Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the opposition Bangladedsh Nationalist Party (BNP) had failed to wage a movement to oust the government and would fail to win the general election as well. He said the party had not been able to do anything in the last 14 years against AL and would not be able to do ...

Although the mosquito-borne disease dengue situation has worsened in the country, the time has not yet come to declare a public health emergency, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday. “Dengue has spread in 60 districts including Dhaka. But such a situation has not yet happened that we are unable to give seats and medicines to the patients in the ...

Half of the world population is at risk of contracting the mosquito-borne dengue virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s unit head on tropical diseases, told a UN press briefing in Geneva that WHO recorded an eightfold increase in dengue cases between years 2000-2022, increasing from 500,000 cases to 4.2 million. Velayudhan underlined the actual ...

Congressman Joe Wilson, the Co-Chair of Bangladesh Caucus at the US Congress, has said the United States (US) is looking forward to expanding trade ties and creating job opportunities for the people of both the countries. The Congressman, elected from South Carolina, was speaking as the chief guest at a reception hosted by Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Thursday ...

Fargana Hoque became the first Bangladeshi women cricketer to score a century in one-day international (ODI) during the third and final ODI against India at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Fargana got run out in the last ball of the innings after scoring 107 off 160 deliveries with seven boundaries. Bangladesh women scored 225 runs after ...

The foreigners (diplomats) think themselves king of this country as local media gives them undue importance, said foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday. “The foreigners’ comments on our country’s internal affairs are unwarranted. People often get killed abroad, but we don’t make any fuss on those incidents. Our media gives them undue importance which they enjoy. This gives them ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid emphasis on an amicable end to the Ukraine war, saying international cooperation in this time of growing instability is clearly vital to the vulnerable among the global community to build resilience against future shocks. “The prolonging war and the imposed sanctions and counter sanctions continue to destabilise the world. Each passing day of ...

Blaming the gross failure of the mayors of two Dhaka city corporations for the worst dengue outbreak in the capital, BNP on Friday announced a four-point programme to stand by the dengue patients and create public awareness. Tabith Awal and Ishraq Hossain, the two BNP nominated mayoral candidates in the last elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations ...

Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to convey condemnation on the burning of holy Quran. “We deeply condemn the repeated incidents of the public burning of holy Quran in few countries as they insult the sacred values of Muslims worldwide,” he said while meeting the UN Secretary-General at ...

Tobacco use has long been known to have a negative impact on the health of your gums, leaving them more susceptible to illness, tooth discoloration, and oral infection. Tobacco addiction can be as difficult to overcome as any other addiction, but have you ever sought expert help and been taught the intricacies of oral health infection? If not, you’ve come ...