Dr Pran Gopal Datta, former vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has been granted the Awami League (AL) nomination for the Comilla-7 by-polls. The party’s parliamentary and local government election
Police recovered a body of a newborn baby near Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka last night. “The body of the one-day-old baby was found inside a bag at a garbage
The annual infection rate of Malaria has been reduced to 93 percent in thirteen years since begining of the comprehensive national prevention programme. According to the National Malaria Control Programme
The death toll from Sunday’s collision that saw a train hit a microbus in Bhatera rose to three, with one more victim succumbing to his injuries at a hospital in
A Dhaka court has acquitted journalist Probir Sikdar in a case filed against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, 2006. Judge Mohammad Ash Sams Joglul Hossain of
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant during a drive at a hideout in Dhaka’s Bosila area on Thursday morning. The arrestee, Emdadul
Shawdesh Desk: Normalcy started returning in flood- affected areas as many displaced people are returning homes following further improvement in the flood situation in the Brahmaputra basin in the last
Seven villages in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district have got submerged as the flood control embankment along the Muhuri River collapsed due to the onrush of water, destroying crops and
A man has been arrested on charge of threatening people for “illegal benefits” by impersonating the Inspector General of Police using the police chief’s name and photos on caller ID
RT-PCR testing booths will be set up at the country’s three airports soon so that international passengers could undergo Covid-19 test four to six hours before their flights, said Cabinet