Bangladesh

To promote job-oriented education in Bangladesh, the government has decided to recruit for some 12,600 posts across technical colleges and polytechnics over three fiscals. All the necessary procedures needed for the issuance of a government order paving the way for the creation of 12,607 posts — 1,061 cadre posts and 11,546 non-cadre posts — in the technical education sector were ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen paid last respects to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah at the Embassy of Kuwait in Dhaka on Friday and signed the condolence book. The Foreign Minister prayed for salvation of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members and people of the country. He mentioned that Bangladesh has lost ...

Bangladesh reported 33 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking a total of 5,305. Another 1,396 coronavirus patients are found in 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 366,383. A press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) made the disclosure on Friday afternoon.Health authorities reported another 1,549 people to have ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal left Dhaka for United Arab Emirates (UAE) for his eye treatment. A regular aircraft of Emirates Airlines carrying AHM Mustafa Kamal took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday morning, said Gazi Touhidul Islam, public relations officer at the finance ministry. The minister is expected to return home on October 16, he added. Earlier ...

Md Azharul Islam, head of Editing Assistant Department at Bangladesh Pratidin, died of cancer at a hospital in the capital on Thursday night. He was 60. Azharul Islam breathed his last at Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital (Midford Hospital) at around 10:00 pm while undergoing treatment. He is survived by his wife, three sons and a host of well ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government has given special focus on establishing air connectivity with different countries. “We are holding talks so that our Biman can get access of flying to different countries and have been working to upgrade Biman in every aspect such as its security and services,” she said, referring to Wednesday’s deal with the US in ...

Bangladesh reported 32 new deaths from the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking a total of 5,272. Another 1,508 coronavirus patients are found in 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 364,987. A press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) made the disclosure on Thursday afternoon. Health authorities reported another 1,591 people to ...

The government has further extended the shutdown of all the educational institutions, except Qawmi madrasas, across Bangladesh till October 31 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the country. Earlier in March, the government ordered all the schools, colleges and universities across the country to close down soon after the first cases of Covid-19 in Bangladesh were reported on March ...

Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam has been released from hospital as her health condition is now well. The doctors at National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in the capital released Wahida on Thursday noon. Wahida will be admitted to Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar further treatment, sources at the hospital said. Confirming the ...

Customs officials and National Security Agency (NSI) in a joint drive detained a man with 82 gold bars weighing 9.59 kilogrammes from Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Thursday morning. The arrestee is identified as Mohammad Enamul Haque, hailing from Chakatia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Sources at the airport revealed Enamul landed at the airport by a ...