Global sea level to rise by over 10cm in 80 years: Study
GB Today Ice sheets covering three-quarters of Greenland, the world’s largest island, are melting so rapidly that global sea level…
August 2020
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 41 more deaths, 2,868 fresh cases
Bangladesh today recorded 41 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,868 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to…
BD: Money-laundering cases: Destiny MD denied bail
The High Court (HC) on Thursday turned down the bail petitions of Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin…
Railway relaxes NID rule for travelling, buying tickets
Bangladesh Railway has relaxed the rule that made it mandatory for the passengers to show National Identity Card…
BD: HC rejects Shipra’s plea seeking action against cops
The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition seeking action against two policemen who had posted Shipra…
Water level continues to surge in Ganges basin
Surging of water level in many of the rivers in the Ganges basin has been continuing for a…
Launch services suspended on Paturia-Daulatdia, Aricha-Kazirhat routes
Authorities on Thursday morning suspended launch services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat launch routes for inclement weather. However, ferry…
BD: Quader warns against intrusion of wrongdoers into AL
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today warned the party leaders and workers against intrusion of wrongdoers and…
Orissa officials asked to remain alert for flood-like situation
Odisha officials asked to remain alert for flood-like situation The Odisha government on Wednesday asked the district collectors…
TDC Demands Extending the Date for Admissions in A&N Colleges
Port Blair: The Tribal Development Council, A&N Islands has demanded for extending the cut-off date for admission in…
Three More Local COVID-19 Transmissions Reported in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
By ZAW ZAW HTWE: YANGON—Three more local COVID-19 transmissions were detected in Rakhine State on Wednesday, three days…
“AA Frees Five Members of Rival Arakan Liberation Party in Myanmar’s West”
By LEI LEI: YANGON—Rakhine ethnic armed group Arakan Army (AA) has released two senior members of a group…
Tripura pays rich tributes to last king on birth anniversary
Tripura celebrated the 112th birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya on Wednesday. The State Government organized…
Modi Cabinet approves proposal to lease out Guwahati Airport to Adani Group
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for leasing out three airports…
Assam govt announces provincialisation of 382 educational institutes, 3,980 teachers’ posts
Assam government on Tuesday announced provincialisation of a total of 3,980 teachers’ posts under the directorates of higher…
Only safety shield
There is no point in wearing a mask on the forehead, under the chin or just over the…
Bid to ‘kill’ Baghjan gas well fails
Four of OIL’s seniormost officials tested Covid positive on Tuesday leaving the energy major in a spot Umanand…
West Bengal: 3,175 Covid cases in a day, tests speed up
The state has now gone past 1.22 lakh cases, of which nearly 93,000 are recoveries and 2,528 are…
Darjeeling leaders prod CM on nurse training course quota
The auxiliary nursing and midwifery and general nursing and midwifery courses are taught at 39 centres across Bengal…
Siliguri hospital fire sparks infants’ shift
A fire broke out at the Sick Neonatal Care Unit of the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital…