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Poor to get specialized treatment from district hospitals: PM tells JS
02:36 PM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has taken initiatives to enhance treatment facilities of some non-communicable diseases like cancer, kidney and cardiovascular diseases for the extreme poor people at all the district level hospitals...
4 get death penalty in blogger Ananta Bijoy murder case
01:40 PM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayA court has sentenced four people to death and acquitted two others in a case filed over the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das. Judge Nurul Amin Biplob of the Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Tribunal passed the verdict at 12:30pm on Wednesday...
COVID cases in Asia surpass 100 million
12:48 PM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayCoronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region records a resurgence in cases, dominated by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant...
CNG stations to remain closed for 6hrs during Ramadan
11:42 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayThe CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed for six hours from 5pm to 11pm every day during Ramadan...
Joe Biden signs anti-lynching bill in historic first
11:13 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayUS President Joe Biden has signed legislation that designates lynching as a federal hate crime...
PM urges BIMSTEC leaders to work together for mutual benefits
11:01 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the BIMSTEC leaders to join hands together as the forum is an appropriate tool that can leverage mutual benefits of member countries addressing post COVID-19 challenges and impacts of political crisis in the West...
Covid closures still affecting 400 million pupils - Unicef
09:41 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdaySchools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils, are still partially or fully closed because of Covid, the United Nations Children's Fund says...
Five killed in latest deadly attack in Israel
09:10 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayFive people have been shot dead on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, medics say, in the third deadly attack of its kind within a week...
Dozens of Russian diplomats expelled by four EU nations
08:45 AM, 30 Mar 2022 WednesdayIn a coordinated move, four EU countries are expelling more than 40 Russian diplomats suspected of spying. Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic issued expulsion orders to a total of 43 embassy staffers on Tuesday afternoon...
Russia promises to scale down operations near Kyiv and north Ukraine
09:56 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayRussia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine as a confidence-building step, in the most tangible sign yet of progress towards negotiating an end to the war...
‘Uninterrupted electricity supply during Ramadan’
09:44 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayUninterrupted electricity supply will be ensured across the country during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. Measures will have to take for uninterrupted electricity supply during the Tarabi prayers in Ramadan, but also ensure it round the clock in the holy month...
Sohel, Akter new DUJ president, secretary
09:32 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayDhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) has elected Sohel Haider Chowdhury and Akter Hossain as its new president and general secretary respectively...
Kader Siddique to undergo surgery on Wednesday
08:31 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayKrishak Sramik Janata League President Bangabir Abdul Kader Siddique will undergo gallbladder surgery at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on Wednesday...
Threadbare South Africa face rejuvenated Bangladesh in first test
07:37 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayDepleted hosts South Africa will face a buoyant Bangladesh when the teams start the first of two tests at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday, with more history in the sights of the visitors after their victory in the One-Day International series...
Couple found hanging in Savar
07:02 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayPolice recovered the bodies of a man and his wife from their house at Ashulia in Dhaka's Savar upazila on Tuesday afternoon...
Microsoft’s top new quirky portable PC
06:22 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s creative workstation that replaces the unique outgoing Surface Book line with a slightly more normal laptop-like form but is still very unusual...
69 test Covid positive in 24 hrs
05:12 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayA person died from coronavirus and 69 contracted the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, the total fatalities and infections respectively rose to 29,120 and 19,51,432. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Tuesday...
WB provides Bangladesh $358 million to improve road safety
04:40 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe World Bank on Monday approved $358 million of financing to help Bangladesh improve road safety and reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes in selected high-risk highways and district roads...
Burn patients to get treatment at upazila level: PM
03:57 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her government is working to reach burn treatment at upazila level, urging all concerned to launch a well-planned awareness campaign about safety measures on preservation and use of flammable substances...
Heatwave may continue: Met office
03:42 PM, 29 Mar 2022 TuesdayThe ongoing mild heatwave would continue in different parts of the country, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department...