King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt later this year, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. It was responding to a story in The Sunday Times which claimed Prime Minister Liz Truss had “ordered” the King not to attend. The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given ...

People are worried as conjunctivitis has spread massively across the country, including in Dhaka city, and many schools have also been closed due to transmission of the eye disease. However, ophthalmologists said there is nothing to be worried about conjunctivitis as the disease is easily curable and not so much harmful.They also suggested that the infected person stay away from ...

Passengers have voiced concern over buses charging them extra fares despite the introduction of e-ticketing, a method to prevent misconduct and discipline runaway public transport. Buses are supposed to pick up passengers only from pre-assigned stations, but the drivers and their assistants breach the rules by stopping anywhere they find travellers. On top of that, the buses ask each passenger ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G mobile internet services in India, a major milestone in the country’s telecom history that aims to make downloads faster and eliminate the menace of call drops. However, the 5G services will be rolled out in 13 select Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad later this month. The services will be ...

Bangladesh today reported five Covid-19 deaths while it recorded 480 coronavirus positive cases during the same period. “Bangladesh reported 15.28 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,141 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district ...

The overall number of global Covid cases is gradually nearing 623 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 622,928,752 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,549,217 on Saturday morning. The US has recorded 98,232,353 cases so far and 1,084,803 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around ...

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got stuck as a bird entered its engine, delaying take-off by nine hours, causing suffering of passengers. The plane left Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Saudi Arabia with 375 passengers at 10:45am on Friday. Biman authorities said, the flight delayed to fly as the bird was spotted in the engine. The authorities claimed ...

Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 708 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, country’s total fatalities rose to 29,363 while the total caseload to 2,025,197, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 14.66 per cent from Thursday’s 13.53 per cent as 4,828 samples were ...

Britain is staring down the barrel of a self-inflicted economic catastrophe. This week saw the pound fall to an all-time low against the dollar amid a mass sell-off of U.K. bonds. Analysts are laying the blame on just one man. Kwasi Kwarteng, 47, has been chancellor of the exchequer, Britain’s top economic position, for less than a month, but he’s ...

The Hili Land Port in Dinajpur district will halt all export-import activities for eight days on the occasion of the largest Hindu festival – Durga Puja. However, passengers with passports will be able to pass through the Hili immigration check post normally. Jamil Hossain Chalanta, general secretary of Bangla Hilli Customs C&F Agent Association, said the businessmen of the country ...