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Covid in Bangladesh: 10,884 more cases reported with 4 deaths

Dhaka, Jan 20 : Bangladesh reported 10,888 fresh cases with four deaths in 24 hours till Thursday morning marking a sharp rise in its infection rate.The positivity rate in the country further increased to 26.37 per cent from Wednesday’s 25.11 per cent after testing 40,898 samples, ...

ACC files corruption case against Jibon Bima officials

Dhaka, Jan 20 : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a graft case against Managing Director of Jibon Bima Corporation Zahurul Haque and its Assistant General Manager Mahbubul Alam.Assistant director Mohammad Nure Alam Siddiqui filed the case at Dhaka co-ordinated office-1, Deputy Director of ACC ...

Covid spreads fast in BD; positivity 25.11%, new cases 9500

Dhaka, Jan 19 : Bangladesh reported 12 more Covid-linked deaths with 9,500 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning following a continuous rise in its infection rate.The positivity rate in the country further increased to 25.11 per cent from Tuesday’s 23.98 per cent after testing ...

24 SUST students go on hunger strike

Sylhet, Jan 19 : Twenty-four students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) went on hunger strike unto death on Wednesday demanding the Vice-Chancellor’s resignation while some teachers staged protests against the students’ ‘indecent remarks’ about the VCThe students begun the hunger strike around 3pm ...

PM’s 24-point directive to DCs to improve public services

Dhaka, Jan 18 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday issued a 24-point directive to deputy commissioners (DCs) linking hassle-free services from public offices to removing corruption from the ongoing development programmes.The prime minister gave the directives while inaugurating the three-day DCs’ Conference-2022 at the Osmani ...

Cox’s Bazar: Fire destroys 29 houses at Ukhia Rohingya camp

Cox’s Bazar, Jan 18 – As many as 29 makeshift houses were gutted in a fire at a Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district in the early hours of Tuesday.Fortunately, no casualties were reported till the filling of this report around 11.30am.Commanding officer ...

Fog alert in Bangladesh as Northern districts shiver in cold

Dhaka, Jan 18 -- A thick blanket of fog is likely to envelope large parts of the country in the next 24 hours, the weather office has predicted.Light to moderate fog is likely to occur at several places in Bangladesh overnight and onto Wednesday morning, according ...

Alarming Covid surge in BD: 8,407 new cases 10 more die

Dhaka, Jan 18 : Bangladesh reported 10 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,407 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning following an alarming rise in its infection rate.The positivity rate in the country jumped to 23.98 per cent from Monday’s 20.88 per cent after testing 35,054 ...

Covid Test in Bangladesh: Making money off patients

Dhaka, Jan 18 : Although the price of the kits used for the RT-PCR Covid test has dropped significantly a year back, private hospitals and labs in Bangladesh are still charging a very high fee for it as there has been no initiative to revise the ...

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