Health surveillance and screening procedures have been intensified at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong following the sudden surge of COVID-19. A press release, signed by Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer at the airport, confirmed the matter on Sunday night. Necessary health screening equipment has been installed in the immigration zone for international passengers. Modern thermal scanners are being ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said that former President Abdul Hamid has not been arrested as there is no warrant issued against him. He made the remarks while replying to a question from journalists at the end of his visit to Jatrabari Police Station in the capital. “There is no warrant against him. ...

Former president Abdul Hamid returned to the country after a month-long hospital visit in Bangkok early today. He arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 1:30am on a Thai Airways flight (TG-339), confirmed Group Captain SM Ragib Samad, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. He was brought down from the aircraft in a wheelchair. According ...

Two young men were killed and another injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila on Saturday night. The accident occurred around 9:00 PM on the Kamalganj-Shamshernagar regional road, near Shyamarkona’s Bongao area. The deceased were identified as Juber Mia, 22, son of Ankar Mia from Shyamarkona village, and Kamrul Mia, 18, son of Haris Mia ...

Press Secretary to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Shafiqul Alam, has stated that they have not received any letter from former UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq. Professor Yunus is scheduled to depart for London on Monday (June 9) and is expected to return to Bangladesh on June 14. The clarification comes amid a report published today by The Guardian, which ...

Nasrin Siddiqui, wife of Bangabir Kader Siddique, founder-president of Krishak Sramik Janata League, has passed away. (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un) She breathed her last at Square Hospital in Dhaka at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday (June 7) while undergoing treatment. Nasrin Siddiqui had been admitted to the hospital on May 22 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. She was ...

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the party wants the next national election to be held by December. He claimed that this is not just BNP’s position, but also the demand of over 90 percent of the country’s political parties. Speaking to reporters on Sunday (June 8) after exchanging Eid greetings with party leaders and ...

Former UK City Minister and niece of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Siddiq, has requested a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to clear up what she described as a “misunderstanding” regarding corruption allegations that led to her resignation from the UK government, The Guardian reported. In a letter to Chief Adviser Yunus ahead of his upcoming ...

Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended the issuance of work and Umrah visas for applicants from 14 countries, including Bangladesh. The Restrictions have also been placed on the issuance of family visit visas. The order, effective from May 31, will remain in place until June 30. The other affected countries are Pakistan, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Nigeria, Jordan, Algeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, ...

A huge recall of frozen fruits is currently happening across the US, with major retailers including Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s announcing the call back of select frozen fruit due to fears of contamination from both hepatitis A and listeria monocytogenes. But how did this happen in the first place, and is frozen fruit actually any good for us?