Scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (Icddr,b) have identified the country’s first cluster of Zika virus cases. Five confirmed infections were detected among patient samples collected in 2023. The findings, published on the Icddr,b website on Monday, highlight a significant public health concern. The Zika virus, an emerging pathogen, was first recorded in humans in Nigeria ...

A trader was crushed under a train at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohorom Mia, 60, son of late Sanaullah, a resident of Changoan village under Hazipur union in the upazila. He was a trader at Pirer bazar in the upazila. Local sources said the Sylhet-bound Intercity Paharika Express train from Chattogram hit ...

Former ambassador and freedom fighter Mohiuddin Ahmed has passed away. He breathed his last at a hospital in the capital on Sunday (March 2) due to multiple age-related complications, said his daughter Parveen Ahmed, a journalist and communication consultant. The namaz-e-janaza for the 88-year-old envoy was held on Sunday night at Masjid ut Taqwa in Dhanmondi. He was laid to ...

The importers will have to pay a threefold fine if they fail to collect goods from the ports within the stipulated time, said Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday. “There is some shortage of edible oil in the market. However, the prices of vegetables have not increased. Adequate quantities of daily necessities have been imported into the ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has not only improved physically, but also greatly improved mentally, getting her dearest family members beside her after nearly seven years, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain while informing the development to media on Monday. “She is now much better than before. Doctors visit her regularly at home and are closely monitoring her ...

Police have arrested two people in connection with kidnapping and raping an ethnic woman in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet. The arrestees were identified as Pradeep Das, son of Lalit Das of Kalairag village of Companiganj, and Ala Uddin, son of Abdul Hashim of the same village. Confirming the matter, Companiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Uzayer Al Mahmud Adnan said the victim ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated Anjuman J R Tower, the new headquarters of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, in the capital’s Kakrail area on Monday. The inauguration ceremony took place in the evening, as confirmed by Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder. Advisers Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed and Ali Inam Majumder attended the event alongside Mufleh R Osmany, President ...

The Interim Government on Monday renamed Bangabandhu Satellite and under construction Sheikh Hasina Stadium to ‘Bangladesh Sattelite-1’ and ‘National Cricket Ground (NCG)’. Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry’s Deputy Secretary Mohammad Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter of the Satellite and said that the CA approved the name of Bangladesh Satellite-1 instead of Bangabandhu Satellite-1. Meanwhile, two Directors of Bangladesh Cricket ...

Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday said that the supply of soybean oil in market is expected to return to normal within the next two days. He made the statement on Monday while speaking to the media after visiting the Mohammadpur Town Hall kitchen market. Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan also accompanied him during the visit. Addressing concerns over ...

The European Union (EU) will provide €68 million this year for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh and humanitarian aid for conflict-affected people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib announced during a meeting with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Lahbib noted that while this year’s contribution surpasses the EU’s initial aid last year, it remains insufficient to prevent ...