Dhaka Central Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized online Business Development Conference on 14 May 2020. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the bank addressed the conference as chief guest. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Muhammad Qaisar Ali and Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Additional Managing Directors of the Bank addressed the program as special guests. Abu Reza Md. ... Read More »
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday said the number of mobile internet subscribers crossed 10 crore in the country as of March. A total of 103.253 mn people have been using internet among 165.337mn mobile phone subscribers, said a press release from BTRC. Among the internet users, 95.168 million are mobile internet users, 0.002 million are WiMAX users while ... Read More »
Former Bangladesh captain Masrhafe Bin Mortaza has put his bracelet, which he has worn for 18 years, on auction to raise fund to help people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The auction will be organised by the Auction 4 Action, and it will run till Sunday 10:30pm. In his early days of his international career, Mashrafe used to wear ... Read More »
The historic bat with which Mushfiqur Rahim scored the country’s first double-century in Test cricket and recently put up for auction to raise funds for Coronavirus relief fetched a cool Tk 1.7 million (17 lakh) in an online auction Thursday night. The buyer turned out to be the former Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who agreed to buy it as a ... Read More »
Eleven people, including five bank officials, were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the district in the last 24 hours till Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 365. Five officials of Sonali Bank, Gazaria upazila branch were among the new coronavirus patients, said Civil Surgeon Dr Abul Kalam Azad. Besides, 15 people have made recovery from coronavirus, raising the ... Read More »
The clinical trial of ventilator, Medicart robot and remote control UV-C light disinfectant system, manufactured by Walton, started on Thursday. The company handed over the medical equipment to the ICT division for clinical trial in a videoconference, said a press release. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and senior officials from ICT Division and Walton attended the online programme. ... Read More »
Dhaka, May 16 – BNP on Saturday alleged that the ruling party leaders and activists are deceiving the poor by plundering money allocated for them by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr. Read More »
Dhaka, May 16 – National Award-winning singer, composer and music director Azad Rahman passed away on Saturday at the age of 76. Read More »
মানবিক কারণে ও দুর্দশা লাঘবে করোনা পরিস্থিতিতে সকল শ্রেণীর কর্মহীন শ্রমিকদেরকে ১৫ হাজার টাকা করে এককালীন সহযোগিতা করার আহ্বান জানিয়েছে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই। Read More »
Eleven people, including five bank officials, were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the district in the last 24 hours till Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 365. Read More »
A C-130B transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force left Dhaka for Maldives on Saturday with daily essentials as souvenir and 11 Bangladeshi doctors who could not join their workplace in Maldives due to coronavirus situation. Read More »
After the month-long fasting of Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr, the largest ceremony of Muslims brings us immense joy and happiness. And whenever we think about celebrating Eid the desire of shopping for family-members appears into our mind. Read More »
A suspected terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Maheshkhaliapara area of Teknaf upazila early Saturday. Read More »
Mobile courts, in their separate drives, fined eight houses or establishments Tk 24,000 for having the larvae of dengue virus-carrying Aedes mosquito on their premises in different parts of the city under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Read More »
Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh took over as new Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday. Read More »
As coronavirus keeps moving fast, the death toll from the deadly virus in Bangladesh hit 314 with 16 more deaths being reported in the last 24 hours till Saturday. Read More »
A new study from researchers at Trinity College Dublin has hypothesized that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to higher mortality rates from COVID-19. Published in the Irish Medical Journal, the report analyzed vitamin D levels of older people in countries heavily affected by the coronavirus and found that places with high death rates from COVID-19, including Italy and Spain, ... Read More »
By Enric Sala WASHINGTON, DC – The Seychelles, a string of 115 verdant, rocky islands in the Indian Ocean, recently announced – in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic – that it would protect 30% of its glittering turquoise waters from commercial use. Safeguarding some 410,000 square kilometres (158,000 square miles) of the sea will benefit wildlife on the shore ... Read More »
By Olivia Macharis and Nadim Farajalla BEIRUT – The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the fragility of the world order. Governments have sought to limit the spread of the virus through lockdowns and travel restrictions, which have stalled economies and created a global recession. Poorer countries, lacking the resources and resilience to mitigate the pandemic, will be hit hardest. Like climate ... Read More »
By Vladimir Popov BERLIN, May 13 2020 (IPS) – In public health discussions, it is generally recognized that the social returns to health care investments are greater than the private returns, and much of such investments should be financed by the state. Read More »
By Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Australia, May 15 2020 (IPS) – Aged 17, Moe Turaga was saddled with the responsibility of providing for his mother and young siblings when a family member approached him with the promise of a job and education in Australia. Dreaming of a bright future for himself and his family, he seized the opportunity and left the ... Read More »
JOHANNESBURG, May 15 2020 (IPS) – One of the planet’s – and Africa’s – deepest prejudices are being demolished by the way countries handle COVID-19. For as long as any of us remember, everyone “knew” that “First World” countries – in effect, Western Europe and North America – were much better at providing their citizens with a good life than ... Read More »
As Typhoon Vongfong slammed the Philippines on Thursday, tens of thousands of people fled to cramped shelters, raising fears that without proper safety precautions in place, evacuation centres could become a hotbed of coronavirus infection, the UN emergency humanitarian relief agency (OCHA) said on Friday. After making landfall on the eastern island of Samar, the eye of the Category 3 ... Read More »
At least 23 migrant workers were killed early Saturday when a truck they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in northern India, an official said. Read More »
By Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed This day and age here in Bangladesh has grown and developed a sort of State-of-the-art Rule christened with the state-of-the-art defense from the very womb of ongoing parliamentary model for running the country and this archetypal (model) may precisely be wrapped up as “Bureaucratic-Politico archetypal”. Concurrent moving of State-of-the-art Rule and The state-of-the-art defense denotes ... Read More »
India’s coronavirus cases have surpassed China’s with the health ministry on Saturday reporting the spike to 85,940 cases with 2,752 deaths. Read More »
Austria’s government said Saturday it would allow cultural events for up to 100 spectators from the end of the month as the country continues emerging from its coronavirus lockdown. Read More »
DHAKA, May 16: A series of webinars on social impact and challenges of COVID 19 titled ‘How is Bangladesh Confronting the Pandemic-COVID 19?’ will be commenced t Saturday. Read More »
Brazil’s health minister resigned Friday after less than a month on the job in a sign of continuing upheaval over how the nation should battle the coronavirus pandemic, quitting a day after President Jair Bolsonaro stepped up pressure on him to expand use of the antimalarial drug chloroquine in treating patients. Read More »
A special flight carrying 242 Bangladesh citizens stranded in the United States amid coronavirus pandemic is scheduled to arrive here early Sunday. The flight departed for Bangladesh from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Friday night. Read More »
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