Dengue patients will now be given treatment at the Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) around 10:30pm on Saturday. Confirming the matter on Sunday, the DGHS said the government took the decision to treat dengue patients at the COVID-19 dedicated hospital following rapid ...

The price of sugar has skyrocketed in the market as the supply of the food has drastically decreased in the country over the past few days. Most of the retail shops at Mohammadpur, Shewrapara, Mirpur-6, Mirpur-12, Dhanmondi, Kuril, and Badda ran out of sugar on Saturday. The retail shop owners claim that they have not gotten the sugar supply from ...

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded one Covid-19 death and 124 coronavirus positive cases in 24 hours. Bangladesh reported 5.49 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,259 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 ...

Police have seized 15,820 litres of soyabean oil of state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) from a Saudi expatriate’s house at Fatikchari in Chittagong. The TCB’s soyabean oil was seized from underneath the beds of the house of Saudi expatriate Mohamamd Nezam at Hamid Para area of Ward No. 4 in Kanchan Nagar union under Fatikchari upazila early Saturday (October ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — ousted by ethics scandals just three months ago — jockeyed to make a comeback Friday as one of several contenders seeking to replace Liz Truss, whose rapid downfall threw the country’s leadership into disarray at a time of severe economic challenges. The governing Conservative Party has ordered a lightning-fast race that aims to ...

Britain’s divisive former leader Boris Johnson on Friday received heavyweight Conservative backing to stage a sensational comeback following the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss. The UK’s ruling party was forced into its second leadership contest in quick succession after Truss announced she was quitting after just 44 tempestuous days in office. A poll by YouGov found 79 percent of ...

Foreign reserve of Bangladesh has declined to $35.90 billion as on Thursday (Oct 20, 2022). Increase in Bangladesh Bank’s dollar sale to address greenback crisis on the market has affected foreign reserve, sources said. High import payments coupled with low remittance and export earnings triggered the dollar crisis. According to a data of central bank, it sold $4.47b to banks ...

Bangladesh reported 216 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,411 as no death was reported during the period. With the new infections, the caseload rose to 2,033,878, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 5.87 per cent from Thursday’s 5.82 per ...

Facebook on Thursday added a method for people running groups to automatically sift out claims that have been debunked since being posted. The ability for group administrators to send misinformation to a “quarantine queue” comes ahead of midterm elections in the United States and as Facebook-parent Meta continues to fend off critics who say it doesn’t do enough to fight ...

Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed. A leadership election will be completed within the next week to replace Truss, who is the shortest serving prime minister in British history. George Canning previously held the record, serving 119 days in 1827 when he died. 1922 Committee chair Graham ...