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August 27, 2022

BUP MPhil, PhD researchers and supervisors’ meeting held

The Centre for Higher Studies and Research (CHSR) of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Saturday held a meeting of the supervisors and researchers of their MPhil and PhD programmes.The interactive session was arranged to create a nexus am…

Official: 6 of 43 missing Mexican students given to army

Six of the 43 college students “disappeared” in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, the Mexican government official leading a Truth Commission said Friday.Interior…

US Embassy celebrates 60th anniversary of English teaching forum

The US Embassy in Dhaka on Saturday organised a one-day conference at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) to commemorate 60 years of English language teaching resources published by the US Department of State’s Office of English Lang…

Global Covid cases near 605 million

The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 605 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 604,892,165 and the death toll reached 6,485,604 on Saturday morning.T…

Deaths from flooding in monsoon drenched Pakistan near 1,000

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif ask…

4 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Cox’s Bazar

Four people were killed and another injured when a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday, police said.Three of the deceased were identified as Salema Khatun, 45, wife of Joynal, Anwar Islam, 25…

Bangladesh sees two more Covid deaths, 156 cases

Two more people died from Covid, and 156 tested positive for the virus in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.While the country’s total fatalities reached 29,323, the new number took its caseload to 2,011,100, according to the Directorate Ge…

Dengue: 131 new cases reported

One hundred and thirty-one more people were hospitalised with dengue – a viral infection – in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.One hundred and nine new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and 22 outside it, according to the Directorate Gen…

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