With three more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Sunday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 247 this year. During this period, 513 more patients, including 277 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Among the latest deaths, two were reported from Dhaka while another from ...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be considering “all options”, including reducing the number of foreign students, in his bid to bring down the rising net migration in the United Kingdom, according to a BBC report. Mr Sunak will be looking into imposing curbs on foreign students pursuing so-called “low quality” degrees and bringing in dependents, the report said, quoting ...

The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), held in Dhaka in November, attracted young computer talents from all over the world. ICPC is an annual multi-tiered programming competition among universities around the world. As the 4th Asian country to host the event after China, Japan and Thailand, Bangladesh has proven its capacity to host such a global event. The United States’ ...

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 23 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 1.01 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,284 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the ...

Prime Minister’s Private Industries and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman on Saturday said the existing dollar crisis in banks will be gone by next month. “Necessary goods can be imported ahead of Ramadan and there will be no crisis during the month of Ramadan,” Rahman said while replying to journalists after placing a wreath and paying tribute at Mujibnagar mausoleum ...

Net migration to the UK rose to a record of around 504,000 in the year to June 2022, official statistics showed on Friday, driven by an increase in the number of non-EU nationals, reports Reuters. The Office for National Statistics said a recovery of travel following COVID-19, and an increase in arrivals of international students who had been studying remotely ...

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is reducing output at its factories in Solihull and Halewood until the spring, due to ongoing problems obtaining enough computer chips for new vehicles. The action is expected to affect the output of models such as the Jaguar F-Pace and Land Rover Discovery Sport. The move is understood to be temporary, with JLR focusing on ...

With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK’s state-run National Health Service is facing an unprecedented crisis. The walk-out by nurses next month heaps fresh misery on the much-loved but creaking institution, just as winter illnesses bite and as the country faces a prolonged recession. Matthew Taylor, head of the ...

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 20 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 0.65 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,067 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the ...

Asian markets rallied Thursday and the dollar weakened further after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting suggested it could slow its pace of rate hikes. The news provided traders with a cushion against concerns about surging Covid cases in China that have fanned speculation authorities will revert to lockdowns and other economically debilitating measures to fight the outbreak, ...