The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region, AFP reports. The global health body on May 5 announced that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer deemed a “global health emergency.” “Whilst it may not be a global ...

Bangladesh will begin their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign with the game against Afghanistan on October 7 in Dharamsala, India. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday revealed the fixtures and the 10 venues for the upcoming mega event which is set to begin on October 5 with a repeat of the 2019 Final as England take on New Zealand ...

Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Hili land port will remain suspended for six days, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Md Mostafizur Rahman, general secretary of Hili Land Port Import-Export Group, said that trade activities will remain closed from June 27 to July 2 for the Eid holidays. “Trade activities will resume at the land port from July ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is being taken to Singapore for treatment. He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:30am by a flight of Bangladesh Biman. The BNP leader was accompanied by his wife and son. Khandaker Mosharraf’s son Khandaker Maruf Hossain, a lawyer of Supreme Court, sought doa to all. Earlier on June 17, the senior ...

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat. As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Koran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon,reports AFP. The ritual is the high point of the ...

The annual Hajj pilgrimage commenced early on Monday, the eighth day of Dul Hijjah, with millions of Muslims from around the world taking part for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilgrims arrived at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday where they performed the Tawaf al-Qudum, known as the Tawaf of Arrival – the first step ...

Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly has joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal from Premier League side Chelsea, the two clubs announced on Sunday. “We’ll continue to make history together,” Al-Hilal wrote on Twitter, alongside a short video featuring Koulibaly. The four-times Asian Champions League winners said Koulibaly’s contract would run until 2026 without giving any financial details. British media reported that the ...

Indian trucks loaded with green chilli entered Bangladesh through Hili land port in Dinajpur on Monday as the government has allowed its import  in the wake of surging prices in the local market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. M/s Satata Banijyalay, BK Trade, Promi Enterprise and Royal Trade International– have received import permits (IP). These organizations will import around 1,900 metric tons ...

The parliament passed the Tk 7,61,785 crore national budget for FY 2023-24 — with the goal of achieving 7.5 percent GDP growth rate and keeping annual inflation at around 6 percent. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal moved the Appropriations Bill 2023, seeking a budgetary allocation of Tk 11,10,840 crore which was passed by voice votes, UNB reports. Earlier today, the ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Monday said a total of 10.74 lakh migrant workers have left Bangladesh for work in different countries till June of the current fiscal (2022-23), which is 15.59 per cent more compared to the previous year. The minister said this in reply to a query treasury bench lawmaker Ali Azam of Bhola-2 ...