Online Desk : Dhaka has seen a significant improvement in its air quality this week due to nor’westers and seasonal showers as well as fewer people on the roads in the city…
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Rains to drench eight Bangladesh divisions
Online Desk : Expect some reprieve from the summer heat, as the weatherman has predicted showers in the eight divisions of Bangladesh in the next 24 hours. Rain or thunder showers with…
Village police members get bicycles
Online Desk : Some 142 village police members in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila have received bicycles free of cost.The distribution programme was held on the upazila parishad premises on on Monday afternoon funded…
Bangladeshi shot dead by India’s BSF along Lalmonirhat border
Online desk ; A Bangladesh national was gunned down by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Patgram border in Lalmonirhat district early Tuesday morning. Victim Rifat Hossain, 30, was the son…
Bangladesh logs 112 more Covid deaths, 7,666 infected
Online desk ; Bangladesh has reported 7,666 new Coronavirus cases while the virus claimed overnight 112 lives. The daily health update of the Directorate General of Health Services came up with the…
1,500 militants arrested after Holy Artisan attack: RAB
Online desk ; About 1,500 militants have been arrested since the attack on Holy Artisan Bakery in the capital’s Gulshan in 2016, said Rapid Action Battalion. RAB Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun…
Govt will spend any amount required to purchase vaccine: PM
Online desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that her government will provide whatever money is required to procure the Covid-19 vaccines to bring 80 percent…
DMP urges not for carrying extra rider on motorcycle
Online desk : The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has requested for not carrying extra rider on motorcycle except its driver in a bid to stem the spread of the COVID-19. The DMP…
icddr,b opens sample collection centre at Dhanmondi
Online desk ; icddr,b Diagnostic Laboratories, the first ISO15189 (Quality) and ISO15190 (Safety) accredited laboratory in Bangladesh, on Tuesday launched its sample collection centre at Dhanmondi in Dhaka. Speaking on the occasion,…
Investing black money in share market, buying land, flats to continue
Online Desk : The Finance Bill was passed in Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday providing wholesale scopes of whitening black money. However, instead of paying 10 per cent tax like the previous years,…
IOM’s emergency director urges durable solutions to Rohingya Crisis
Online Desk : Even after four years they were forced to flee Myanmar, almost 900,000 Rohingya refugees at camps in Cox’s Bazar desperately need urgent action to secure their future. Jeff Labovitz,…
US hands over oxygen, emergency medical supplies to Bangladesh
Online Desk : The United States (US) on Tuesday formally donated emergency COVID-19 medical supplies to Bangladesh to help save lives, stop the spread of virus and meet health needs of the…