Experts forecast Late May to be peak Covid-19 infection period
Health experts predict the 3rd week of the current month to be the peak COVID-19 infection period while the scenario to remain static for subsequent...
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$500m ADB loan for BD’s Covid-19 response
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved an additional $500 million loan to bolster the efforts of the government of Bangladesh to manage the...
Fareast Univ VC Nazmul Karim dies from Covid-19
Nazmul Karim Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of Fareast International University in Dhaka, has died from the COVID-19 disease at the age of 71.He breathed his last on...
Govt procuring Boro paddy at Tk 26 per kg
Staff ReporterThe government has started procurement of paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 per kg.Boiled rice is being bought at the rate of Tk...
Nor’wester lashes city
A nor’wester accompanied by rain swept over the capital on Thursday evening.The seasonal stormhit around 7:30pm with a downpour and gusty wind that lasted for...
‘Drug trader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
UNB, Cox’s Bazar :A suspected Rohingya drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Palongkhali in Ukhiya...
Pakistan to ease lockdown from tomorrow
Reuters :Pakistan will begin lifting its coronavirus lockdown on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, hours after the country announced its highest daily increase in...
Relief embezzlement UP chairman, 2 members suspended
The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended a Union Parishad (UP) chairman and two UP members over irregularities in relief distribution.LGRD Ministry...
Tagore’s birth anniv today
Today is the 159th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual...
Digital Security Act Court sent Didarul, Minhaz to jail
Staff Reporter :A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Rashtrachinta activist Didarul Bhuiyan and Dhaka Stock Exchange Director Minhaz Mannan Emon and...
