Dinajpur: Youth found dead on rly tracks in pieces
UNB, Dinajpur : An 18-year-old youth was crushed to death by a speeding train in Dinajpur on Tuesday, police said. The deceased was identified as...
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Pre-departure Covid test no longer needed for UAE-bound passengers
UNB, Dhaka : Passengers travelling to the UAE will no longer need to get an RT-PCR test done at airports six hours before departure. The...
Mother, daughter killed in Munshiganj truck-auto-rickshaw collision
UNB, Munshiganj : A woman and her daughter were killed on Tuesday as a truck and auto-rickshaw collided in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj. The deceased...
Dubai airport is busiest for global travel as virus persists
AP DUBAI : Dubai’s main airport said Tuesday it has retained its top place as the world’s busiest for international travel with around 29 million...
Rising food prices despite record stocks defies analysis
UNB, Dhaka : The food stock of Bangladesh has reached a new height of 20 lakh tons, with warehouses full of rice and wheat. Despite...
Covid in Bangladesh: 1595 cases reported with 16 deaths in 24hrs
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged 16 more Covid-linked deaths with 1,595 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the positivity rate and number...
Gold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso
AP, Burkina Faso : A strong explosion near a gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso killed 59 people and injured more than 100 others...
Subsidy on gas and electricity should end in phases, PM tells an ecnec meeting
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for gradual withdrawal of subsidies, particularly from electricity and gas. “The subsidy is...
Covid in Bangladesh: 9 more die as positivity rate further drops to 6.94%
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged nine more Covid-linked deaths with 1,951 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning showing a downtrend in the cases....
Quader leaves for health check-up in India
UNB, Dhaka : Awami League general secretary and Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader is scheduled to leave Dhaka for a health check-up...
PM urges simplifying scientific terms in Bengali for students’ benefit
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called for simplifying the use of scientific terminology in Bengali to attract more students to study...
Language movement hero Dhirendranath Datta’s home awaits follow up on assurances
UNB, Cumilla : The ancestral house of Dhirendranath Datta, the unsung hero of Language Movement, remained neglected for long, thanks to the local administration’s ineffectiveness....