5.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka
Staff Reporter :An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the entire country including the capital Dhaka on Monday evening. No casualty was reported...
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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
BBC Online :The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the...
Govt launches nationwide HPV vaccination campaign
News Desk :The government of Bangladesh, supported by UNICEF, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), and WHO, has launched a ground-breaking Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign. This...
Dhaka Airport third terminal’s soft launching on Oct 7
News Desk :The soft opening of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s third terminal is set for October 7 as decided earlier, Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority...
No rally in Dhaka without permission, says new DMP chief
Staff Reporter :The newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman has said, “It is important to stop illegal arms ahead of elections. The...
Deaths from dengue now 1,017 as 11 more die in 24hrs
News Desk :Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to...
New Zealand PM tests positive for Covid-19, to work via zoom
Reuters :New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for Covid-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said on Sunday, two weeks...
Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day
AP :The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August,...
Assault on UNO: 40 AL men sued in Gazipur
News Desk :A case was lodged against 40 Awami League (AL) men for assaulting Gazipur’s Kaliganj UNO Azizur Rahman and some Ansar members for not...
Throat-slit bodies of parents, son found in Savar
News Desk :Police recovered the throat slit bodies of three people, including parents and their teenage son, from a rented flat in a multi-storied building...
Default loans surged to record Tk 1.56 lakh crore: BB
Staff Reporter :The non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country’s banking sector reached a record of Tk 156,039 crore as of June this year thanks mainly...