Day: August 17, 2022

Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Professor Dr Gowher Rizvi has said following Bangabandhu's brutal assassination on 15 August 1975, the killers also plotted to murder Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana abroad, which was prevented by the host...

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 596 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 596,934,012 and the death toll reached 6,459,290 on Wednesday mor...

Bangladesh on Wednesday marked the 17th anniversary of the serial bomb blasts that left two people dead and over 50 others injured across the country in 2005.Various socio-cultural organisations and political parties led the nation in paying tributes t...

Two traders were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a ditch in the Nangolmara area of Baghaichhari upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Elias Ali, 45, of Korengatoli, and Ananta Tripura, 40, of the Sajek Mac...

An anti-terror tribunal in the port city on Wednesday sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in the Chattogram naval base bomb blasts case. Chattogram Anti-terrorism Tribunal judge Abdul Halim ha...

Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 212 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.With the latest numbers, Bangladesh's total fatalities remained static at 29,314 while the caseload rose to 2,009,434, according to the Directorate General of Hea...

A former councillor of Pirganj municipality has been arrested for raping a woman, police said on Wednesday.The accused has been identified as Md Jafrul, a former councillor of ward No 9, and son of Shah Alam of the Bhelatouido area.According to the cas...

Ninety-eight more people were hospitalised with dengue – a viral infection – in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning as cases have continued to increase in Bangladesh.Seventy-seven new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 21 outside it, ac...