New ferry terminal to be launched before Eid to ease holidaymakers’ journey
UNB, Shariatpur : Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is working relentlessly round the clock to launch a new ferry terminal at Majhir Ghat in...
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Nor’wester lashes Dhaka triggering sufferings for Eid shoppers
UNB, Dhaka : An afternoon nor’wester swept the capital city on Friday compounding sufferings for the Eid shoppers. The Met Office recorded 33.40mm of rainfall...
Bangladesh logs 21 new Covid-19 cases, no death
Online Desk : Bangladesh logged 21 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning taking the total caseload to 19,52,506. As per the latest...
Unfit launches spruced up for Eid trips; Experts worry about safety of holidaymakers
UNB, Dhaka : With less than two weeks left for Eid-ul-Fitr, rundown and faulty launches are being refurbished and repaired to sail on river routes...
Bogie of freight train overturned in Chattogram
UNB, Chattogram A bogie of a freight train derailed and overturned at Saltgola level crossing in the port city on Friday afternoon. Fortunately, no casualties...
Global Covid cases top 507 million
Online Desk : The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 507 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the...
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dad
AP, California: Quintana has been trying to bring his son back to the U.S. since his estranged wife took the child to Ukraine without Quintana’s...
Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
AP, JERUSALEM: Israeli police and Palestinian youths clashed again at a major Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday despite a temporary...
Quader leaves for Singapore for health check-up
UNB, Dhaka : Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader left for Singapore on Friday morning for a routine health check-up. Awami League office secretary Biplob...
Cholera inoculation drive in Dhaka from May first week, says Maleque
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh will start administering the oral cholera vaccine from the first week of May, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Friday. And...
5 killed as car catches fire in India’s Chhattisgarh
XINHUA, NEW DELHI : At least five members of a family were charred to death Friday after a car carrying them caught fire following an...
Hundreds of vehicles stranded at Paturia Ghat, compound public sufferings
UNB, Manikganj : Hundreds of buses, cars and trucks remained stranded at Paturia Ghat on Friday due to the onrush of homebound people ahead Eid-ul-Fitr.A...