A total of 68,540 children will be vaccinated under the measles-rubella campaign in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area, officials announced at a coordination meeting on Sunday. Dr Md Zahidul Islam, Chief Health Officer of SCC, said the campaign will be implemented in two phases. In the first phase, vaccination will be carried out at the community level across all ...

Police arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with Yaba pills and heroin in a special drive in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila on Saturday morning. The arrested were identified as Delwar, 27, Himel Talukder, 26 and Milton, 48, all residents of Mirzapur village. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officials led by sub-inspector (SI) Md Rafiqul Islam conducted a drive ...

Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has said the government increased fuel prices only marginally despite a sharp rise in global oil prices. Speaking to journalists on Sunday, the minister said the government had to spend an additional $2 billion on fuel imports due to instability in the international market. “Global fuel prices have nearly ...

The prosecution at International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Sunday concluded its arguments on charge framing in a crimes against humanity case against former lawmaker Shamim Osman and 11 others over atrocities in Narayanganj during the July Mass Uprising. During the hearing, the prosecution placed arguments detailing the complicity of the accused in the crimes, in which 10 people were killed ...

Big names from the worlds of film, technology, music and sports gathered on Saturday in Santa Monica, California for the Breakthrough Prizes, popularly known as the “Oscars of Science.” The awards, co-founded by philanthropists and tech entrepreneurs, recognize the research achievements of leading scientists around the world in three broad categories: Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics. “These are some ...

Immortality has always been one of humanity’s oldest obsessions. Kings searched for it, philosophers argued about it, and billionaires now spend fortunes chasing it. But the idea of immortality is no longer confined to science fiction, as a Boston biotech company plans to begin the first human trial of a treatment designed to reverse cellular aging later this year. According ...

Questions have emerged over the recent surge in measles infections and rising child deaths in the country, with an inquiry suggesting that the crisis is not solely due to vaccine shortages but also linked to controversial policy decisions taken during the tenure of the former interim government. Findings indicate that the situation stems largely from the sweeping authority exercised in ...

A total of 4,457 Bangladeshi pilgrims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia on 11 flights during the current Hajj season. Of them, 1,246 travelled under government arrangements, while 3,211 went through private agencies. On the second day of Hajj flights on Sunday (19 April), a further 5,756 pilgrims are scheduled to depart Dhaka on 14 flights, the Hajj Office ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined significantly by 18 percent in the final quarter of 2025, mainly due to political uncertainty during the closing period of the interim government. According to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank, net FDI stood at $108 million during October–December 2025, down from $132.81 million in the same period of 2024. Economists have attributed ...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran not to “blackmail” Washington with its flip-flopping on the fate of the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran declared the strategic waterway once again closed. “We’re talking to them. They wanted to close up the strait again — you know, as they’ve been doing for years — and they can’t blackmail us,” Trump ...