Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened the newly constructed Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Bhaban and Sena Prangan Bhaban in Dhaka Cantonment. She unveiled the name plaques of the
India had lifted its ban on onion exports with immediate effect, said a notification from the country’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade on Saturday. While the prohibition for onion export
A national guideline on heat-related illnesses will be launched on Sunday, May 5, 2024, to protect children and vulnerable populations including pregnant women from heat-related health risks. The Directorate General
Over 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heatwave scorches South and Southeast Asia. Extreme heat has blasted Asia from India to
Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, on Friday released from the Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on bail after three years. The Islamic preacher was arrested in
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 27 this year. During the
A court in Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to Professor Muhammad Yunus in a case over embezzling Tk 25.22 crore of the Grameen Telecom Workers’ welfare fund. The hearing date for
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is currently undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, was shifted to a cabin from the Coronary Care Unit on Thursday. ‘Madam
All secondary level educational institutions which remained closed for countrywide heatwave condition will reopen on Saturday. The ministry of education issued a notice in this regard on Thursday morning.
The classes in the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools, and Bureau of Non-Formal Education learning centres will be resumed from May 5 with shortened period and no outdoor