Bangladesh records 1837 fresh COVID cases, 21 more deaths
Nov 16, 2020, at 12:27 am
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Novel Coronavirus has reached 6,194, as 21 more people died from the disease in the past 24 hours.
Bangladesh records 14 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 14 new COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Protests in Bangladesh, Nepal over persecution of Uyghurs in China
Nov 13, 2020, at 04:23 am
Dhaka: A protest rally and human chain was held on Thursday at Dhaka National Press Club by Islamic scholars and Ulemas under the banner of ‘Uyghur Muslim Rights Council’(Uyghur Musalmaner Odhikar Parishad) to demand political and religious rights for the persecuted people in Xinjaing Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
Nov 12, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Dhaka: White Board, a newly launched policy magazine, has highlighted the policies of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which has helped in shaping up Bangladesh in its first issue published recently.
Border Guard force now three-dimensional: Sheikh Hasina
Nov 09, 2020, at 03:10 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has advanced to a "three-dimensional force" with the induction of helicopters.
Bangladesh registers 18 new COVID-19 deaths
Nov 09, 2020, at 02:59 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Sunday registered 1,474 more cases of the novel coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 4,20,238 while 18 people lost their lives in the same period.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina congratulates Joe Biden over US Presidential poll victory
Nov 09, 2020, at 12:42 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wished newly elected American president Joe Biden after he registered a victory in the US presidential polls.
Bangladesh registers 17 more COVID-19 deaths
Nov 03, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Dhaka: COVID-19 has claimed 17 more lives in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Hindu homes attacked over alleged Facebook post
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:10 am
Cumilla: Angry people have allegedly vandalized several houses of Hindu people over rumours about an alleged Facebook post slandering Islam in Bangladesh's Cumilla area.
Bangladesh AC blasts: Mosque committee chief arrested
Oct 31, 2020, at 10:12 pm
Narayanganj: The Bangladesh Criminal Investigation Department or CID officials have arrested the head of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque's management committee over a case related to the blasts of airconditioner which killed 34 people recently.
Bangladesh: Intellectuals form Sampritee Bangladesh to provide a strong platform for secular forces
Oct 31, 2020, at 12:19 am
Dhaka: Several intellectuals have joined to form an organisation called Sampritee Bangladesh (Sampriti meaning harmony) which aims to give strength to secular forces and weaken those who attempt to target the nation.
Bangladesh registers 19 new COVID-19 deaths
Oct 30, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 19 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to the disease to 5,905, media reports said on Friday.
France’s foreign ministry issues safety advice to its citizens currently in Bangladesh
Oct 28, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Dhaka/UNI: France has warned its citizens living or travelling to several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh registers 15 more deaths, toll reaches 5,818
Oct 26, 2020, at 11:22 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,818 as 15 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
COVID-19: Bangladesh government imposes strict mask wearing measures
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:44 am
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has decided not to provide its service to any person who is not wearing a mask, a measure taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation.
Bangladesh: Three members of banned terror outfit detained
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have detained three members of banned terrorist outfit Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's Rangpur region, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Danger level of deep depression in Bay of Bengal levels to 4
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Due to the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, coastal districts and their outlying islands and chars are at risk of wind-swept tidal waves 3 to 4 feet higher than normal.
Bangladesh ranks 75 in Global Hunger Index
Oct 19, 2020, at 01:57 am
Dhaka/Xinhua: Bangladesh ranks 75th among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020, according to the new GHI report released on Sunday.
Former Bangladesh Minister dies of Covid
Oct 19, 2020, at 01:43 am
Dhaka/UNI: Former state minister for power and energy during the BNP-led four-party alliance, AKM Mosharraf Hossain died of coronavirus at a city hospital on Saturday night. He was 83.
Bangladesh drops plan to develop deep-sea port at Sonadia island in which China was keen to invest
Oct 17, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has dropped the plan of developing a deep-sea port at Sonadia island in which China had keen interest in investing, said media reports.
Bangladesh government rejects Chinese COVID-19 trial
Oct 15, 2020, at 06:11 pm
Dhaka: The clinical trial in Bangladesh of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech has now become uncertain after the country's health ministry expressed unwillingness towards co-financing the initiative as requested by the Chinese drugmaker.
Oct 14, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Dhaka: While the invisible enemy Coronavirus slowed down the shuttle of the global economy, Bangladesh kept its growth rolling and accelerating amid the disaster owing to the timely plans spelled out by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as claimed in a webinar of Awami League.
Bangladesh: Government calls for refrain from fake propaganda or action will be taken
Oct 14, 2020, at 03:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Bangladesh government on Tuesday urged all concerned to refrain from spreading all kinds of false propaganda through social media to protect the image of the country.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Momen appointed chair of Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana
Oct 13, 2020, at 09:14 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen was unanimously appointed as the Chair of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana.
Bangladesh's cabinet gives nod to death penalty for rape
Oct 12, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka/Xinhua: The Bangladeshi government on Monday approved a proposal for stringent punishment for rapists.
Bangladesh: Journo arrested for making 'defamatory remarks' against PM Sheikh Hasina
Oct 12, 2020, at 02:43 am
Dhaka/UNI: Detective Police (DB) has arrested a freelance journalist in Goalunda Upazila of Rajbari district in Bangladesh on the charge of making 'indecent remark about Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina'
Bangladesh registers 1203 COVID-19 case
Oct 10, 2020, at 10:10 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Saturday recorded 1,203 more cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,77,073.
Bangladesh: Minorities seek protection
Oct 09, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Hindu-Christian Buddhist Jatiya Oikya Parishad has urged the government to ensure its safety in the wake of unabated communal violence against religious-ethnic minorities.
Sheikh Hasina to lead global leaders at CVF Event
Oct 06, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Leaders’ Event on Wednesday at 1900 hours.
Bangladesh: Noakhali woman stripped naked, beaten
Oct 05, 2020, at 03:21 pm
Police have arrested a person after video footage surfaced where a group of men could be seen stripping a woman and torturing her in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila of Bangladesh.