The two children of Md Mosharraf Hossain, one of seven BNP MPs elected from Bagura-4 constituency, have been diagnosed with dengue virus. Sairul Kabir Khan, a staff of BNP chairperson’s media wing confirmed the news. The dengue infected children are daughter Maysha Akter Roza, 5, and son Mosabbir Hossain Samir, 3.Quoting Mosharraf, Sairul Kabir said that they are now taking ...

Dhaka, Aug 7 : The government has allocated Tk 51.5 crore to help the city corporations and municipalities fight mosquitoes. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam came up with the information at a views exchanging meeting with Bangladesh Climate Change Journalist Forum (BCJF) at the secretariat. Of the amount, the two Dhaka city corporations were given Tk 7.5 crore ...

Who doesn’t love chocolate? Now science is giving you even more reasons to relish this absolutely wonderful food. A recent study found that eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and relieve depression symptoms. The study performed at University College London and published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, is the first to examine the association with depression according to the ...

Photo: A total of 29,912 people hospitalised across the country with dengue since January 1. Dhaka, Aug 7 : Urging people not to be worried about the current dengue situation, Health Minister Zahid Malik has said his ministry has formed 10 high-level teams to monitor the dengue situation round the clock. “A cell has been opened at the ministry which ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Two people, including a college student, were killed and seven others injured when a motorcycle hit an auto-rickshaw at Atukura in Baniachang upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Mukhles Mia, son of Abdul Jabbar of Puranbagh village, and Shakil Mia, son of Afroz Mia. Shakil is a student of Brindaban Government College in Habiganj. ...

Country’s leading cultural organisation Chhayanaut arranged cultural event to pay tribute to the Noble laureate litterateur and poet Rabindranath Tagore, on his 78th death anniversary at its Dhanmondi auditorium on Tuesday evening. The event featured performances on Tagore’s popular poems and songs- as well as dance recitals. Cultural group Kanthashilan’s performers staged a production comprising Tagore’s essays and songs, named ...

Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, returns a shot to Sofia Kenin, of the United States, during the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Toronto. Toronto, Aug 7 : Ashleigh Barty lost 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 to American Sofia Kenin in second-round play at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday, putting the Australian’s No. 1 ranking in peril. Current ...

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Photo: Courtesy New Delhi, Aug 7 : Sushma Swaraj, India’s former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at a hospital in New Delhi. She was 67. Swaraj died of a heart attack and was rushed to the emergency ward of All India Institute of ...

The High Court on Tuesday issued a stay order on the upcoming 9th wage board gazette which was supposed to very soon. The HC Bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice Mohammad Ali the stay order after hearing a writ petition filed by the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) challenging the legality of the formation of the 9th Wage ...

China’s yuan fell further Tuesday against the U.S. dollar, fueling fears about increasing global damage from Beijing’s trade war with President Donald Trump. The yuan declined to 7.0562 to the dollar before strengthening to 7.0388 at midday. That came a day after Beijing sent global financial markets tumbling by allowing the currency to fall past the politically sensitive level of ...