The World Health Organization  began discussions on lowering the level of alert about the coronavirus. WHO sources said no decision would be announced before Monday. The WHO’s emergency committee on COVID-19 is holding its 14th meeting since the start of the pandemic. The panel meets every three months to discuss the crisis and then brief WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen inaugurated two new units of the Sylhet M.A.G. Osmani Medical College and Hospital today. “The ICU-3 and NCDC units will contribute to improving healthcare for the people of the region,” he said while addressing the inauguration ceremony. He urged the concerned authorities to start working on developing a second branch of the hospital. “Another ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A 55-year-old caretaker of a water pump was stabbed dead allegedly by miscreants in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj district early Friday. Lal Miah was a resident of Jhirunda village under the upazila. Locals and police said the victim used to work as a guard of a water pump operated to water cropland in Bawa Haor. Like other ...

Fast bowlers Hasan Mahmud and Azmatullah Omarzai shared six wickets as Rangpur Riders romped to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) table topper Sylhet Strikers at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Playing their first match at their home venue, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s side was restricted to 92-9, a total that Rangpur overhauled comfortably with 93-4 in 15.4 ...

The only way to find calm and comfort in today’s highly uncertain world is via books. Since entrepreneurship has been a hot topic in recent years, several business titans have documented their entrepreneurial journeys. The top 5 business books you shouldn’t miss reading this year are as follows: Engineered in India: From Dreams to Billion-Dollar Cyient Authored by BVR Mohan ...

Epic Properties on Thursday celebrated its 20th anniversary with various events in Chattogram city. Chittagong City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Rezaul Karim Chowdhury was present as the chief guest in the event held in a hotel in the city. Epic Properties Chairman engineer Lokman Kabir gave the welcome speech at the event. The daily Azadi Editor MA Malek, former Chattogram city ...

Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza bowed out of Grand Slam tennis Friday with defeat in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final playing alongside Rohan Bopanna — her first playing partner 22 years ago, reports AFP from Melbourne. The 36-year-old Mirza, regarded as her country’s greatest women’s tennis player, returned to Melbourne Park for one last hurrah and made it all the way ...

Police in a drive arrested two men along with 52 Yaba pills from Brahmanbazar area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday night. The arrested were Md Sohag Miah,19 and Md Kamal Mia, 26, residents of Kadipur union of the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer in-charge Md Abdus Salek said acting on a tip-off, a team of police led ...

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus. The Food and Drug Administration asked its scientific advisers Thursday to help lay the groundwork for switching to once-a-year boosters for most Americans — ...

The prices of refined sugar have been hiked by Tk 5 per kilogram which will be effective from February 1. As per the new rate, the loose sugar will be sold at Tk 107 per kg, while packaged sugar will be sold at Tk 112 per kg. Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association (BSRA) confirmed the matter through a press release on ...