Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Wednesday confirmed overnight “violence” at its vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, and vowed to “avoid similar incidents” in the future. In a statement, the company said workers had complained about pay and conditions at the plant, but denied it had housed new recruits with Covid-positive staff.

Bangladesh reported 33 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new numbers, the caseload rose to 2,036,449, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,431 as no death was reported during this period. The daily case test positivity slightly dropped to 0.87 per cent from Tuesday’s 0.89 per ...

Bangladesh reported 23 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the caseload rose to 2,036,416, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,431 as no death was reported during this period. The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.89 per cent from Monday’s 0.66 per ...

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has increased the prices of 24 medicines manufactured by Libra Pharmaceuticals Limited. The medicine price hike comes at a time when people in general are already affected by the soaring prices of essentials and services as well.

World oil prices plunged more than five percent Monday, reaching the lowest levels since January, on forecasts of a hit to Chinese demand. Brent North Sea crude slumped 5.5 percent to $82.84 per barrel and WTI shed 5.7 percent to $75.55 as China’s first coronavirus death in six months triggered fears of renewed strict lockdowns in the world’s second biggest ...

Four dengue patients died and 606 more people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease across the country in the last 24 hours Monday (Nov 21). In the 24 hours, 289 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka, said the DGHS release. However, 317 dengue patients were admitted outside the capital. According to DGHS, 1,258 patients are undergoing ...

Lawyers for a woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after travelling to join the Islamic State group in Syria challenged the decision on Monday, arguing she was a victim of child trafficking. Shamima Begum is one of hundreds of Europeans whose fate following the 2019 collapse of the Islamist extremists’ self-styled caliphate has proved a thorny issue for ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Monday said electricity price will not be increased at retail level now though the bulk tariff has been adjusted upward by 19.92 percent at distribution level. “The new adjustment of power tariff will not be effective for the retail level consumers and it will be effective only for power ...

The telecom regulator has allowed Grameenphone to sell 78,000 SIMs to the army, police, and other government and corporate customers. After a ban on GP SIM sales on June 29, 2022, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) withdrew its suspension on a number of conditions, according to a notice issued on Sunday, reports UNB. Those include the selective corporate sales ...

Four dengue patients died while 646 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today). On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year. “As many as 320 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 326 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during ...