At least 11 people died after developing measles symptoms, including one confirmed measles patient, in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Dhaka division saw the most fatalities with six deaths. As a district, Dhaka also topped the list of fatalities over the 24-hour period. During 8am Monday-8am Tuesday, 1,236 people were diagnosed ...

The National Sports Council (NSC) on Tuesday officially dissolved the Aminul Islam Bulbul–led Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), citing “huge-scale irregularities” in the last board election. An 11-member ad-hoc committee will now be formed to run the board and oversee fresh elections within 90 days. The development follows a probe committee’s report recommending reforms to ensure a free and fair BCB ...

More than 14 million Iranians have said they are ready to give their lives to defend the country in the war against the United States and Israel, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on X on Tuesday. “Over 14 million proud Iranians have, up to this moment, declared their readiness to sacrifice their lives in defense of Iran,” he wrote. “I, ...

A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered former Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to be sent to jail in a case filed with Lalbagh Police Station over an attempted murder linked to the anti-discrimination movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order as police produced Chowdhury before the court and pleaded for a two-day remand in the case. The ...

Bangladesh’s male football national team will take on San Marino National Football Team in a FIFA Tier-1 international friendly in San Marino on 5 June. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced in a press release on Tuesday that this match will mark Bangladesh’s first-ever match against European opposition and the team’s maiden appearance on European soil. However, it is equally ...

Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on Industries Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir at his office on Tuesday (7 April), where both sides discussed ways to expand bilateral trade and investment. During the meeting, they explored opportunities to enhance cooperation in the industrial sector and addressed various issues of mutual interest. The industries minister said there ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain has told the Parliament that a total of Tk4,394.08 crore has been spent so far on purchasing vaccines to protect the people of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. He provided this information on Tuesday (7 April) in response to a starred question from treasury bench member Joynal Abedin (Feni-2) on ...

A significant development has emerged in the widely discussed Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case, with a court in New York ordering former governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur to provide a deposition. According to an internal document from the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Dr Mansur is scheduled to give his deposition on 10 April in compliance with the court’s directive. ...

A deepening measles crisis has triggered widespread fear across Bangladesh, with 138 children reported dead and around 9,000 infected as of Sunday. The outbreak, now affecting 56 districts severely, has raised alarm among families as children continue to succumb to the disease amid an acute shortage of vaccines. Data and expert analysis suggest that the deaths are linked to systemic ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left for Singapore on Monday night for medical check-ups. They departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:55pm on a Singapore Airlines flight. Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s media cell, said that the visit is for ...