Indonesian embassy official dies
Staff Reporter :An Indonesian embassy official-Siti Herwansyah-died from fever this morning.The 28-year-old had tested negative for Covid-19, said an official of the Indonesian embassy.The administrative...
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Ex-DIG Prisons Partha denied HC bail
Staff Reporter :The High Court (HC) on Wednesday refused to grant bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Sylhet division, Partha Gopal Banik,...
RAB arrests 3 more ‘human traffickers’ from Kishoreganj
Staff Reporter :Rab claims to have arrested three more alleged human traffickers involved in trafficking some of the 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May...
The case for mandatory masks
THE PANDEMIC has not been kind to fashionistas. Shops are closed and online purchases can be displayed only through the dismal prism of Zoom. Yet...
Police seize Ron Sikder’s car
Staff Reporter :Police have seized a car used by Ron Haque Sikder, a director of National Bank Limited, allegedly to abduct top executives of Exim...
WB calls for taking steps to expedite recovery
Staff Reporter :The World Bank has called for taking steps to speed up recovery as coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the economic shutdowns are dealing a...
Pregnant elephant killed with powerful crackers
News Desk :In an act of indescribable brutality, a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala’s Silent Valley forest died after eating a pineapple stuffed with powerful...
748 test corona positive in Barishal divn
Barishal Correspondent :Till Wednesday noon, 748 persons were detected as corona positive, 159, cured after treatment and 14 died in Barishal division. Out of the...
Mumbai avoids brunt of cyclone that barrels into India’s west coast
Reuters :Mumbai escaped the brunt of a cyclone on Wednesday after winds changed direction and the storm made landfall further south on India’s western coast...
Red Crescent, Red Cross distribute PPEs
Staff Reporter :Four Covid-19 dedicated hospitals in the capital have received a total of 28,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from Bangladesh Red Crescent...
Take steps to sell TCB goods at upazila level
Staff Reporter :The High Court on Wednesday directed the concerned government bodies to take steps to sell daily essential commodities of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh...
Put more pressure on Myanmar over Rohingya repatriation, Dhaka urges EU
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh has urged the European Union (EU) countries to put more pressure on Myanmar so that it takes Rohingyas back, easing burden on...