Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mufti Harun Izhar from a madrasha in the city’s Lalkhan Bazar area on Wednesday midnight. Mufti Harun Izhar was the Education
A man, who sustained burn injured at the chemical warehouse fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital on Wednesday night. Ashiquzzaman Khan,
The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) of Bangladesh has approved emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine. Major General Mahbubur Rahman, director general of the Directorate General of Drug Administration,
A strong earthquake, measuring 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, was felt in different parts of the country including the capital on Wednesday morning. The tremor was felt around 8:21
From Nimtoli in 2010 to Armanitola in 2021, fire tragedies caused by hazardous chemicals took more than 200 lives in the last 11 years in Old Dhaka but the chemical
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said the uncertainty over receiving coronavirus vaccine jabs from the Serum Institute of India is likely to be over soon. “We placed an order
State Councilor and Head of China’s Ministry of National Defence Wei Fenghe arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning on a brief but important visit when he will meet top government and
The country is experiencing searing temperatures for the last couple of days, making public life miserable. Amid the stifling summertime temperatures, city dwellers opted to stay indoors during daytime. They
A boy was stabbed to death by a gang of teenagers over stealing a mobile phone in Panchlaish Mohammadpur area of Chattogram on Monday night. The deceased was identified as
The country on Sunday recorded 41.2 degree Celsius temperature which is highest in seven years. The highest temperature was recorded in Jessore. Earlier in 2014, 42 degree Celsius temperature was