Private business sector still away from reaching SDGs

A recent United Nations report on the private business sector shows that the majority of companies are not doing enough to help bring about the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises

Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as he launched new measures to try to curb the coronavirus, reports Reuters...

Fresh floods maroon 15000 families in Lalmonirhat

Water level of the Teesta River has risen again, leaving around 15000 families marooned in coastal areas of Lalmonirhat...

Couple kills themselves after son dies of Covid-19

Bangladesh Covid-19 deaths reach 1,997, cases 159,679

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Bangladesh has neared 2000. The country recorded 3,288 new cases and 29 deaths related to the virus in the past 24 hours. With this, total infections and fatalities in the country stood at 159,679 and 1,997 respectively...

US sends carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills

Two US aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the US navy said, as China also carried out military drills that have been criticised by the Pentagon and neighbouring states...

No need to have talks with US, says N Korea

North Korea does not feel the need to have talks with the United States, which would be nothing more than “a political tool” for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Saturday, ahead of a US envoy’s visit to South Korea...

PRAN-RFL donates protective equipment to Mugda and 2 other hospitals

PRAN-RFL Group, one of the largest business conglomerate of the country, has continued to distribute protective equipment among hospitals for the protection of the physicians and nurses...

COVID-19 is here to stay. People will have to adapt

It is astonishing how rapidly the pandemic has spread, despite all the efforts to stop it. On February 1st, the day covid-19 first appeared on the front cover of The Economist, the World Health Organisation counted 2,115 new cases...

Ajay Devgn to make film on sacrifice of Indian Army at Galwan valley

Ajay Devgn is all set to produce a film honouring the sacrifice of 20 Indian Army personnel who died in a face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan valley...

Jute ministry’s joint secretary dies of COVID-19

Khurshid Alam, joint secretary to the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, died from coronavirus at a hospital in the capital early Saturday...

Chittagong University goes under lockdown

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) has put the campus under lockdown for 14 days from today’s morning to stop spread of coronavirus. University’s Acting Registrar Professor S M Monirul Hasan confirmed the matter. He said, the university will remain under lockdown from July 4 to July 17...

France’s Macron picks Castex as PM after Philippe resigns

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has tendered his resignation after heading President Emmanuel Macron's government for three years...

Italy asks Bangladeshis to test for COVID-19

The central Italian region of Lazio, fringing the capital Rome, has asked its large Bangladeshi community to undergo “blanket testing” for the coronavirus following a recent increase in the number of infections. Lazio has reported some 8,000 cases since Italy’s COVID-19 outbreak emerged at the end of February...

WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China

The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the COVID crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan...

Wari put under lockdown

Wari area of the capital has been put under lockdown for the next 21 days from 6am today and will continue till July 25 to prevent the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). Tipu Sultan Road, Jahangir Road, Dhaka-Sylhet Highway from Baldha Garden to Joy Kali Temple, Lalmini Road, Hare Road, War Road, Rankin Road and Nawab Road has been come under lockdown...

Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually...

France Prime Minister and his govt resign

French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe resigned on Friday ahead of a government reshuffle by President Emmanuel Macron designed to bolster his green credentials and win back disillusioned voters ahead of a possible re-election bid, reports France24...

Actress-MP Locket Chatterjee tests positive for Covid-19

Popular actress and West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee said on Friday that she has tested positive for coronavirus...

Kuwait imprisons 2 in case filed against MP Papul

The Public Prosecution of Kuwait decided to imprison its two nationals in the lawsuit lodged against Bangladeshi lawmaker Md Shahid Islam Papul for alleged human trafficking and money laundeing...