Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently. Mozambique is the first country to restart preventive vaccination, following the halt in 2022 caused by the global surge in ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that while the Army must remain alert of political affairs, BNP will not use the force for political purposes after getting elected. “Army members should always remain aware of politics, but must not be absorbed into it. Everyone must stay alert so that professionalism is not lost under the cover ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said his party does not seek to rule the country as its owner, but to serve the people as their “watchmen,” pledging to ensure dignity and justice for all. “I am a son of Sylhet. Today I am standing before you not as the ameer of Jamaat, but as one of you,” Shafiqur ...

Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal scored as Barcelona eased to a comfortable 3-0 win over Mallorca on Saturday to move four points clear at the top of La Liga. The champions extended the gap to Real Madrid in second before Alvaro Arbeloa’s side visits Valencia on Sunday, with Marc Bernal also on target late on at the partially reopened Camp ...

The Election Commission (EC) has halted its decision to provide election observer cards to an election watchdog for deploying 10,000 individual poll reviewers on 12 February. The EC decision has been taken after a media report found that in reality, PASHA is a one-person organisation, and is headquartered at a single room of the sole executive’s residence at a village ...

Jeffrey Epstein’s sphere of influence among businessmen, politicians and academics also reached India, with the disgraced financier spending years cultivating a relationship with a scion of the nation’s wealthiest family, according to a trove of documents released by the US Justice Department. Epstein’s messages with the once-influential Indian businessman Anil Ambani stretch from early 2017 through 2019, the documents show, ...

Jewellers have lowered the price of gold by Tk3,266 to Tk2,58,824 per bhori (11.664 grammes) as the price of pure gold has dropped in the local market. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring of the Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a meeting held on Saturday evening. This fresh cut comes just hours after the association ...

Expressing satisfaction over the steps taken so far as part of election-centric preparations, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said the next one week would be very crucial as the twin elections – national election and referendum – are scheduled to take place on 12 February. “We are satisfied. We are very happy,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam ...

Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud on Saturday said there is no possibility of any form of “engineering” in the upcoming election, as the Election Commission, administration, and law enforcement agencies are working in close coordination to ensure a free, fair, and acceptable vote. Speaking to journalists after a coordination meeting with members of a law enforcement–led cell at the Circuit ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that if the party comes to power, priority will be given to implementing the Teesta mega project. He made the pledge while addressing an election rally at the Nilphamari municipality ground this afternoon. Tarique said that initiatives will be taken to develop Nilphamari as an industrial zone through the establishment of factories. In ...