Roche wins US clearance for virus treatment test
GB Today Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche said Thursday the US authorities had given it emergency clearance for a test identifying…
2020
BCB’s ‘biosafety’ training for cricketers on cards
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning a comprehensive training programme with ‘biosafety’ facilities for its cricketers in order…
Italy thirsts for tourists as country reopens to Europe
Italy reopened to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with…
BGB gets high-speed interceptor vessels
The vessels are capable of carrying 33 soldiers and have a top speed of 101kph Border Guard Bangladesh…
George Floyd and beyond
Shamim A. Zahedy: Can the US afford to ‘remain a leader in the effort to champion human rights…
Coronavirus: Ibuprofen tested as a treatment
Scientists are running a trial to see if ibuprofen can help hospital patients who are sick with coronavirus.…
Bangladeshis among asylum applicants outnumbered those fleeing war zones: Cyprus
While many hail from countries rocked by conflict and ethnic strife — particularly Syria and Cameroon — the…
Arakan Army, two allies offer truce with Tatmadaw
The Arakan Army (AA) and two other members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups have called…
AA warns of more attacks on police outposts
The Arakan Army (AA) has warned of more attacks on police outposts throughout Rakhine State until government troops…
Four police officers were killed, six others seized during an Arakan Army (AA) attack on an outpost of a police border guard force in the strife-torn Rakhine State
Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun said three other civilians also seized during the attack on the police outpost…
Civilians suffer most in northern Rakhine conflict: aid groups
Fighting between the Tatmadaw (military) and Arakan Army (AA) in northern Rakhine State since November 2018 has killed…
Myanmar made “no progress” in resolving plight of Rohingya Muslims, Yanghee Lee says
Former special UN Rapporteur Yanghee Lee said Myanmar did not make any progress in improving the plight of…
No Problem With Renaming Kolkata Port After Shyama Prasad Mukherjee: Mamata Banerjee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made the announcement to rename the Kolkata port on January 11. Kolkata: West…
‘Mamata’s Wish Will be Fulfilled’: Amit Shah Says BJP to Form Govt in Bengal With Full Majority in 2021
Amit Shah said the law and order situation has collapsed completely in West Bengal and the BJP will…
Major reshuffle in West Bengal BJP unit, Chandra Bose shunted out
Chandra Bose, a grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose, was the vice president of the BJP Bengal unit but…
Odisha government to use drones to spray insecticides to kill locusts
In a bid to control the locust attack in the country, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on…
CM Mamata Banerjee faces flak, retracts ‘100% staff in office from June 8’ remark
A day after announcing that the state government and private offices will resume work with 100 per cent…
Bus carrying migrants from Kerala to Bengal overturns in Odisha’s Balasore
According to the police, as many as seven migrant labourers were injured in the mishap Balasore: At least…
Odisha receives Rs 500-cr interim aid from Centre for restoration work post-Cyclone Amphan
Cyclone-battered Odisha has received Rs 500 crore from the Centre as advance assistance for restoration work, a senior…
Thunderstorms with gusty winds of 60 kmph lash parts of Bihar
Gusty wind with speed of 60 kilometer per hour with thunderstorms lashed Patna and few other districts of…