Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain Bakul has formally inaugurated the nationwide emergency measles-rubella vaccination campaign to tackle the ongoing outbreak, targeting approximately 1.8 crore children aged between six months and 59 months. The campaign was inaugurated at around 8:15am on Monday (20 April) at Little Angel Seminary in Jinda Park, Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj. Similar inaugural ...

Independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana delivered a blistering attack on the government in parliament on Sunday, accusing it of persistently denying a fuel shortage that millions of citizens have been experiencing firsthand, with motorists queuing for kilometres outside filling stations well into the night. Speaking during an urgent public attention debate under Rule 71, Farhana, elected from Brahmanbaria-2, invoked Nobel laureate ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has said that the process for forming the 10th Wage Board for journalists will begin very soon. He made the announcement on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad while responding to a scripted question from opposition lawmaker Sheikh Monjurul Haque (Rahad) of Bagerhat-2. The minister noted that the gazette notification for the 9th Newspaper Wage ...

Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) convener Nahid Islam has said that a prospective member’s former political affiliation is not a determining factor for joining the party, but drew a firm line against anyone linked to fascism, mass killings, corruption, or extortion. “It does not matter to us what someone’s past identity is ” whether they came from Chhatra Dal, Chhatra Shibir, ...

Virgil van Dijk scored a last-gasp winner against Everton on Sunday as Liverpool strengthened their push for a Champions League spot next season ahead of a Premier League summit meeting between Manchester City and Arsenal. On a pivotal day in the English top division, fourth-placed Aston Villa squandered a two-goal lead against Sunderland but scored in stoppage time to win ...

The Bangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association has demanded a revision of bus and truck fares, citing an increase in diesel prices at the consumer level following the government’s readjustment of fuel prices in line with the global market. On Sunday, the association proposed raising the fare for long-distance buses from Tk2.12 per kilometre to Tk4.05 per kilometre. Bangladesh Road Transport ...

Bangla Mirror news Desk : Press conference with UK Bangla Reporters Unity by Zami Ali, Independent Party candidate for Tower Hamlets Council. Jami Ali spoke at the press conference about his commitment to change ahead of the upcoming 7th May, London Tower Hamlets Council elections, and revealed a comprehensive action plan. Mayoral candidate Zami Ali, appearing at the UK Bangla ...

Depression often isolates people. It slows movement, dulls motivation, and disconnects individuals from their surroundings. But a growing body of research suggests that something as simple and human as dancing — especially with others — can help reverse that process. Not because it distracts the mind, but because it actively changes how the brain functions. Scientists are beginning to understand ...

Vegetables dressed with pungent mustard oil and raw onions — bhorta is an emotion every Bangladeshi can connect to. It never fails to astonish me how a hand-pressed ball of three ingredients transports me back to my happy place. My mother tempering blackened dried red chillies in pure mustard oil to make the simple yet flavourful aloo bhorta, or mashed ...

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 ...