The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today (6 April) reported the highest single-day hospital admissions for measles and suspected measles cases in the country, amid a growing nationwide outbreak. In the past 24 hours, a total of 1,462 patients, both confirmed and suspected, were admitted to hospitals, marking the highest daily figure so far. During the same period, seven ...

A two-month-old child died of measles this afternoon (6 April), marking the first confirmed death from the disease in the Sylhet region. The child died while undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Brigadier General Umar Rashed Munir, director of the hospital, said the child was admitted two days ago with measles and cardiac complications. The child was ...

Two eminent figures of the Bangla music industry, Kangalini Sufia and Kanak Chapa, are set to be honored at the 20th edition of the TMSS Channel-i Music Awards 2025. This year, Kangalini Sufia will receive a special honour, while Kanak Chapa will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement award. The awards will be presented on April 7 at a grand programme ...

The government currently has no plans to close primary schools or shift to online classes despite the ongoing measles outbreak and fuel crisis, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj on Monday. he described that the classes are on line. He stated while responding to reporters after inspecting infrastructure and academic activities at several primary schools in ...

A fire broke out in the immigration server room at MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Sunday night. The blaze originated on the second floor of the server room around 11:35PM and was brought under control at about 12:05, according to Airport Director Hafiz Ahmed. No flights were scheduled at the time of the incident and no casualties were ...

US-Israeli strikes killed on Monday the intelligence chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Guards said. “Major General Majid Khademi, the powerful and educated head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the criminal terrorist attack by the American-Zionist enemy… at dawn today,” said the Guards in a post on their Telegram channel.

The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) of the newly formed BNP government was held today. The meeting was held at the Cabinet Division conference room in the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair, said sources at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

A Japanese shipping firm said on Monday that an Indian-flagged tanker owned by its subsidiary had passed through the Strait of Hormuz and was en route to the South Asian country. Iran has effectively closed the strait — a critical route for global crude oil and gas — in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that began on 28 February. The near ...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday (6 April). The meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Bangladesh Secretariat, according to a statement issued by the PMO. They discussed bilateral engagement with focus on people-centric cooperation in multiple domains aligned with the national development priorities of ...

Iran launched fresh attacks across the Middle East on Monday and threatened “devastating” retaliation, after US President Donald Trump’s expletive-laced warning that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates reported a barrage of missile and drone strikes early Monday. The attacks came as Tehran ramped up rhetoric against Trump, with Tehran’s central military ...