The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) held a scholarship award ceremony Wednesday at its permanent campus in the capital’s Mohammadpur.Crests and certificates were given to 163 students who received scholarships of Tk95 lakh in total.Profess…
A third-year female student of Rajshahi University filed a case on Wednesday afternoon at the city’s Boalia Model Police Station claiming she was sexually assaulted at Bashar Road in the Tikapara area of Rajshahi city.The incident happened on Tuesday m…
The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 604 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 604,121,644 and the death toll reached 6,482,764 on Friday mornin…
Three Bangladeshi expatriate workers were killed as a private car carrying them plunged into a ditch near Taif city in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to their relatives here.The deceased were identified as Md Faruq Khan, 23, his brother Md Parvez,…
The country reported another Covid-linked death and 196 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,321 while the caseload to 2,01…
Another 68 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Among them, 67 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while another outside it, it said.As many…
Three people including two cousins died by electrocution and three others were injured in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday, said police.The deceased were identified as Deb Lal, 15, his cousin Milon Lal, 30, of the upazila and Mobarak Hossain, 2…
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine.Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringe…
Two construction workers died after falling from an under-construction building in Agargaon area of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Shahadat Hossain,22, and Md Rokon,32, of Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj district.The accident happened …
Amid soaring inflation, Bangladesh’s smartphone market shipments dropped 3 percent year-on-year in Q2 2022, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Service.”Bangladesh’s smartphone market experienced a good start with Eid celebrations durin…
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Friday said Bangladesh meets the demand for urea with local production besides importing it from other countries.“Now Bangladesh has enough stock of urea fertilizer,” he said, replying to a question fro…
The regional refugee coordinator of the US Embassy in Dhaka, Mackenzie Rowe, has said five years after nearly a million Rohingya were driven from their homes in Myanmar, things have gotten worse.Conditions in Myanmar do not allow for a safe, voluntary,…
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