The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has found the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) for the first time in Bangladesh. The virus was found in the sample of a woman. She is from Kishoreganj’s Bhairab upazila. An official of the IEDCR informed that they got a report of HMPV. The woman is not only infected with HMPV, ...

Bangladesh forced India to halt construction of fencing in several zero line areas along the Bangladesh-India border, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday. “Bangladesh did it as it’s a violation of international law.” Speaking at a press conference at the secretariat on border issues, the adviser said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition has been improving. AZM Zahid Hossain, the party standing committee member and Khaleda’s personal physician, informed the development to media on Saturday (January 11). “Alhamdulillah Khaleda Zia is more better. Doctors just visited her. She is better than Thursday, her physical condition has been improving.” He said despite today was weekend (holiday) in London ...

The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China on Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject. On January 11, 2020, health officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that a 61-year-old man had died from complications of pneumonia caused by a previously unknown ...

US President-elect Donal Trump has invited BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to attend the ‘National Prayer Breakfast’ in Washington. The invitation was sent by US President-elect Donald Trump to Mirza Fakhrul on Friday (January 10). The National Prayer Breakfast will be held in Washington, ...

Sheikh al-Hadith Mamunul Haque, the patron of the Sheikh al-Hadith Council, has been elected as the fifth Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis. He was unanimously chosen for this position during the Majlis-e-Shura session held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers. He succeeds Maulana Abdul Basit Azad on Saturday (January 11). On this occasion, the chief patron of the Sheikh al-Hadith ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that some individuals within the country are trying to create a rift in the national unity forged during the anti-fascist mass uprising. “There is no division among us. Unfortunately, however, some people in our country are now trying to sow discord in this unity. I know that attempt won’t succeed,” ...

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The interim government on Saturday reiterated its zero-tolerance policy towards any communal attacks in the country, stressing that the police have been ordered to arrest culprits. “The government has also announced that it would compensate the victims. The interim government attaches the highest importance to the establishment of human rights in the country irrespective of creed, colour, ethnicity, sex and ...

Money laundering activities has stopped as good governance established in the country, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur on Saturday. “Despite political instability, remittance flows have reached their highest levels in recorded history.” Speaking at the Branding Bangladesh event in the capital on Saturday, the Governor highlighted the steps being taken to recover the siphoned off funds and strengthen ...