DPDC) will experience power cuts for three hours on Sunday.DPDC and Desco published the new schedule for load she…
In a globalising world there was an increasing shift towards development partnership. Today, when globalisation is threatened due to the pandemic and a new war in Europe, there is a greater requirement for development partnership programmes. India’s ap…
Mobile financial services (MFS) provider Nagad has won the Commward: Excellence in Creative Communication Award 2022, an initiative of the Bangladesh Brand Forum.The MFS received the honour in five categories for its “innovative and creative” communica…
The whole world is now facing economic stress, inflation, fuel price hikes and supply chain disruptions and Bangladesh is not an exception, State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam said Sunday.”Facts and figures show that Bangladesh’s economy is on the…
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