BD slips one place to 151st in WPFI
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh has been ranked 151st out of 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) by Reporters Without Borders. In a...
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BD loses Tk 33b a day during lockdown
The Bangladesh economy has been haemorrhaging Tk 33 billion a day from its service and agriculture sectors during the nationwide shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak,...
Govt arranges transport for labours to go to Haor areas for Boro harvest
Kishoreganj Correspondent :With the advent of the Boro season , the government has taken an extra-ordinary initiative to tackle the labour and transport crisis in...
Kishoreganj Zila Parishad member suspended for relief plundering
Staff Reporter :The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended Kishoreganj Zila Parishad member for his involvement in irregularities in distribution of relief...
Body to investigate low-quality N-95 masks formed
Staff Reporter :The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare formed a committee on Sunday to investigate allegation that low-quality products were passed on as N-95...
More spl flights to bring back BD men from Delhi
The government has planned to operate special flight on Dhaka-Delhi-Dhaka route to bring back Bangladesh nationals home who got stuck in New Delhi or adjacent...
JUST conducting Covid-19 tests
UNB, Jashore :The Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) is testing coronavirus samples collected from seven districts in Bangladesh’s south eastern region.“We’re conducting tests...
CSOs urge PM Help distressed migrants, their families
Sixteen Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to help the distressed migrants and their families left behind in Bangladesh during this...
Auto-rickshaw, tempo workers seek spl allocation
Staff Reporter :Auto-rickshaw and auto-tempo workers have urged the government to make special allocation for them as they have been left without work amid the...
Bogura dist goes under lockdown
UNB, Bogura :Local administration put the district under lockdown in an effort to prevent transmission of coronavirus as three people, including a policeman, found infected...
Prisons worldwide risk becoming incubators of Covid-19
THE FIRST person to die from Covid-19 on Rikers Island, a jail in New York City, exhaled his last breath on April 5th. The victim...
