Fire Service phone lines restored after 13-hour disruption
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited’s phone lines used by the Fire Service and Civil Defence have been restored across Bangladesh after being inaccessible for about...
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Travel ban on Wuhan eased
AFP :Trains packed with thousands of passengers arrived in Wuhan Saturday as the Chinese city that was Ground Zero for the global coronavirus pandemic partly...
IGP asks police to be tolerant, polite, while on duty
Staff Reporter :Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary has asked law enforcers around the country to remain tolerant, polite and professional with public...
4 ‘drug’ traders killed in Teknaf shootouts
Staff Reporter :Four suspected drug peddlers have been killed in separate incidents of gunfight in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The incidents took place in...
TIB for nat’l strategy for economic recovery
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Saturday called for developing a national strategy containing short, medium and long-term action plan to manage and steer the recovery...
More medical supplies from China
China has so far provided 40,500 testing kits to Bangladesh and all medical supplies from China were purchased through standard procedures and from qualified suppliers,...
India plans to turn idled trains into Covid-19 isolation wards
Reuters :India said on Saturday it was planning to turn some railway coaches into isolation wards for patients with coronavirus, as authorities scramble to prepare...
27th span of Padma Bridge installed
Staff Reporter :The 27th span of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge has been installed, making the country’s giant structure 4,050 metres visible.The 5-C span was placed...
RMG workers stage demo demanding closer of factory
Staff Reporter :Workers of some ready-made garments (RMG) on Saturday morning staged separate demonstrations in city’s Turag and Gazipur Sadar in order to stop the...
Advocate Sanaullah Miah laid to rest in Narsingdi
Advocate Sanaullah Miah, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyer and her party’s law affairs secretary, was laid to eternal rest in his home district Narsingdi on...
UK offers help to fight virus in BD
British Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Lord Ahmed of Wimbledon on Saturday offered financial assistance to Bangladesh under the umbrella of the World...