China is witnessing another outbreak of a pathogenic virus after COVID-19, as cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are on the rise. Social media footage has shown overcrowded hospitals, suggesting a surge in multiple viral infections, including HMPV, influenza A, COVID-19, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. What is HMPV? Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a common cause of respiratory infections, particularly affecting children and ...

Tracey Ann Jacobson, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will join the US Embassy Dhaka as Charge d’affaires, ad interim, on January 11. Over the course of her distinguished career, she has served as U.S. Ambassador three times – to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kosovo, said the US Embassy in Dhaka on Thursday. With Ambassador Jacobson’s arrival as Charge ...

Bangladesh Restaurant Owners Association has urged to keep away from the decision to increase VAT rates in hotels and restaurants. They have also threatened to shut restaurants for an indefinite period if the decision is not withdrawn. The warning came from a press briefing held at a hotel in the capital on Thursday morning. Imran Hasan, secretary general of the ...

Students of Government Madrasa-e-Alia blocked the capital’s Bakshibazar area to remove makeshift court from the madrasa ground which was set up to hold the trail of BDR mutiny. After whole night of protest, the students have also found took position on the road since Thursday morning, suspending the traffic movement on that street. They warned that they will remain on ...

Four members of the same family were killed and seven others injured as an ambulance caught fire following a gas cylinder blast after being hit by two buses at Police Town in Savar early Thursday. The accident occurred around 2 am on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Fulbaria Police Town in Savar. However, the identities of the dead could ...

British daily The Times in a damning editorial has called on Sheikh Hasina’s niece, the embattled Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to step down from her role as the UK’s Treasury minister, pending investigations into allegations of corruption involving Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project and a “free flat” in London. In the editorial, the newspaper owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to The London Clinic on Wednesday for advanced medical treatment. She arrived at the clinic at around 5 PM (Bangladesh time) after completing all necessary procedures, accompanied by her personal medical team. Dr. Al Mamun, part of the team, confirmed that Khaleda’s health and medical reports would be reviewed by the clinic’s doctors ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved six new projects and four revised projects, worth Tk 4,246.72 crore. The approval came from the 6th ECNEC meeting in this fiscal year and the 5th meeting of the interim government held on Wednesday at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka. ECNEC Chairperson and Chief ...

A father of a 17-year-old girl died of a heart attack upon learning about her abduction and subsequent rape at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. Following a complaint lodged by the victim’s brother, police have arrested two suspects linked to the crime. The arrested individuals are Mustafa Mia, 57, from Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar, and Zainal Mia, 58, from Cumilla. ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached London to avail advanced treatment there. The Royal Air Ambulance carrying Khaleda Zia and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport at 2:58pm Bangladesh standard time on Wednesday (January 8). BNP Acting Chairman and Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman welcomed the BNP chief at Heathrow Airport. An emotional situation arose when Tarique Rahman ...