Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines. The pair, who had been tipped as favourites, were honoured for “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19,” ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP is now involved in a deep rooted conspiracy to foil the upcoming 12th general elections and destroy the polls environment. “In the continuity of the past, they (BNP) want to make the elections and the electoral process questionable by standing against democratic process. At the same time, they want to ...

The third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s (HSIA) will be opened partially on October 7 as nearly 90 per cent work of the exciting new terminal has been completed. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the terminal on the day, said Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman at a ...

A Dhaka court has extended bail of expelled Juba League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat till January 15, 2024 in money laundering case. Judge Monjurul Imam of Special Judge’s Court-6 passed the order on Monday after Samrat’s lawyer Afroza Shahanaj Parvin Hira submitted two separate applications. The applications — one for extension of his bail and another for the adjournment ...

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has hiked the price of 12 kg LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinder by Tk 79 to Tk 1,363. The new rate will come into effect from 6pm on Monday (October 2). The BERC announced the new prices of 12kg LPG cylinders today in Karwan Bazar’s TCB Bhaban. The price of ‘auto gas’ has also been ...

Permission must be taken to hold any rally in the capital, newly appointed Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Habibur Rahman said on Monday. “No matter how big the political party is, no program will be held in the capital without permission,” the new DMP chief said during a ‘meet the press’ event at the Media and Public Relations Centre at ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold a hearing on October 15 on a petition that sought a stay on High Court’s bail earlier given to Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim in a graft case. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, set the date after hearing on the plea. Earlier, the ...

Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Association, representing Bangladesh-origin Hindus in the UK, praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visionary leadership for the remarkable economic development and her pragmatic steps to establish a secular and oppression-free democratic Bangladesh. They made the remark while called on Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen led by the association chairman Proshanta Datta Purokayastha in London on ...

Acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd.) Md. Khurshed Alam on Sunday said the US side did not raise anything related to the recently announced US visa policy. “I can unequivocally tell you that they did not initiate any discussion about the visa policy,” he told reporters after his meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter, ...

The campaign for inoculation with free vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) will start in the country from Monday to help prevent deaths from cervical cancer. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque will inaugurate the vaccination at a function at NIPSOM auditorium in Mohakhali of the capital at 11am. Girls aged between 10 and 15 will get the vaccines initially ...