UNB: A Contact Cohorts Analysis (COCOA) study, conducted in four districts of northeastern Bangladesh, found that leprosy can transmit from an infected person to another who shares the same... Read more
Bangladeshi number one archer Ruman Shana, one of the 35 archers in the world, got a grant of USD 5000 from World Archery Federation (WAF) to weather the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The wo... Read more
UNB: German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz has described Bangladesh as a robust economy having dynamism and resilience stressing that its economy will surely bounce back soon. He... Read more
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the second-worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) again on Wednesday morning for ‘lack of rain’. The air quality of the megacity has been showing significant... Read more
While calls for the release of the Bangladeshis have been growing in the neighbouring country, the Assam Police have filed criminal charges against the men. Abhishek Saha, Guwahati: Nearly t... Read more
UNB: The High Court (HC) on Tuesday stayed a government order that had cancelled the 119 freedom fighters’ certificates of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members. A virtual bench of Jus... Read more
BNP on Tuesday asked the Election Commission not to hold the parliamentary by-polls to Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 on July 14 next amid this pandemic situation. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhru... Read more
AFP: Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make up 70 percent of the pilgrims after it scaled-back the annual ritual due to c... Read more
Dohatec New Media, a leading software company of Bangladesh, has developed and delivered the phase ll of an electronic government procurement system for Bhutan which was launched on Tuesday... Read more
BSS: Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) extended the contract of the English head coach of national team Jamie Day for two years from mid of August 2020 to mid of August 2022. Jamie’s term... Read more
UNB: Long-known as the ‘King of Playback’ in the Bangladeshi music industry legendary singer Andrew Kishore passed away on Monday evening and noted celebrities have expressed their grief on... Read more
AFP: Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden Siberia, with last month in a dead heat for the warmest June on record globally, the Europea... Read more
TASS: Volunteers, who tested a vaccine against the coronavirus two weeks ago at Burdenko military hospital, are feeling well and have not experienced any side effects, the Russian Defense Mi... Read more
JD(U), BJP and RJD unwilling to give in to whims of smaller partners in run-up to assembly polls Amitabh Srivastava, Patna: In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Bihar’s three main political parti... Read more
Freedom Fighter and former Nalitabari municipality mayor Abdul Halim Ukil died of Covid-19 on Sunday night. He was 67. Abdul Halim, a member of the district Awami League executive committee,... Read more
The government has received a report into Huawei that is likely to change its policy over the Chinese firm’s role in the UK’s telecoms networks. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden s... Read more
AP: Israel’s Defense Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday, giving the country what officials said was an additional tool in keeping tabs on its man... Read more
For any Bong, especially if you have grown up in India’s Kolkata, all conversations about Satyajit Ray are bound to be steeped in nostalgia. For us, Ray is like a family member – maybe... Read more
Legendary Bangladeshi singer Andrew Kishore passed away this evening after fighting a long battle with cancer. He was 64. The multiple National Film Awards-winning singer, who was fondly cal... Read more
Md Anwar Ullah: Sylhet Stadium might be the venue of the all three home matches of the World Cup 2022 and the Asian Cup 2023 joint qualifying competition as the Bangladesh Football Federatio... Read more
