Dr Farid Hossain Miah has been appointed as the Director (Hospitals and Clinics) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). It was stated in a press release signed by Dur-Ray-Shahwaz, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health Education and Family Welfare (Par-1 Wing) on Tuesday. Prior to this, Dr Farid Hossain Miah worked as the Chairman of Pharmacology Department at Faridpur ...

A female garment worker was killed during a clash between two groups of workers in Ashulia’s Zirabo area on Tuesday morning. At least 15 to 20 more were injured in the clash, claimed the workers. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Begum. She worked as assisting sewing machine operator at Mascot Garments. The incident happened in the morning in front ...

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen put women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc on Tuesday, despite the reluctance of many EU member states to give in to her demand for gender parity, reports Associated Press. Von der Leyen put six women among the ...

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed $24 billion. “According to the latest data, foreign exchange reserves amount to $24.3 billion. It is close to $20 billion according to the BPM-6 calculation standard of the IMF,” said Bangladesh Bank (BB) spokesperson Husne Ara Shikha in a video message here Tuesday, BSS reports. Net reserves are calculated according to the International Monetary ...

A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe. Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, “has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined,” Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies, reports BBC. They found that the drug could be used ...

Japanese players are moving to English football in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One, reports AFP. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, ...

Ekattor Television CEO Mozammel Haque Babu and president of the advisory board of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, have been placed on a seven-day remand each in connection with the killing of a domestic help Liza Aktar during the anti-discrimination movement in Dhaka. Besides, the court placed Bhorer Kagoj editor Shyamal Dutta on a seven-day remand in connection with ...

Former Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been granted bail in a case filed for attempting to illegally cross into India through the Kanaighat border in Sylhet. Around 9:30AM on Tuesday, Manik was produced before the court of Kanaighat Additional Chief Judicial Marigtrate Anjan Kanti Das. Then his lawyer applied for bail, which was later granted by the ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said Germany will provide 1 billion Euro to Bangladesh in the next 10 years, including 15 million Euro this year, to develop its renewable energy sector. Both countries will promote knowledge exchange and cooperation with non-state actors like private sector, research institutes, academia, and civil society, she said. The ...

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have started gathering at Nayapaltan in the capital for joining a rally there in observance of ‘International Democracy Day’. The rally formally starts at 2:30PM on Tuesday. Additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the area.