The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) signed an agreement Wednesday to enhance workplace safety and healthcare facilities in ten priority economic sectors.They will conduc…
A man was stabbed to death and six others were injured as an altercation broke out between two groups at Korail slum in Dhaka’s Banani Wednesday night, police said.Al-Amin (30), a grocery shop owner, was killed in a “swift, bloody and merciless” knife …
A 16-year-old teenager was subjected to a “swift, bloody and merciless” knife attack in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur Wednesday night, police said.Md Maruf from Cumilla’s Meghna upazila worked in an automobile repair shop in the capital.He suffered serious woun…
The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 597 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 597,886,573 and the death toll reached 6,462,388 on Thursday morn…
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for …
The death toll from the fire at a filling station in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia rose to four with the death of another at a hospital in the capital on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rimon, 14, a worker of the filling station and a resident o…
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has assured that there will be no objection to taking punitive action as recommended by the probe committee against those responsible for the Uttara Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project’s fatal girder accident.The …
Ninety-three more people were hospitalised with dengue – a viral infection – in the 24 hours to Thursday morning as cases have continued to increase in Bangladesh.Eighty-one new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 12 outside it, accord…
The death toll from this season’s floods in the country rose to 140 with another death in Sylhet in 24 hours till Thursday morning.The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to August 18, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).O…
New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to a report Thursday on the pandemic by the World Health Organization.The U.N. health agency said t…
