Fake Covid-19 certificates: 7 Regent Hospital staffers remanded
GB Today UNB: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed seven Regent Hospital employees on a five-day remand in a case…
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112 more stranded Bangladeshis return from India
UNB: A total of 112 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Chennai by a special flight on Wednesday who…
Dhaka’s air quality dips again in absence of rain
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the second-worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) again on Wednesday morning for ‘lack…
Covid surge prompts lockdown in 9 West Bengal districts from Thursday
The government, however, did not mention how long this lockdown spell will last. A lockdown is currently in…
Tripura man starts community radio to spread awareness on Covid, beat lockdown blues
Saidingliana Sailo of Behliangchhip village in Jampui Hills started Behliangchhip Radio, the only operational community radio station in…
Tripura: Govt offers pineapple growers ‘weed-resistant, high-yield’ cultivation method
Tripura grows an estimated 1.28 lakh MT pineapples every year, in orchards spanning 8,800 hectares. Debraj Deb, Agartala:…
As Guwahati cases spike, Assam begins house-to-house testing exercise
This house-to-house testing is in addition to the 31 centres in the city where residents can voluntarily submit…
Bangladeshis on way home held for over a month, police say they violated visa rules
While calls for the release of the Bangladeshis have been growing in the neighbouring country, the Assam Police…
West Bengal’s new Jal Swapno project to provide pipeline water to 2 crore rural households
Mamata Banerjee, however, has not make it clear from where the funds for the scheme would come Pranesh…
Assam: Flood situation improving but IMD warns of heavy rainfall, death toll rises to 39
Following six days of sunshine, the water level of all major rivers in Assam is receding. But the…
Assam: Probe ordered after video shows Guwahati Police officials partying, violating lockdown rules
Police officials reportedly attended a party on a ship on the Brahmaputra river on the night of July…
Bangladesh reports 3,027 new coronavirus cases, 55 deaths in 24 hrs
Total cases raise to 1,68,645 as death toll now 2,151 UNB: The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh…
Govt opens digital market for sacrificial animals
BSS:The government has launched a digital haat, believed to be the biggest platform of such, for selling and…
Italy suspends flights from Bangladesh for one week
UNB: Italy has suspended flights from Bangladesh for a week due to coronavirus, Italian Health Ministry on Tuesday.…
Wrongly branded as sex offender, Bangladeshi chef fights deportation in UK
Devastated by wrongful labeling of a sex offender and over decade-long legal fights, a Bangladeshi chef in the…
HC stays cancellation order of BGB men’s FF certificates
UNB: The High Court (HC) on Tuesday stayed a government order that had cancelled the 119 freedom fighters’…
BNP asks EC to defer parliamentary by-polls
BNP on Tuesday asked the Election Commission not to hold the parliamentary by-polls to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 on…
Saudi opens hajj registration for foreign residents
AFP: Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make…
Global Covid-19 cases cross 11.5mn
UNB: Coronavirus cases across the globe reached 11,592,259 and the death toll from the deceased crossed 537,487 on…
Chinese ambassador warns UK for Hong Kong interference
BBC: China has warned the UK not to interfere with Hong Kong following the imposition by Beijing of…