Govt will take steps to set up ICUs in every district hospital: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament said her government will take steps to set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at every district hospital.
18 April 2020, 14:42 PM

Defying shutdown thousands attend Khelafat Majlish leader’s janaza

Defying the nationwide shutdown to curb the transmission of Covid-19, thousands of people today took part in the janaza of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish’s ‘Nayeb-e Amir’ Maulana Zubayer Ahmad Ansari, held at a madrasa in Bertola village under Sorail upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
18 April 2020, 12:35 PM

JS goes into 7th session for very brief period

The House went into its seventh session this afternoon for a very brief period due to spread of Covid-19 in different parts of the country.
18 April 2020, 11:59 AM

Call hotline for health advice in Saudi Arabia, ambassador tells Bangladeshis

Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Moshi has urged Bangladeshis living there to call 937 for health advice if any of them suffer from coronavirus-like symptoms.
18 April 2020, 10:05 AM

Lightning strikes kill 4 in Sunamganj

Four people are killed in separate incidents of being struck by lightning in Sunamganj.
18 April 2020, 09:30 AM

Coronavirus shutdown: Boon and bane for Halda river fish egg collectors

Fish egg collectors at Halda River are excited with hopes of a good yield due to a drop in pollution this year thanks to the ongoing countrywide shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. But at the same time, they worry that it will be difficult to sell their catch.
18 April 2020, 06:06 AM

UK to operate 4 special flights from Dhaka for British citizens April 21-26

Four special flights will be operated from Dhaka to London between April 21 and 26 to take back British citizens and their direct dependants.
18 April 2020, 05:14 AM

Law minister's mother Jahanara Huq passes away

Freedom fighter and Law Minister Anisul Huq's mother Jahanara Huq has passed away at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 86.
18 April 2020, 04:35 AM

Two with respiratory problems die in Barishal

Two people with coronavirus-like symptoms die at the isolation unit of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal.
17 April 2020, 16:59 PM

Man arrested over rape in Mymensingh

Police arrest a man in a case filed in connection with the rape of a woman and then stealing her money in Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj upazila.
17 April 2020, 16:47 PM

TIB concerned over AL’s partisan ‘relief committees’

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expresses concern over ruling Awami League’s announcement to form partisan “relief committee” at ward level to help local administration in relief distribution.
17 April 2020, 16:40 PM

Man who died at isolation ward in Chandpur tests negative for Covid-19

A 33-year-old man, who died in an isolation ward at a hospital in Chandpur on Tuesday, tests negative for coronavirus.
17 April 2020, 14:37 PM

Renowned art director Mohiuddin Faruque passes away

Renowned art director and filmmaker Mohiuddin Faruque passes away at his residence in the capital’s Banani at the age of 78.
17 April 2020, 14:06 PM

UP chairman who beat up farmer held in Natore

Law enforcers have arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman for allegedly beating up a farmer in Lalpur upazila of Natore as the farmer called a helpline number and sought relief.
17 April 2020, 14:02 PM

Stranded Bangladeshis return to Dhaka from Thailand

Forty-eight Bangladeshis who remained stranded in Thailand for over a month, have returned back to Dhaka from Bangkok.
17 April 2020, 13:44 PM

Army flies in relief to 360 families in remote Bandarban hills

Bangladesh Army distributes relief materials to 360 families in the remote areas of Thanchi and Ruma upazilas of Bandarban.
17 April 2020, 12:53 PM

Youth gunned down by Liberation War minister’s gunman

A youth has been shot dead and another sustained bullet injuries at hands of the gunman of Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozzammel Haque at Kutubdia area under Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district.
17 April 2020, 10:40 AM

Mogh Party man shot dead in Bandarban

A member of the Arakan Liberation Party -- locally known as Mogh Party -- was shot dead in the remote Kenaiju Para area under Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban today morning.
17 April 2020, 06:31 AM

TCB products seized from Sunamganj businessman’s storage facility

Local administration seize 76 sacks of sugar and 196 bottles of oil from the storage facility of a businessman in Sunamganj.
16 April 2020, 19:47 PM

Land grabbers feast on riverbank as admin busy to tackle Covid-19

While the administration is struggling to check the spread of Covid-19, some unscrupulous people did not miss the ‘opportunity’ to occupy land on the western bank of the Sheakathi river on Patuakhali-Galachipa route in Phedainagar area of Jainkathi union of Patuakhali Sadar upazila.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM