College student stabbed to death in Uttara
Staff Reporter :A college student was stabbed to death by a group of youths in Uttarkhan area of Dhaka on Thursday night. The incident took...
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EC plans to hold municipal polls by mid-December
Staff Reporter :The Election Commission (EC) is taking preparations to hold elections to 256 municipalities across the country by mid-December.EC secretary Md Alamgir said: “Our...
Global coronavirus death toll reaches 8,36,745
News Desk :The coronavirus death toll reached 8,36,745 with total cases 2,46,81,387 and recovered 1,71,39,036 till on Friday, according to the latest report of worldometer.In...
3,000 Indians return home from Bangladesh
Our Correspondent :After more than five months, the people with Indian passports stranded in Bangladesh have started to return home. Since August 18, following the...
New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone
Reuters :The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for Covid-19 vaccines for all.But the agency...
Thousands arrested for ‘virus-related crimes’ in China
AFP :Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for...
Govt restores 3G, 4G network at Rohingya camps
Our Correspondent :Authorities on Friday restored the 3G and 4G mobile phone network and internet services at the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.“The services...
EC’s proposal for scrapping power to cancel candidature ‘suicidal’: BNP
UNB, Dhaka :BNP on Friday strongly opposed the Election Commission’s (EC’s) proposal for scrapping its direct power to cancel the candidature of candidates by amending...
As pandemic rages on, Dhaka’s slum-dwellers are unfazed
News Desk :When the coronavirus epidemic struck Bangladesh in the early weeks of March, the vulnerability of Dhaka’s densely-populated and congested slums to a major...
UN Chief asks G20 nations, including India, to invest in clean transition as they recover from Covid
PTI :UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday renewed his call on India and other G20 countries to invest in a clean and sustainable transition as...
Death toll from floods 251
bdnews24.com :The ongoing floods in Bangladesh have claimed 251 deaths, mostly from drowning, over the last two months, according to government data.The National Health Crisis...
‘Over 75pc people with mental disorders get no treatment in low, middle-income countries’
UNB, Dhaka :More than 75 percent people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders receive no treatment for their condition in low and middle-income countries...