Tourists to land for Phuket reopening despite Covid surge
GB Today BSS/AFP, Phuket: The first international travellers for a quarantine-free scheme will touch down in the holiday hotspot of…
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Day-time power use can measure Covid’s economic impact in Bangladesh
Day-time peak of electricity supply can give us a yardstick for measuring the impact of Covid-19 on Bangladesh…
A new era in Bangladesh’s RMG sector
The revision of the Bangladesh Labour Act (2006) was set as the main priority to improve the legislative…
One in every 12 Bangladeshis aged 60 years or above may have dementia: Study
UNB, Dhaka: One in every 12 individuals 60 years or older in Bangladesh have dementia (prevalence 8%), says…
British Bangladeshi Honoured with All England Lawn Tennis Club Recognition for Covid-19 Pandemic Efforts
The recipient of the United Kingdom’s two national awards – British Citizen Awards 2021 & British Community Honours…
Almost 100 Myanmar Border Police Infected With COVID-19 in Rakhine State
Nearly 100 border guard police in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State have contracted COVID-19, with the toll of coronavirus…
A&N Administration Reaches Out to PVTGs, First Dose of COVISHIELD Administered
Denis Giles, Port Blair: The Andaman & Nicobar Administration has now reached out to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal…
Rose Valley scam: CBI files supplementary charge sheet against 5 in Tripura court
NE NOW NEWS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary charge sheet in connection with…
Centre releases Rs 14.16 crore for Tripura under DAY-National Urban Livelihood Mission
NE NOW NEWS: The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) has released Rs 14.16 crore for…
NLFT lying low in Bangladesh, may ramp up extortion activities soon
The NLFT, in recent times, has suffered massive setbacks as most of its top leaders and cadres either…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio in New Delhi, discusses border issue
Earlier, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that his Government will work for resolving border disputes among…
Assam, Mizoram chief secretaries to meet over inter-state border row in Delhi on July 9
Mizoram shares about 164.6 km long inter-state border with Assam. NE NOW NEWS: Assam, Mizoram chief secretaries to…
Assam-Arunachal border row: Minister Suklabaidya visits disputed areas
NE NOW NEWS: Amid the border tension, Assam Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Friday visited areas…
West Bengal logs 1,501 fresh Covid-19 cases, 27 fatalities
The state now has 20,170 active cases and 14,63,379 patients have recovered from the disease so far Our…
Covid second wave prompts govt to reintroduce austerity drive
The finance department issued a blanket ban on expenditures for office renovation, decoration and furnishing Our Special Correspondent,…
Social welfare minister threats to quit over ‘corruption’ in Bihar
Madan Sahni asserted that it would be better to leave his post than to suffer humiliation at the…
Shutdown declared at Rohingya refugee camps and in the host communities
Today the camp authority declared restriction on movement for a week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and…
2 killed, 15 injured in clash between AL and BNP supporters
UNB, Dhaka: Two people were killed and 15 others injured on Wednesday in a clash between Awami League…
Bangladesh records highest number of Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs; 115 dead, 8,822 infected
BSS, Dhaka: The number of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh hit a record daily high since the outbreak of…
Passengers’ movement through land ports with India to remain shut until July 14
UNB, Dhaka: The ongoing restriction on the movement of passengers through the land ports between Bangladesh and India…