Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh has gone down from 72.8 in 2020 to 72.3 in 2021, according to the “Sample Vital Registration System 2021” launched Monday by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.The report shows that COVID-19 pandemic wiped out s…
In his best-selling 2020 novel, The Ministry for the Future, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson opens with a deadly heatwave in India which kills millions of people.The sky blazes like an “atomic bomb”, the heat from it is a “slap in the face…
Weak signs of recovery in Afghanistan’s economy are at risk of being undone by Taliban restrictions on women working for NGOs, the UN says.Donations to the UN are under threat of falling sharply because of the ban on Afghan women working for it, the U…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandkar Golam Faruq today provided financial assistance for the treatment of 116 injured and sick policemen.He handed over the grants among the police personnel, who were injured while on duty and sick pol…
Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pranay Kumar Verma today said the Indian Government always remained beside of Bangladesh’s development.More efforts for communication development are going on for boosting further-more relations between Bangladesh and…
Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Khandkar Golam Faruq today said police will remain alert round-the-clock in order to ensure the overall security of markets during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.”Businessmen should keep constant contact with …
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the BNP is playing with fire to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government but it will be burnt in its fire.”The BNP has a habit of setting fires. They (BNP) are playing with fire to topple …
The government has allowed the movement of motorcycle on the Padma Bridge from April 20.”Under the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the government has given permission for plying of motorcycle on the Padma Bridge,” Awami League General Secre…
As many as 330 tablet computers were distributed among high School students in Sadar and Mujibnagar Upazilas here today.State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain distributed the tabs as the chief guest in a function held at Meherpur muni…
The holy Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lailatul Qadr, (the Night of Decree) when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), is being observed across the country tonight.The Muslim devotees are passing the night of…
The 3rd Military Dialogue between Bangladesh and Turkey was held at Multipurpose Hall, Armed Forces Division, Dhaka Cantonment on April 12-14, 2023.The Bangladesh delegation was led by Brigadier General Husain Muhammad Masihur Rahman, Director General…
Chiefs of the three services today paid a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban here.Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan met the Preside…
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