Bangladesh has reported five more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 167, reports UNB. During the period, 788 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. Among the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka one from Chattogram and ...

Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content moderation. Tweets by staff of the social media company said teams responsible for communications, content curation, human rights and machine learning ethics were among those gutted, as were ...

Bangladesh on Friday recorded zero Covid-19 death and 88 coronavirus positive cases. “Bangladesh reported 3.25 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,706 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital is 67 ...

Mr. Charles Whiteley, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh, on Thursday morning paid a courtesy call on FBCCI President Md. Jashim Uddin at FBCCI office in Dhaka. While talking on bilateral trade and investment between the countries, FBCCI President informed the Ambassador about the golden jubilee celebration of FBCCI to be held in March 2023 ...

With the death of nine more dengue patients in 24 hours till Thursday morning, the official death toll from the disease this year rose to 161. This is the highest death toll from dengue in a day this year, reports UNB. Of the deceased, six were from Dhaka, raising the fatalities in the division to 100, two were from Rajshahi ...

New Bangladeshi private carrier Air Astra will start operations in November. The airline received the go-ahead from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday. Air Commodore Shah Kawsar Ahmed Choudhury, Member for Flight Standards and Regulations of CAAB, handed over the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to Imran Asif, Chief Executive Officer and Accountable Manager of Air Astra, at ...

With four more deaths from dengue confirmed in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, the official death toll from the disease rose to 152 in 2022 – the second-highest on record after the 179 deaths recorded in 2019, reports UNB. Of all the patients who died in the last 24 hours, three were from Dhaka division, and another was from ...

Air raid sirens sounded in South Korea after the North fired about a dozen missiles in its direction Wednesday, at least one of them landing near the rivals’ tense sea border. The launches came hours after North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to “pay the most horrible price in history” as it ...

Price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has again been increased by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC). The BERC has fixed the price of a 12-kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1,251, raising by Tk 51. A 12-kg LPG cylinder has so far been sold at Tk 1,200. BERC chairman Abdul Jalil announced the new prices through a virtual press conefernce ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts have said could stretch the billionaire thin, reports Reuters. Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring ...