Income inequality becomes cause of concern: Dr Sen
Staff Reporter :Consistently rising income inequality among members of the public has now become a great cause of concern, said Dr Binayak Sen, Director General...
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5 dengue deaths, 669 cases in a day
News Desk :Bangladesh has registered 699 dengue cases in the latest daily count, taking the tally this year to 315,057 amid the worst outbreak of...
EU warns of terrorist attacks during Christmas
News Desk :The European Union has said there is a risk of terrorist attacks over the upcoming Christmas holidays. “A huge risk of terrorist attacks...
No external pressure on EC regarding polls: Alamgir
Staff Reporter :Election Commissioner Md Alamgir on Tuesday said that there was no foreign pressure on the Election Commission regarding the upcoming national polls. “There...
Export earnings dropped by 6.05pc in November
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh’s export earnings in November registered a negative growth for the second time in the current of FY24 as the demand for apparel...
Climate finance takes centre stage at COP28 climate talks
Reuters :Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in the need...
Mount Marapi: 11 hikers killed as volcano erupts in Indonesia
BBC Online : Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say....
WB, ADB support for Rohingyas must be as grant, not loan: TIB
Staff Reporter :Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) raised concerns over the Bangladesh government’s plan to request one billion dollars from the World Bank and Asian Development...
Dengue: 2 more die; 682 hospitalised in 24hrs
UNB :Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,634...