Day: January 13, 2023

Bangladesh registered fifteen more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,346, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll from...

Claiming that the reserve will increase further in the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said Bangladesh Bank has the capacity to import goods for five months with the reserve."As the export income is increasing gradually,...

Israel's outgoing army chief on Friday warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment, joining a loud chorus of criticism against th...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr AK Abdul Momen recalled late Atful Hye Shibly, a Rajshahi University teacher and also historian, terming as a benevolent person.He was addressing a discussion, doa mahfil and unveil of a commemorative book on Shibly at P...

Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured a fiercely contested salt mining town, in what would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine.There was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian authorities...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described the government's decision to hike the electricity tariff as 'anti-people'.In a statement, he demanded the immediate cancellation of the decision."The government has taken the unjusti...

Ahead of US official Donald Lu's visit, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh stands ready to do whatever is needed for the people's welfare, noting that the government is still studying the issues related to US Indo-Pacific Strateg...

Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured in two road crashes in Natore's Sadar upazila Friday, police said.The deceased were identified as Parul Begum, 30, and Hanif, 40.One accident occurred as a tanker hit a rickshaw van in ...