20-km long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail Highway
Online Desk : Hundreds of vehicles with passengers and goods are moving very slowly on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu bridge highway due to long tailbacks from early Sunday...
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HSC form fill-up to begin on August 12
Online Desk : The process of form fill-up for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations-2021 will begin on August 12 and continue till August 30.“The examinees...
BSMMC ICU in Faridpur suffer from shortage of doctors
UNB, Faridpur : Authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College (BSMMC) hospital in Faridpur have been struggling with the increasing number of patients in the...
Global Covid situation worsening as cases near 198 million
Online Desk : The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 198 million, as the world continues to battle against the devastating second...
Olympic swimming ends with splashy new records, US gold
AP, TOKYO : American Caeleb Dressel finished off his gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics with two more dazzling races, and Australia’s Emma McKeon won...
Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases
AP, ORLANDO, Fla : Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal...
RMCH counts 18 more deaths at Covid-19 unit
BSS, Rajshahi : A number of 18 more people, including seven females, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the...
Alarming Dengue surge: 196 more hospitalised in 24 hrs
UNB, Dhaka : Health authorities reported 196 new dengue cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning amid a spike in the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in...
Covid kills 218 more in Bangladesh as its catastrophe continues
Online Desk : As health authorities scramble to prevent the spread of the Delta variant, Bangladesh added 218 fatalities to its national tally on Saturday.The...
Bangladesh receives around 8 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday received the second consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Japan under the...
Flood-affected people in Cox’s Bazar cry for food and drinking water
UNB, Cox’s Bazar : Up to 2.5 lakh flood-hit people in Cox’s Bazar district are facing shortage of food and drinking water even if the...
Lockdown: Thousands returning to Dhaka as factories going to reopen Sunday
UNB, Dhaka : Although public transport movement remained suspended, thousands of people started returning to Dhaka on the 9th day of ‘strict’ lockdown on Saturday...