Police recovered the body of a 70-year-old man, who went missing in the Kushiyara River on Sunday, from the river at Golapganj upazila in Sylhet district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Diresh Das, 70, hailed from Bagla Chhayghari village of Badepasha union of the upazila. According to family members of the deceased, on Sunday around 4:30 pm, Diresh ...

Veteran freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has passed away. He was 81. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury breathed his last at about 11.15pm while undergoing treatment at Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital on Tuesday. He had been suffering from kidney complications for a long time. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is a well-known Bangladeshi physician and public health activist. ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday cleared 11 projects involving the overall estimated cost of Tk 13,655.98 crore. The approval came from the Ecnec meeting presided over by Ecnec chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e Bangla Nagar area. “Today 11 projects were approved,” said Planning Minister ...

While reiterating that any abuser of human rights should be held accountable, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the US Department of State Vedant Patel has said, “Broadly, the U.S. supports the principle of free and fair elections in Bangladesh and around the world, but I’m not here to endorse one political candidate or party versus another.” He was speaking at a ...

5 people of the same family, including women and children, fell unconscious after drinking soft drink Coca-Cola in Shahjalal suburb of Sylhet and are admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. The incident took place at the residence of Ali Hossain of Road No. 3 of H Block under Shahparan Police Station of Sylhet at 11:30 pm on Monday ...

We are cautioned against eating sweets, especially while trying to lose weight or to get healthier in general. But if anyone is on a health kick and still has a craving for something sweet, there stands one delicious treat, that’s ‘dates’. The dates have a wide range of health benefits. Dates are chewy and sweet fruit packed with lots of ...

Under-5 mortality rate in Bangladesh saw a sharp decline in the past 5 years, according to a new report by the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT). The number came down from 43 per thousand in 2017 to 31 per thousand in 2022, the report shows. The preliminary result of the report titled “Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey- ...

A total of 3,845 traders have been affected by the devastating fire at Bangabazar Market in the capital, said inquiry committee of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). DSCC spokesman Abu Naser said the president of the inquiry committee and Zonal Executive Officer of Zone-1 Merina Nazneen submitted the final report to the DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh at ...

President-elect Md Sahbuddin is scheduled to take oath as the country’s 22nd President at 11am on April 24. Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain today apprised Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury of the date and time of the swearing ceremony. The cabinet secretary met the Speaker at her JS office today to apprise her of the matter, said a ...

The public health service in England was on Tuesday braced for “the most disruptive industrial action” in its history as junior doctors walk out over pay and working conditions. The National Health Service (NHS) has been hit by waves of strikes in recent months as soaring inflation eats into wages and pandemic backlogs coupled with staff shortages increase workloads. But ...